Etched

Chip Simulation Software Engineer

$200K–$250K

San Jose · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026

About the job

Designs, develops, and tests simulations of Etched’s custom AI inference hardware to support hardware-software co-design and early software development.

What you'll do

Build, maintain, debug, and optimize accurate hardware simulations and tools for developers running software on them.
Contribute to architectural decisions through design review and co-design with hardware teams.
Create test plans, validate hardware documentation, and help software teams debug early deliverables.

What they ask for

Proficiency in C/C++.
Strong understanding of low-level software engineering.
Strong understanding of hardware engineering.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

Experience with hardware or system simulations, custom ML accelerators, firmware or driver development, hardware verification, multiprocessing or multithreading, bit-accurate numerics, or simulation performance optimization.
Proficiency with Python for test harness development, bazel, and git.

Pay

$200K – $250K (base salary)

Tools

C/C++, SystemC, gem5, QEMU, Linux, FreeRTOS, Python, bazel

AI focus

Develops simulations for custom AI inference chips and enables software development and testing on simulated hardware.

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