Drimva

NVIDIA

Applied AI Engineer - VLSI Design

$136K–$264K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026

Experience
5+ years of proven industry experience in a related field.
Education
Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.

About the job

Develop and deploy AI agents and LLM-powered tools integrated with CAD flows to improve VLSI design and engineering workflows.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and deploy AI applications using LLMs and agentic frameworks, including engineering assistants and dialogue systems.
  • Build and integrate agentic AI solutions, fine-tuning models and connecting them to CAD flow systems.
  • Maintain design databases and dashboards using retrieval mechanisms to surface engineering data for circuit design closure.

What they ask for

  • Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of proven industry experience in a related field.
  • Proficiency in Python and foundational knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
  • Experience fine-tuning large language models and building multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, and vector databases.

Nice to have

  • Proficiency in software development methodologies, including version control, testing, and CI/CD.
  • Prior experience with circuit design or HW design.

Pay

136,000 USD - 218,500 USD base salary (Level 3); 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD base salary (Level 4)

Tools

Python, LLMs, Agentic frameworks, RAG pipelines, vector databases, CAD

AI focus

Develop and deploy LLM-powered applications and multi-agent AI solutions for VLSI engineering, including model fine-tuning, retrieval systems, and integration with CAD flows.

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