Applications Engineer

Job Title

Applications Engineer

Role Summary

Serve as the primary technical contact for enterprise customers evaluating and deploying ChipAgents. Lead pre-sales benchmarks and POCs, deliver training and onboarding, and drive production roll-outs while relaying field feedback to product and engineering teams.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The posting does not specify required years of experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver technical enablement, deployments, and customer success for ChipAgents' EDA platform.

• Lead technical discovery, demos, benchmarks, and ROI-focused proof-of-concepts for prospective customers.
• Integrate ChipAgents into RTL design, simulation, and verification flows; ensure production readiness.
• Troubleshoot issues, perform root-cause analysis, and provide ongoing support and escalation.
• Create and deliver on-site and remote training, onboarding materials, application notes, and reference flows.
• Track usage and adoption metrics to drive renewals and account expansion.
• Collect and consolidate customer feedback into feature requests and bug reports; collaborate with product and engineering on prioritization.
• Represent the company at industry events, webinars, and user groups.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and customer-facing abilities. Nice-to-have items listed separately.

• EDA expertise: Hands-on experience in RTL design and functional verification; strong command of Verilog/SystemVerilog and verification methodologies (e.g., UVM, lint, CDC).
• Experience integrating with common simulators and flows (examples: Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa).
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills; ability to perform root-cause analysis in complex verification environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; experience delivering demos, technical presentations, and training to engineering stakeholders.
• Proven ability to run and scope POCs and translate customer requirements into deployment plans.
• Comfort working independently in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Nice-to-have: Python, Tcl, or shell scripting; experience with cloud or on-prem compute clusters; exposure to formal verification or hardware emulation; familiarity with AI/ML-driven automation for design/verification.

Education Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: ChipAgents

Headquarters: San Jose, CA, United States

ChipAgents is a Series A startup developing agentic AI workflows for chip design and verification, leveraging generative AI and large language models to assist RTL design, simulation, and EDA workflows for semiconductor and cloud customers.