About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform. About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled Physical Design Engineer with deep expertise in physical design and methodology. This individual contributor role sits within our physical design team and is central to delivering power, performance, and area (PPA) optimized datapath and interconnect solutions for next-generation AI accelerators. You’ll work closely with RTL designers to define and execute on physical design strategies. You will develop tools, flows and methodologies to increase team productivity. Your work will directly impact silicon’s performance and cost efficiency, as well as the team’s execution velocity and quality. In this role, you will: Develop, build and own tools, flows and methodologies for physical implementation Own physical implementation of floorplan blocks from floorplanning to final signoff Collaborate with RTL designers to drive optimal block implementation solutions Analyze and optimize design for timing, power, and area trade-offs, working in collaboration with EDA vendors and ASIC partners Qualifications: BS w/ 4+ or MS with 2+ years or PhD with 0-1 year(s) of relevant industry experience in physical design and methodology development Demonstrated success in taping out complex silicon designs Hands-on experience with block physical implementation and PPA convergence Strong coding experience with python, bazel, TCL Strong experience building physical design tools, flows and methodologies Strong understanding of microarchitecture, RTL design,
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About the Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the constraints of physical systems to improve peoples’ lives. About the Role We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the development of motor mechanical designs and prototype hardware for advanced robotic systems. You will own stator and rotor mechanical development from early concepts and detailed design through hands-on builds and prototype validation, partnering closely with electromagnetic, electrical, test, and manufacturing teams. This role focuses on the design, integration, and validation of motor components and prototype processes, including laminations, stack assemblies, bobbins, winding interfaces, and fixtures. You will help drive motor development from initial design through repeatable low-volume builds while establishing the tooling, work instructions, and validation practices needed for future robotic platforms. This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires in-person presence 4 days a week. In this role, you will Own stator and rotor mechanical designs and released CAD and drawings, including geometry, interfaces, fits, tolerances, retention, assembly access, and mechanical validation. Develop laminations, stack assembly methods, bobbins, and winding interfaces that control alignment, insulation, conductor placement, and end-turn packaging. Design, fabricate, and debug fixtures for winding, stacking, assembly, alignment, and inspection. Build and troubleshoot prototypes. Use measurements, defects, rework, and assembly effort to improve designs and processes. Establish low-volume prototype production with equipment, build sequences, work instructions, revision control, traceability
About the Team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with leading semiconductor companies to deploy production-grade AI systems across the entire chip design lifecycle: design, verification, and physical design. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development, embedding deeply with customers to translate frontier model capabilities into systems that materially improve engineering workflows and accelerate innovation. Our work turns early, high-touch deployments into repeatable solution patterns, reference architectures, and evaluation practices that scale across the semiconductor ecosystem. About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled Physical Design Engineer to join our semiconductor-focused Forward Deployed Engineering team. This is a senior IC role that will begin with a strong emphasis on physical design expertise, technical judgment, advisory leverage, and customer credibility, with the expectation that the person will grow into a broader Forward Deployed Engineering role over time. In the near term, you will serve as the team’s physical design SME across semiconductor deployments: helping FDEs, Product, and Research understand backend implementation workflows, pressure-test AI-assisted solution ideas against real physical design constraints, and raise the quality of our customer-facing technical work. You will help the broader team build fluency in implementation flows, EDA tooling, signoff methodology, and the trade-offs that shape physical design decisions in practice. Over time, we expect this role to expand beyond SME support into broader FDE ownership: partnering directly with customers, shaping deployment strategy, building and iterating production-grade AI systems, driving technical workstreams, and helping turn high-touch semiconductor deployments into repeatable solutions. This is a strong fit for someone who brings deep physical design expertise today and is excited to grow into a customer-facing, syst
Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. As a Sr Design Engineer, you will work on design, simulation, and validation of next ‑ generation High ‑ Bandwidth Memory (HBM) architectures and circuit blocks. HBM requires advanced DRAM design knowledge combined with deep understanding of 3D stacked architecture, TSV signaling, wide I/O interfaces, PHY timing, power integrity, and system co ‑ optimization with GPUs/accelerators. This role sits at the intersection of DRAM design and high ‑ performance computing, enabling future AI/ML, HPC, and advanced graphics products. In this position, you will collaborate with Micron’s various design and verification teams all over the world and support the efforts of groups such as Product Engineering, Test, Probe, Process Integration, Assembly and Marketing to proactively design products that optimize all manufacturing functions and assure the best cost, quality, reliability, time-to-market, and customer satisfaction.
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About the Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the constraints of physical systems to improve peoples’ lives. About the Role We are seeking a Senior Actuator Design and Integration Engineer to lead the development of custom electromechanical actuators for advanced robotic systems. You will own actuator development from early architecture and concept generation through prototype validation and system integration, partnering closely with mechanical, electrical, controls, firmware, reliability, and manufacturing teams. This role focuses on the design, integration, and validation of precision electromechanical systems, including motors, transmissions, sensing, structural components, and thermal architectures. You will help drive actuator development across the full engineering lifecycle while establishing scalable design, test, and integration practices for future robotic platforms. This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires in-person presence 4 days a week. In this role, you will Lead the architecture, design, and integration of custom robotic actuators, including motors, transmissions, sensing, thermal systems, structural components, and packaging. Define actuator requirements and system-level trade studies around torque density, bandwidth, efficiency, thermal performance, backdrivability, inertia, reliability, manufacturability, and cost. Design precision electromechanical assemblies with strong attention to tolerances, alignment, load paths, thermal expansion, sealing, wear, and serviceability. Drive actuator integration into robotic systems, partnering closely with controls, firmware, electrical, and robotics software teams to optimize closed-loop pe
Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Micron’s DRAM Design Engineering Group (DDEG) is where innovation meets excellence. We are advancing memory and storage technologies through collaborative engineering and creative problem-solving. Our team works at the forefront of semiconductor design, developing solutions that shape the future of memory products in a fast-paced, learning-focused environment. As a Design Verification Engineer, you will help develop next-generation memory technologies by verifying and optimizing digital and analog circuit designs. In this role, you will work closely with global multi-functional teams across the product lifecycle to deliver high-quality, manufacturable memory solutions that meet performance, reliability, cost, and customer requirements. Your work will directly contribute to bringing advanced memory products from concept to production. Responsibilities: Verify circuit functionality, reliability, power, and compliance with product specifications Drive verification planning, coverage closure, circuit debug, and design improvements Perform circuit modeling and simulation using industry-standard tools Support silicon validation, reticle experiments, and tape-out activities Partner with engineering, manufacturing, and product teams to deliver manufacturable designs Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field 4+ years of semiconductor design, verifi
Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Principal ASIC Design Engineer About the Role At Micron, we transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. As a global leader in memory and storage innovation, we develop technologies that accelerate intelligence and enable the next era of AI, ML, and advanced computing. Micron’s Interface Pathfinding team drives performance-scaling innovation across circuits, signaling, packaging, and interconnects with a 3–5 year technology horizon. A core part of that work is silicon-based validation of novel PHY solutions, and we are growing the team to execute. As the Principal ASIC Design Engineer , you will be the primary digital contributor on a deliberately small, senior team — united around the goal of carrying high-speed interface technologies from architecture to tape-out. The team’s analog and chip-level architecture is anchored by a deeply experienced analog custom design engineer; your role is to be the authoritative digital voice — owning RTL design and micro-architecture of the digital blocks, defining timing constraints, supporting verification, and serving as the key interface between the digital design and the analog and layout specialists who will carry the implementation through to silicon. On a test ASIC of this scope, the front-end digital work is the critical path, with contractor and layout support engaged as bandwidth demands warrant. What You’ll Own Digital Block Architecture & RTL Design Own the micro-architecture and RTL implement
Job Details: Job Description: The Role and Impact As a Physical Design Engineer, you will play a critical role in driving the development of cutting-edge technologies at Intel. You will work hands-on to deliver high-performance physical designs, ensuring the successful integration of advanced semiconductor technologies. Your work will directly impact Intel's product innovation, addressing complex challenges in power, performance, and area optimization to shape the future of computing architectures. From synthesis to sign-off, your contributions will enable Intel to meet ambitious design goals and deliver transformative solutions to the market. Business Group This role is part of Intel's Corporate Technology Office (CTO), a dynamic group dedicated to advancing the company's technological leadership and innovation. The group focuses on developing foundational technologies, architectures, and methodologies that drive Intel's product roadmap and enable breakthrough computing solutions. Collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams, the CTO plays a pivotal role in delivering impactful designs that support Intel's broader mission of creating world-changing technology. Key Responsibilities - Drive RTL-to-GDS design convergence using advanced synthesis and place-and-route tools targeting performance, power, and area (PPA) goals. - Deliver block-level physical design, including closure of backend flows, electrical requirements, and enhancing silicon yield. - Collaborate with CAD and physical design methodology teams to adopt industry-leading tools and optimizations for custom designs. - Execute physical implementation tasks such as floor planning, bus/pin placement, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, and physical verification. - Debug timing, EM/IR, LVS, and DRC violations, and driv
Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. The Staff Design Engineer is responsible for designing, simulating, and optimizing DRAM circuits while supporting the development of digital and analog circuitry used in advanced memory products. This role collaborates globally across design, verification, product engineering, test, probe, process integration, assembly, and marketing to ensure manufacturable, high‑quality, cost‑optimized solutions. The position drives innovation in future memory generations and contributes to silicon‑to‑system development in a dynamic engineering environment. Responsibilities Design digital, analog, and memory core circuits using CMOS logic and transistors, implementing device specifications from concept to solution. Utilize AI-Enabled tools to assist with schematic editing, data collection and layout floorplan. Create optimized floorplans for circuit placement, routing, power delivery, sense margins, array timing, and die size, including layout leadership. Conduct circuit simulations using FINESIM, HSPICE, and VERILOG; analyze power, performance, reliability, and parasitic impacts. Validate builds through reticle experiments, tape‑out revisions, and simulation‑to‑silicon correlation, identifying required schematic edits. Prepare and maintain design documentation while contributing to best‑known practices and departmental training. Collaborate with global build, verification, product engineering, test, probe, process integration, assembly, and marketing teams to ensure manufacturability and quality. <l
Experienced or Senior Digital Design Engineer Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) seeks a Digital Design Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL and play a vital role in the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) program, one of the world's most advanced air and missile defense systems. This is your opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where your skills will directly contribute to protecting critical assets and ensuring mission success. If you are passionate about defense technology and want to make a real impact, we want to hear from you! Position Responsibilities: Design high speed digital circuits and perform signal integrity analysis Focus on electronic systems and electrical design, simulation and verification/validation testing of high-speed printed circuit boards (PCB) throughout full product development cycle Providing design guidelines and support for system architecture design, board layout, product bring-up, debug, validation, and factory builds This position requires obtaining a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim U.S. secret clearance Pre Start and final U.S. secret clearance Post Start is required. Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement 3 or more years of related work experience Experience in digital circuit design Preferred Qualificatio
The SCG Architecture team is hiring a Senior Power Integrity Co-Design Engineer to architect and deliver di/dt mitigation across silicon, package, board, and platform. This role bridges architecture, silicon, and platform — translating product noise targets into shipped specifications, and feeding silicon findings back into the next generation's build. Success in this role requires strong systems thinking and a willingness to accept ambiguity. It also requires the ability to apply AI as a force multiplier while maintaining rigorous engineering judgment. What you'll be doing: Architect voltage-noise mitigation across the full stack — silicon, package, board, platform — and own the codesign trade-offs between them. Co-design noise features with Speed, Power, Reliability, Circuit Design , Power-Arch, ASIC, and platform teams. You're the connective tissue across the codesign web. Work with other team members to define product-level voltage noise targets, drive them to closure, and sign them off at shipment. Build and take ownership of the Sim-to-Si correlation methodology for noise. You know when a model is lying and when silicon is. Model and prototype next-gen noise features — transient sense, droop response, mitigation IP, and codify them so every future program inherits them. Lead show-stopper noise bugs during bringup. The critical issues stop with you. Drive architecture-level codesign tradeoffs across V/F Power Noise Reliability Thermal (Noise-Variation) and (Noise-to-Closure) boundary work, where the highest-leverage innovation lives. What we need to see: BS / MS / PhD in EE, CE, or related (or equivalent experience). 5+ years in silicon power integrity, voltage noise, or PDN. Deep expertise in at least one of
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