Sandisk

Staff AI Engineer - Design Automation

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6 months ago
Milpitas, CA, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and build AI agents that automate multi-step semiconductor workflows.
  • Develop agent-platform orchestration, tool integration, observability, and evaluation infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with design and verification engineers to understand pain points and identify automation opportunities.
  • Create techniques for grounding agents in domain knowledge, specifications, design rules, and verification intent.
  • Build evaluation frameworks for agent reliability, correctness, and safety.
  • Debug problems across model behavior, infrastructure, and semiconductor-specific edge cases.
  • Ship robust, production-quality systems that operate reliably at scale.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • At least 3 years of industry experience.
  • Experience in or familiarity with semiconductor or EDA areas such as RTL design, verification, physical design, or EDA tool development.
  • Foundational understanding of AI/ML, including model operation, training, and evaluation.
  • Strong programming skills and ability to build robust, production-quality systems.
  • Ability to reason about complex problems and diagnose subtle issues across technical domains.
  • Clear communication skills to bridge different technical domains.
  • Preferred qualifications include a PhD, deep semiconductor expertise in areas such as verification methodologies, synthesis, timing closure, or DFT; deep AI/ML expertise; hands-on LLM, RAG, or agentic-systems experience; EDA tool internals or automation-scripting experience; and semiconductor or AI/ML publications or significant projects.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits including paid vacation and sick leave; medical, dental, and vision insurance; life, accident, and disability insurance; flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance; voluntary benefits; tuition reimbursement; transit; employee stock purchase; and a 401(k) plan.
  • Eligible employees may participate in Short-Term Incentive and, depending on role and performance, Long-Term Incentive programs, including RSUs or cash equivalents.
  • The anticipated application deadline is June 12, 2026, subject to earlier closure if the position is filled.
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