Software Engineer, ASIC

Neuralink Corp.
South San Francisco, CA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
$123,000.0 - $216,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services C++ (Programming Language) Ubuntu (Operating System) Linux Firmware FlexNet Publisher Internet Small Computer System Interface (ISCSI) Python (Programming Language) Network File Systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cadence Virtuoso Ansible
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Distributed Simulation Prometheus Server Administration Toolchain Ceph (Software) Cloud Platform System Application Specific Integrated Circuits Grafana Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Information Technology Bare Metal Build Tools Slurm ZFS File System Vertica Terraform Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Docker

Job description

As a Software Engineer, ASIC, you will integrate tightly with teams across the company, and span all layers of the work environment stack, from deployment of physical hardware on the manufacturing line, to custom tooling to stream neural recordings from implants. You will:

  • Build and maintain scalable EDA compute infrastructure for analog and digital chip design
  • Develop distributed simulation clusters to accelerate circuit verification at scale
  • Manage and optimize license infrastructure across multiple EDA vendors
  • Architect high-performance and robust shared storage for terabyte-scale design data
  • Develop build-system infrastructure and tooling for firmware targeting custom ASICs
  • Automate bare-metal server provisioning and lifecycle management for EDA compute fleets
  • Enhance developer experience for IC design and firmware engineers through monitoring, self-service tooling, and robust automation

Tech Stack:

  • Rust, Python, Go
  • Cadence Virtuoso, Cadence Spectre
  • Terraform, Ansible, Packer, MAAS
  • Bazel and Nix
  • Prometheus, ClickHouse, Grafana
  • Ray, Docker, Kubernetes
  • AWS, OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
  • RHEL, Ubuntu

Requirements

  • Experience administering EDA compute environments and toolchains (Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens/Mentor)
  • Working knowledge of FlexLM license server administration and capacity management.
  • Working knowledge of compiled languages, ideally Rust, Go, or C/C++.
  • Experience with high-performance Linux storage: NFS, ZFS, Ceph, iSCSI, or similar.
  • Systems administration experience on RHEL and Ubuntu, kernel tuning for compute workloads
  • Familiarity with distributed compute frameworks (Ray, Slurm, LSF, or similar)
  • Experience with bare-metal provisioning and lifecycle management at datacenter scale
  • Familiarity with embedded cross-compilation toolchains and build systems (ARM, Bazel, Nix)
  • Experience with multi-cloud deployments and hybrid on-prem/cloud architectures
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Benefits & conditions

The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the following range. Your actual base pay will be determined by your job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We also believe in aligning our employees’ success with the company’s long-term growth. As such, in addition to base salary, Neuralink offers equity compensation (in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSU)) for all full-time employees. Base Salary Range: $123,000-$216,000 USD

What We Offer:

Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.

  • An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
  • Growth potential; we rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
  • Paid holidays
  • Commuter benefits
  • Meals provided
  • Equity (RSUs) *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
  • 401(k) plan *Interns initially excluded until they work 1,000 hours
  • Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
  • Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded

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