About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Embed with external engineering teams to scope, build and deliver custom software tools for their work, drawing on a hardware design or verification background. The role owns an assigned account from first problem discussion through to a working solution in the client's hands.
What you'll do
- Spend time at client facilities, or close by, working inside their design and verification groups to create new tools together.
- Take full responsibility for a designated client, from the first scoping conversation to a deliverable they actively use.
- Coordinate with internal research staff, subject specialists and client sponsors to convert on-site challenges into released features.
- Build software links between the product and the client's development, test and simulation setups.
- Travel frequently to client sites.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- University-level training in an engineering or computer science discipline.
- Practical background in circuit design or verification work at an electronics firm.
- Programming work done inside a hardware-focused firm.
- Fluency in hardware description languages and familiarity with simulation-based checking and fault diagnosis.
- Proficiency in Python, plus experience shipping low-level compiled programs that run inside client environments.
- Background in making heavy computational or learning-driven software run faster and leaner.
- Hands-on experience using AI agent tools in daily engineering work.
- Skill in engaging client technical staff and leadership to pin down needs and speak for the employer.
Bonus points
- Exposure to formal methods, industry-standard verification frameworks or licensed design software.
- Experience customizing AI agents.
- Prior field, solutions or applications engineering experience in the hardware industry.
- Skill writing automation scripts that streamline engineering workflows.
- Know-how provisioning protected client systems and controlled data connections.
- Experience in numerical or scientific computing, or with C++ performance modeling.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $150K to $300K per year
- Equity
- Flexible time off
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plan
Location and work model
- San Jose, California, United States
- On-site, 5 days in-office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- University-level training in engineering or computer science
- Practical circuit design or verification experience at an electronics firm
- Programming experience in a hardware-focused firm
- Fluency in hardware description languages
- Experience with simulation-based checking and fault diagnosis
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience shipping low-level compiled programs in client environments
- Experience optimizing computationally intensive or learning-driven software
- Hands-on experience using AI agent tools in engineering work
- Ability to engage client technical staff and leadership to identify needs and represent the employer
- Exposure to formal methods, verification frameworks, or licensed design software
- Experience customizing AI agents
- Field, solutions, or applications engineering experience in the hardware industry
- Experience writing engineering workflow automation scripts
- Experience provisioning protected client systems and controlled data connections
- Experience in numerical or scientific computing, or C++ performance modeling
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
