Introduction
Edgecortix Inc. is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer with proven RTL/logic and ASIC design expertise. If you have a strong desire to build state-of-the-art digital chips and systems join us and let's reshape the future of AI.
About Edgecortix
EdgeCortix is driving innovation in semiconductor solutions for the connected intelligent edge. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with additional offices in the United States and India, the company develops silicon-based, energy-efficient AI processors purpose-built for Generative AI workloads at the edge. The company’s patented hardware-software co-design methodology enables highly efficient runtime-reconfigurable AI accelerators, delivering industry-leading performance-per-watt for edge inference across defense, aerospace, smart cities, Industry 4.0, robotics and telecommunications applications.
The Team
As an engineering driven company we are working to define and solve the hardest problems at the intersection of AI, semiconductors and scalable systems across the edge computing landscape. We originated out of multiple years of research, as such at our core we value learning, intellectual curiosity, and self-starters. We have the ambitious goal of enabling cloud-level performance with significantly better energy-efficiency and cost-efficiency for AI inference infrastructure across markets like robotic, industrial automation, aerospace & defense and telecommunications.
Your Role and Responsibilities:
Ideal candidates will have expertise in several of the following areas:
- RTL Design and module-level verification of modules for Edgecortix inference accelerator IP.
- Participate in synthesis, STA, and power estimation activities.
- Propose and implement low-level micro-architectural optimizations for better area, power, and placeability/routability of design targeting specific tech processes, power, and area budgets.
- Work closely with our architects to support architectural-level decisions providing expert feedback to ensure high design scalability.
- Collaborate with our architects and compiler engineers to determine the best way of implementing new functionality and defining architectural specs.
- Engage in system integration activities for SoC design using third-party IPs and integration tools.
- Engage in IP-level and system-level verification and debugging activities using SystemVerilog and UVM.
- Embrace high standards of engineering practices such as code reviews, technical documentation, propper testing process, continuous integration, and release engineering.
Desired Qualifications (ASIC)
- Ability to write clean, readable, synthesizable RTL.
- Familiarity with AXI, Avalon or similar protocol.
- Experience in low power RTL design.
- Experience in performing logic synthesis using Cadence or Synopsys tools.
- Experience in writing timing constraints and power intent definitions.
- Experience in optimizing design for timing.
- Experience in using power analysis tools such as Joules or PowerPro.
- Understanding of Physical Design issues.
- Understanding of using fixed-point arithmetic for approximating floating-point computations.
- Experience with verification using SystemVerilog and UVM.
- Experience with DDR, PCI-E, MIPI CSI or other high speed protocols is a plus.
- Decent scripting and automation skills using TCL, Python, and Make.
- Basic programming skills in statically typed languages such as C++ or Java.
What’s in it for you?
Make a difference: you will have the opportunity to join a well-funded and rapidly growing fabless AI semiconductor company that is disrupting the AI software and hardware across the edge AI landscape. Be an integral part of its growth and momentum.
Benefits and Perks
- Highly competitive salary and stock options as applicable
- Flex work time
- Top-tier employee benefits
Skills Required
- Proven RTL/logic and ASIC design expertise
- Ability to write clean, readable, synthesizable RTL
- Experience in low power RTL design
- Experience in performing logic synthesis using Cadence or Synopsys tools
- Experience in writing timing constraints and power intent definitions
- Experience in using power analysis tools such as Joules or PowerPro
- Decent scripting and automation skills using TCL, Python, and Make
- Basic programming skills in statically typed languages such as C++ or Java
What We Do
EdgeCortix is an Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform company, pioneering the future of the connected intelligent edge. It was founded in 2019 with the radical idea of taking a software first approach, while designing an artificial intelligence specific runtime reconfigurable processor from the ground up using a technique called "hardware & software co-exploration". Targeting advanced computer vision applications first, using proprietary hardware and software IP on existing processors like FPGAs and custom designed ASIC, the company is geared towards positively disrupting the rapidly growing AI hardware space across defense, aerospace, smart cities, industry 4.0, autonomous vehicles and robotics







