Semiconductor Engineer / Chip Design

Main mission

Designs chips, including AI accelerators (GPU, TPU, NPU).

5 key responsibilities

• Design integrated circuits: architecture, RTL, verification.
• Optimize performance, power consumption, and chip area.
• Develop AI accelerators: GPU, TPU, NPU.
• Collaborate with foundries on manufacturing.
• Validate silicon and correct iterations.

Key skills

VHDL/Verilog, microarchitecture, EDA tools, semiconductor physics.

What's expected

Chips that win the performance/watt race: hardware has become the battlefield of AI.

Career paths

Chip Architect, Lead Silicon Engineer, Hardware Engineering Management.