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Make the choice to join us today!\r\nOur team is responsible for development and support of infrastructure tools used by design engineers for build and verification of architectural, rtl, and gate level designs. As a software engineer, you will craft highly efficient software to automate and facilitate chip design and verification processes.\r\nWhat You'll be Doing:\r\nWork as a team to build reliable, scalable and high performance software that are easy to use by hundreds of engineers worldwide.\r\nDevelop software tools in C++/Golang to analyze and construct chip designs described in C++, Verilog or domain-specific languages (DSLs).\r\nResearch and develop software solutions to allow greater efficiency in architecture, hardware and software teams.\r\nOptimize the daily workflows of the world's top chip modelers and designers.\r\nWhat We Need to See\r\nBS (or equivalent experience) and 5+ years of software development experience., MS (or PHD) preferred.\r\nExperienced with C++ or Golang, Unix/Linux.\r\nSolid understanding of algorithms, computer architecture and computer science theory.\r\nExperienced with VLSI physical design and packaging.\r\nFlexibility/adaptability for working in a global and dynamic environment with different frameworks and requirements.\r\nWays to stand out from the crowd\r\nGood architecture and RTL design knowledge.\r\nStrong expertise in modern C++, compiler, build systems, and database.\r\nExperienced with static and dynamic code analysis tools.\r\nThe base salary range is 144,000 USD - 270,250 USD. 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