Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 46 days ago

Sr Engineer CAD Pre-Silicon Front End

Velaura AI48 open roles

Pay
$200,000 – $300,000 a year
Where
Santa Clara, CA
Work mode
On site
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowSr Engineer CAD Pre-Silicon Front EndVelaura AI · Santa Clara, CA

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Velaura AI's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

12.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Velaura AI postings stay open a median of 51 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.3%7 days
  4. 19.3%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.1%60 days
This job: posted 46 days ago

Velaura AI median: 51 days open

The posting

Role Overview

Velaura is building custom silicon for Physical and Embodied AI, and we are building it from a blank sheet. The automation our design and verification engineers use to get from RTL to a clean handoff shapes how fast that silicon comes together. You will own the front end automation that carries our silicon from RTL entry to a clean handoff into DFT and implementation. The scope covers RTL design flows, verification flows from simulation through prototyping, and the AI assisted tooling built over them. Success is measured two ways. Front end engineers get more done, and the tools they rely on stay up through every phase of the design cycle.

  • Own the RTL design flows including build, lint, CDC and formal checks.
  • Own register generation and the generator driven flows behind interfaces and integration.
  • Own the DV flows including testbench build, regression execution and coverage collection.
  • Own emulation and FPGA prototyping build and bring up.
  • Build and deploy AI assisted tooling across design and verification workflows, working with CAD and Engineering Infrastructure on compute and model access.
  • Keep these flows available through the design cycle, managing tool versions and turning around bug, upgrade and maintenance requests quickly.
  • Measure and improve design and verification productivity, and move proven workflows into standard practice.
  • Partner with DFT and physical design on handoff readiness, owning the DFT side flows that sit in the front end.
  • 8 or more years in design verification, design or CAD engineering, including ownership of a flow area.
  • Strong SystemVerilog and RTL fluency with the ability to read and debug design and testbench code.
  • Hands on experience building and running simulation and regression flows including testbench compile, coverage collection and results triage.
  • Excellent Python skills and a track record of building tools that other engineers maintain.
  • Working knowledge of front end design and verification EDA tools from Synopsys, Cadence or Siemens EDA.
  • Working knowledge of Linux administration, distributed compute such as LSF or Slurm, and the storage and scaling constraints behind large regression workloads.
  • Familiarity with databases and dashboarding tools such as Grafana for tracking flow health and regression metrics.
  • Track record of supporting a live engineering flow with responsive issue turnaround, and the communication skills to work closely with design and verification engineers.
  • Experience with UVM, cocotb or Python based verification environments.
  • Hands on experience applying LLMs or agentic systems to engineering workflows.
  • Experience taking an SoC from RTL bring up through tapeout.
  • Experience with emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms such as Palladium, Protium, Veloce or HAPS.
  • Experience with retrieval augmented generation, fine tuning or evaluation frameworks for code models.
  • Experience at an early stage semiconductor company.

Why Velaura?

Velaura is building next-generation compute technology for cloud, edge, and Physical AI. Our solutions will enable robots, autonomous systems, drones, and other intelligent machines to operate efficiently in the physical world. This is an opportunity to help build foundational technology at a time when the industry is undergoing fundamental change. You will work alongside experienced leaders, architects, engineers, and operators who have delivered industry-defining products across mobile, cloud, semiconductor, and AI platforms. If you enjoy solving difficult problems, working across disciplines, and helping shape the future of Physical AI, we would love to hear from you.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodations

Velaura is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We also take affirmative action to offer employment opportunities to minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Velaura is committed to working with qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants who would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or who need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us at: [email protected]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only. Evaluation of requests for reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Velaura AI's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Velaura AI's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Velaura AI's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.