AI Hardware Design Engineer

TechDigital

Santa Clara, CA

JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Santa Clara, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

We are seeking an Ai Hardware Design Engineer to join our team and drive innovation in AI-powered solutions. This role involves designing, developing, and optimizing generative AI models and workflows for applications such as product design, and intelligent automation.

  • Develop forward surrogate models for CVD/ALD/etch chambers mapping geometry, gas chemistry, flow, temperature, and power to film-uniformity, step-coverage, particle behavior, and thermal outcomes.
  • Implement inverse-design workflows where target performance specifications generate feasible chamber geometries, showerhead/baffle designs, and process conditions via generative or adjoint/topology-optimization methods.
  • Build bi-directional models that infer optimal process parameters for a given geometry and recommend geometry modifications when process latitude is insufficient.
  • Create high-fidelity digital twins combining physics-based solvers (CFD, plasma, heat transfer) with learned surrogate components for rapid design-space exploration.
  • Platform & MLOps Infrastructure: Implement and maintain robust, containerized MLOps systems (Docker, Kubernetes) in HPC environments to deploy models efficiently.
  • Develop robust multi-objective optimization and uncertainty-quantification workflows to ensure AI-generated designs are manufacturable, robust to variation, and compatible with downstream yield requirements.
  • Collaborate with physicists, domain experts, and software engineers to validate that AI models comply with fundamental scientific laws.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Education: Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational/Electrical Engineering, AI/ML, or related field.
  • Technical Expertise:
    • Strong proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow).
    • Experience with generative AI (LLMs, diffusion models, graph-based models).
    • Knowledge of computational materials methods (DFT, MD, phase-field modeling).
  • Additional Skills:
    • Familiarity with MLOps, HPC environments, and cloud deployment.
    • Proven experience (code repos, publications) bridging simulation software, hardware design, and ML.

About the Company

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TechDigital

COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified