Hardware Engineer, PCB

Normalcomputing
New York +3 more

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience with custom chip design and PCB bringup.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in full-stack chip development and hands-on experience with post-silicon validation
    — “lead post-silicon correlation and validation efforts including root-cause analysis and general debug”
  • Individuals who have led end-to-end PCB design and fabrication projects
    — “Owed a PCB end-to-end through design, fabrication and bringup”
  • Engineers with strong domain knowledge in CIM and thermodynamic computing technologies
    — “optimizing LLM and Diffusion inference by 100–1000x through combining thermodynamic computing and CIM technology”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of autonomy and ownership over complex design and validation workflows
    — “own the end-to-end development of our CIM substrate from architecture and schematic design to layout, tape-out, custom PCB development, and post-silicon bringup”
  • Cross-functional collaboration is central, requiring integration across analog, digital, and ML domains
    — “work alongside analog, digital, and ML engineers to further improve system-level PPA”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your history of developing and characterizing custom bitcells in layout and schematic design
    — “designed and characterized custom bitcells in schematic and layout”
  • Demonstrate fluency in Cadence tools like Virtuoso, Spectre, and Extraction
    — “Fluent in the Cadence flow: Virtuoso, Spectre, Assembler, Extraction, Layout”
  • Showcase your ability to debug and analyze reliability across PVT and Monte Carlo scenarios
    — “characterized past chips for reliability over PVT and Monte Carlo”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • owns the end-to-end development of the CIM substrate from architecture and schematic design to layout, tape-out, custom PCB development, and post-silicon bringup
  • leads post-silicon correlation and validation efforts
  • ensures the PCB is fully functional as intended
Typical background
developed analog IP from spec to GDSII in modern technologiesworked on memory technologies at bitcell and array leveldesigned and characterized custom bitcells in schematic and layout

Skills & requirements

Required

Analog IP DevelopmentMemory TechnologiesCustom Bitcells DesignCadence Flow

Preferred

CIM ChipsLab Bench EnvironmentScripting Languages

About the role

Original posting from Normalcomputing via Ashby

NORMAL COMPUTING | BUILD WITH US

Normal is an applied AI company solving the hardest problems in AI and silicon. We build foundational hardware and software for the semiconductor industry, critical AI infrastructure, and the broader systems that power our world, in partnership with the world's most advanced institutions. We work as one team across New York City, San Francisco, London, Copenhagen, and Pangyo.

THE ROLE

Normal Computing is redefining computing for the next 20 years by optimizing LLM and Diffusion inference by 100–1000x through combining thermodynamic computing and CIM technology. You will own the end-to-end development of our CIM substrate from architecture and schematic design to layout, tapeout, custom PCB development, and post-silicon bring-up.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

  • End-to-end PCB design flow: lead the full PCB development cycle including research, design, and evaluation of custom chips
  • Silicon bring-up: lead post-silicon correlation and validation efforts including root-cause analysis and general debug
  • PCB bring-up: ensure the PCB you designed and manufactured is fully functional as intended
  • Cross-functional collaboration: work alongside analog, digital, and ML engineers to further improve system-level PPA.

WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT FIT

  • Owned multiple PCBs end-to-end through design, simulation, fabrication and bringup
  • Familiar with common PCB tools, including Altium, Allegro, OrCAD, Xpedition
  • Built PCBs for expansion formats like PCIe, and including components like FPGAs, high-speed memories, flash memories, and various connectors like 100G ethernet

BONUS POINTS

  • Lead, fabricated, brought up custom PCBs to evaluate custom CIM chips
  • Experienced and comfortable in a lab bench environment including soldering with a microscope
  • Have used scripting languages (i.e. Python, Perl) to automate design flows and data post-processing

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Normal Computing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility Accommodations

Normal Computing is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@normalcomputing.com.

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Source: Normalcomputing careers (Ashby)

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