Software Engineer, Simulation Infrastructure & Tooling

Software Engineer, Simulation Infrastructure & Tooling

San Jose, California, United States

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This role owns the simulation infrastructure, ensuring that trace‑driven power/thermal analysis is reproducible, automated, and scalable across projects, and helps other team members build their assets efficiently.

Location: Daily onsite presence at our San Jose, CA office in alignment with our Flexible Work policy

Reports to: SVP, R&D (Power & Thermal Lab)

• Set up and maintain compute environments and simulation servers.
• Build automation pipelines for simulation runs, regression testing, and result tracking.
• Manage data pipelines for traces, power features, and thermal outputs.
• Support experiment management, versioning, and reproducibility.
• Collaborate with modeling engineers to streamline workflows.
• Interface with RTL and thermal simulators.

• Bachelors degree 5+ years of experience or Masters degree 3+ years of experience.
• Solid experience in programming‑environment and server setup and management.
• Experience with Linux environments, build systems, and automation.
• Familiarity with scripting (Python, Bash) workflows.
• Exposure to RTL and thermal simulators.

• Experience supporting research or modeling teams.
• Experience with large‑scale simulation or EDA/CFD‑adjacent tooling environments.

What We Offer

The pay range below is for all roles at this level across all US locations and functions. Individual pay rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location, as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education, and training. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

This is in addition to our diverse package of benefits centered around the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones. In addition to the usual Medical/Dental/Vision/401k, our inclusive rewards plan empowers our people to care for their whole selves. An investment in your future is an investment in ours.

Base Pay Range

$138,000 - $206,000 USD

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