Founding Silicon Engineer

Bronco is an applied AI lab helping chipmakers keep Moore’s law going. Our mission is to build AI silicon verification agents that find bugs, drive coverage, and help companies ship working chips on time.

We're currently deployed alongside verification teams at leading chip companies building next generation hardware (4 nm process node).

We are well-funded and backed by tier-1 investors, including YC, 8VC, Elad Gil, SV Angel, and Contrary Capital. We have also established strong relationships with the leading academic and industry researchers in the field of AI for chip design. Our advisors have won multiple Best Paper Awards at leading conferences, been cited tens of thousands of times, and received some of the highest honors in the microelectronics and EDA industries.

As a founding silicon engineer at Bronco AI, you will be building world-class intelligent reasoning systems for chip verification. You’ll lend your domain expertise to develop AI systems that best support verification engineers. The ideal candidate is an experienced silicon engineer, chip designer, or verification engineer who seeks to get closer to the cutting edge of AI and work in a high-ownership, high-velocity environment.

• You put in the hours. You’re ready to burn the midnight oil to make sure our customers succeed, come hell or high water.
• You run towards the fire. Startups are a series of miracles and you are a miracle worker. You solve problems before they pop up. You support the team wherever you’re most needed.
• You learn incredibly quickly. You’re an expert in multiple technical domains and you want to become an expert in a few more. You feel confident jumping headfirst into deep technical challenges, learning on the fly, and delivering results.

• Have high ownership and direction over the architecture of the domain-specific reasoning system.
• Work alongside our customers to deploy and integrate Bronco into their workflows.
• Inform product direction using knowledge of industry standard workflows and onsite customer learnings.
• Co‑develop with the AI and execute comprehensive verification plans and test benches.
• Stay current with industry trends in both chip design and AI technologies.

• You are an exceptional engineer who can solve any problem.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 4+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC design and verification.
• Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools.
• Interest in AI and machine learning applications in chip design and verification.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Proficiency in scripting languages and strong programming experience.
• Strong expertise in digital verification, with emphasis on System Verilog and UVM.

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Comprehensive benefits including health, vision, and dental coverage.
• High‑ownership, high‑velocity environment with rapid learning opportunities.
• Chance to work on a profound technical problem that, if solved, will accelerate the future of technology development and civilization.

If you're passionate about revolutionizing chip verification through AI and ready to make a significant impact in a well-funded startup environment, we want to hear from you!

The pay range for this role is:

140, USD per year (Bronco HQ)