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Application Engineer
VoltaiMenlo Park, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Apr 2025
About the role
About Voltai: Voltai is an AI company building frontier foundation models and agentic systems for semiconductor and electronics design.We are one of the fastest-growing startups (in terms of valuation and revenue bookings) and leader in AI for electronics design. Backed by the world's top VC firm, we are working with some of the world’s largest semiconductor and electronics companies.The founding team consists of Olympiad medalists, ICPC world champions, and university professors. In addition, our business team has a proven track record, having scaled revenue from $0 to $400M in just four years at their previous company.
Key Responsibilities:
Required Skill Sets:
Nice-to-Have:
Our Benefits
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely with customers to gather feedback on AI-generated outputs and address real-world electrical engineering challenges.
- Collaborate with ML engineers, product managers, and firmware engineers.
- Lead efforts in gathering data for electrical component training and AI model validation.
- Hire, mentor, and lead a team of application engineers to support AI-based hardware design products.
- Design, simulate, and validate electrical circuit boards integrated into AI-driven semiconductor and electronics products.
- Act as the primary technical expert for components used by leading semiconductor and electronics companies, helping refine and validate Voltai’s AI copilot for hardware engineers.
- Work closely with customers to gather feedback, identify common failure patterns, and shape the roadmap for AI-based application engineering products.
- Work closely with the sales team to act as the expert for customer interactions.
Required Skill Sets:
- Proven experience supporting customers through design-in, debugging, and system integration phases.
- Ability to collaborate with customers to translate their requirements into optimized technical designs.
- Expertise in circuit design, including analog and digital circuits, microcontroller systems, and power management.
- Experience in PCB design and layout using tools like Altium, Eagle, or KiCad, from concept to manufacturing.
- Deep knowledge of embedded systems and familiarity with microcontrollers, FPGAs, and communication protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, etc.).
- Strong understanding of power electronics, signal integrity, and PCB debugging using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.).
- Proficiency in hardware-software co-design and collaboration with firmware engineers.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain component behavior and limitations clearly to both internal and external stakeholders.
Nice-to-Have:
- Familiarity with AI/ML techniques related to hardware design automation.
- Knowledge of data collection and validation for AI model training.
- Python programming experience for test automation.
Our Benefits
- Unlimited PTO: Recharge when you need it, no questions asked.
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical and dental insurance to keep you and your loved ones covered.
- Commitment to Your Growth: We invest in your continuous learning and development through challenging projects and opportunities for advancement.
- Visa Sponsorship: We support international talent and offer visa sponsorship to help you join our team, no matter where you are in the world.
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