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About the role
As a Founding Silicon Engineer, you will be the domain backbone of Bronco's AI agents. You'll contribute to the architecture of our reasoning systems, drive tool integrations with industry-standard EDA environments, and shape product direction based on what you know from the inside — the workflows, pain points, and failure modes that only come from real verification experience.
What they're looking for
- Contribute to the architecture of Bronco's domain-specific reasoning systems — defining task structure, expected agent behavior, and quality criteria across DV workflows
- Own and expand tool integrations between Bronco's AI and EDA environments — simulators, coverage tools, linters, and formal verification platforms
- Work hands-on with CAD and EDA tooling to build, test, and validate AI-generated outputs against real verification environments
- Deploy and integrate Bronco into customer workflows, working directly alongside verification teams at leading chip companies
- Feed onsite learnings back into product direction and tool integration roadmap
More about this role
As a Founding Silicon Engineer, you will be the domain backbone of Bronco's AI agents. You'll contribute to the architecture of our reasoning systems, drive tool integrations with industry-standard EDA environments, and shape product direction based on what you know from the inside — the workflows, pain points, and failure modes that only come from real verification experience.
This role puts you at the intersection of AI and silicon at a unique moment. You'll have a front row seat into a diverse range of chip projects across the industry — from AI accelerators to SoCs to custom silicon — and you'll be fundamentally changing how chips are made. The ideal candidate is an experienced silicon or verification engineer who has spent real time inside industry CAD flows. We have a strong preference for founding engineers, early-stage engineers, and past founders.
- Contribute to the architecture of Bronco's domain-specific reasoning systems — defining task structure, expected agent behavior, and quality criteria across DV workflows
- Own and expand tool integrations between Bronco's AI and EDA environments — simulators, coverage tools, linters, and formal verification platforms
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