# Mid-End ASIC Engineer, Principal at Positron AI

- Company: Positron AI
- What the company does: About Positron AI Positron AI specializes in developing custom hardware systems to accelerate AI inference. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://www.positron.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote (United States)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $190K to $280K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/positron/jobs/860aaaa5-cdcf-4db3-9f4d-da27e14a2ba5
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/positron-ai-mid-end-asic-engineer-principal/

## About the role

We're looking for an exceptional Principal Mid-End ASIC Engineer to own synthesis, timing convergence, implementation readiness, and logical design quality across our AI accelerator roadmap. This is a deeply technical, hands-on engineering role responsible for transforming high-quality RTL into implementation-ready netlists while driving timing closure strategy, constraint development, physical-aware optimization, and close collaboration between RTL designers and backend implementation partners.

## What they're looking for

- 12+ years of ASIC implementation experience, including multiple successful tapeouts
- Expert-level proficiency in synthesis methodology and flow development
- Deep expertise in timing closure across complex, multi-million-gate designs
- Expert-level command of Cadence Genus and/or Synopsys Design Compiler
- Strong SDC expertise, including constraint development and MMMC environments
- A solid grasp of RTL design principles and implementation-friendly coding practices

Tags: Engineering