AI Engineer - Shanghai, China
Originally posted 9 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role focuses on building agentic AI platforms tightly coupled with FPGA acceleration.
What you'll do
- Develop LLM-powered agents that use tools, APIs, and data to complete complex tasks.
- Implement RAG pipelines for large-scale knowledge integration.
- Ship end-to-end systems from data ingestion to reasoning to action.
- Design multi-step reasoning workflows.
- Collaborate with FPGA/ASIC teams on hardware-aware AI design.
- Develop reusable components for memory and context management, tool integration, and knowledge retrieval.
What you'll need
- Master’s (or exceptional Bachelor’s) in CS, EE, or related field.
- 1–3 years experience (internships, research, or industry).
- Strong coding skills in Python.
- Hands-on experience building AI/ML projects, OR backend / distributed systems.
- Solid fundamentals in data structures.
- Solid fundamentals in system design basics.
Nice to have
- Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar.
- Experience with vector databases (FAISS, Milvus, etc.).
- Exposure to RAG, prompt engineering, or agent workflows.
- Exposure to hardware acceleration or performance optimization.
Skills: agentic AI, LLMs, RAG, FPGA acceleration, hardware-software co-design, AI systems
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 63-day median for AI/ML Hardware Engineering roles.
AI/ML Hardware Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
508
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Median days open
63 d
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Median salary
$224k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Altera | All employers we track in this specialty (508 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 508 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 24 | 5650 · 142 employers |
| Median days open | 44 d | 63 d (−19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $224k |
Skills observed across this category: agentic AI, LLMs, RAG, FPGA acceleration, hardware-software co-design, AI systems
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 107 open roles · median 98 d
- NVIDIA · 88 open roles · median 60 d
- AMD · 44 open roles · median 63 d
- Micron Technology · 27 open roles · median 47 d
- Mobileye · 21 open roles · median 44 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 11 open roles · median 64 d
How we counted: 508 open AI/ML Hardware Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.