Forward Deployed Engineer

Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.

About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at ChipAgents, you will embed directly with customer semiconductor teams to deploy agentic-AI workflows for chip design and verification. You will partner with internal R&D engineers and customer domain experts to build custom capabilities that integrate directly into customer RTL, testbench, and simulation flows.

What you'll do

• Embed on-site or near-site with customer design and verification teams to build new solutions.
• Own the customer relationship end-to-end, managing workflows from problem definition through to deployment.
• Collaborate with R&D, domain experts, and customer champions to convert field challenges in RTL development and verification into shipped software.
• Write code that connects ChipAgents to customer design flows, including RTL, testbenches, simulators, and verification environments.

What you'll need

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience in chip design or design verification (DV) at a semiconductor, EDA, or hardware company.
• Working knowledge of Verilog, SystemVerilog, and RTL, alongside familiarity with verification flows including testbenches, simulation, and debug.
• Software engineering skills with proficiency in Python, with the ability to ship working solutions under ambiguity without a stable spec.
• Experience using AI agents, especially coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode.
• Willingness and ability to accommodate frequent on-site customer travel.

Nice to have

• Experience with UVM, formal verification, or commercial EDA tools.
• Experience customizing AI agents.
• Prior forward-deployed, solutions engineering, applications engineering, or field engineering experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience with scripting and automation around design flows, such as Python, Tcl, or Makefiles.
• Experience standing up secure customer environments and data access.
• Software engineering experience with C++ or TypeScript.

Skills: forward deployed, RTL, verification, Python, AI agents

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