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Software Engineer, AI Tooling

matxMountain ViewAI Tooling
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Salary
$160K - $275K
Job type
Full-time
Posted
22 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Software Engineer, AI Tooling is a full-time role located in Mountain View at MatX that suits professionals experienced in hardware engineering workflows and heavy coding agent usage. The position involves collaborating with hardware teams to improve AI agent harnesses, workflows, and evaluation loops for chip design.

Role Overview

MatX is looking for a Software Engineer, AI Tooling to join its AI tooling team in Mountain View. This position bridges the gap between hardware engineering and AI by building agent harnesses, shared workflows, and review tools. The professional works closely with hardware engineers to identify where coding agents fail and implements context, tools, and check improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Identify and resolve limitations where agents underperform in hardware engineering by pairing directly with RTL, DV, and PD engineers.
Develop tools addressing issues unique to agent-generated code, such as review utilities that divide large diffs into manageable parts.
Construct evaluation loops by extracting repository bug histories and replaying them against varying agent configurations.

Requirements

Possess or rapidly develop fluency in RTL design, DV, or PD.
Utilize coding agents heavily with strong views on verification, boundaries, and safe execution.
Design engineering workflows, methodologies, flow automation, review tooling, or agent harnesses that peers adopt and maintain.
Identify incorrect assertions made by LLM agents and modify agent harnesses accordingly.

Nice to Have

Built tooling or automation designed for chip design flows.
Familiarity with Bluespec, alternative high-level HDLs, architecture simulators, or performance simulators.

Skills and Tools

Rust
Python
Bluespec
SystemVerilog
RTL design
Design Verification (DV)
Physical Design (PD)

Salary and Benefits

US base salary ranges from $160,000 to $600,000 plus equity depending on career tier, role, experience, and location.
Time off includes 4 weeks of accrued PTO, 12 company holidays, and up to 3 weeks of remote work.
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability, and travel insurances alongside HSA and FSA options.
Retirement plans include 401K options with a 5% company contribution.
Additional perks feature a $1,500 professional development budget, daily onsite meals, 100% covered daily commute, $50 monthly perk allowance, cell and internet reimbursement, remote home setup allowance, mental health benefits, and up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave with a $6K Family Fund.

About the Company

MatX builds custom silicon designed to run large AI models efficiently for training and inference through hardware and software co-design across ISA, RTL, simulator, compiler, and kernels. The organization requires candidates to comply with U.S. export control laws.

How to Apply

Apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

RustPythonBluespecSystemVerilogLLM

Questions candidates ask

What is the location of the Software Engineer, AI Tooling role?

The position is located in Mountain View.

What programming languages and hardware languages are mentioned?

Rust, Python, Bluespec, and SystemVerilog are mentioned in the posting.

What is the salary range for this position?

The US base salary ranges from $160,000 to $600,000 plus equity, varying by career level, experience, location, and skills.

Do I need to have taped out a chip previously?

No, you do not need to have taped out a chip, but you must have or quickly build fluency in RTL design, DV, or PD.

What benefits are provided for professional growth?

MatX provides a $1,500 per year professional development budget.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official matx careers page.

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