About Rain:

At Rain AI, we’re creating a future with abundant and scalable artificial intelligence. We're building the world’s most cost and energy efficient hardware for AI. Our products achieve an order of magnitude improvement over the status quo by co-designing every layer of the AI stack, from circuits to algorithms. Our ultimate goal is to become the dominant hardware company of the AI era.

Rain AI is currently a Series A stage startup and backed by world leaders in AI. Our seed round was led by Sam Altman (OpenAI). In addition, our current VC partners include Y Combinator, Daniel Gross, Jaan Tallinn, Founders X Fund, Airbus Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures and Deepwater.

About the role:

Be part of a team that is defining the landscape of AI. Join our custom circuits team where you will collaborate with circuit design, CAD, and physical design to create the most area-efficient, low-power, high performance compute in memory solution in the industry.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the IC Design team to develop process flows and timelines for taking custom circuit designs and delivering high fidelity layouts. Includes design guidelines, review processes and sign-off
• Create high fidelity layouts for custom compute and memory circuits
• Understand context aware design implementation and how to move through design development effectively and efficiently
• Target metrics with obsessive and aggressive attention to PPA
• Ensure circuit creation meets required verification: lvs, drc, erc, softcheck
• Understand and implement sufficient power distribution
• Work in a dynamic team environment, thrive under pressure, and deliver uncompromising results on time
  
  

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant experience in layout for advanced FinFET nodes (7nm, 5nm etc.)
• Experience leading layouts of complex custom deliverables for at least 2 successful tape-outs with memory macros
• Demonstrate a pragmatic approach to evaluating design tradeoffs and optimizations when making design decisions
• Be highly collaborative for development, but also display self-sufficiency to close defined tasks independently
• Deep expertise in methods for layouts of custom digital and mixed-signal circuit layout using the latest industry advancements
• Proficiency in using industry-standard layout design software, including Cadence Virtuoso, Custom Compiler, Calibre, ICV, Totem, and version control
• Familiarity with industry standard custom, semi-custom and fully automated design flows are a plus
• Project management skills; experience organizing staged deliverables, being able to clearly articulate design objectives and specifications, building efficient processes and resolving conflict in technical work for best outcome
• Exhibit a high degree of motivation and independence
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  
  

Our Benefits:

• Medical Insurance with 100% coverage of employee premiums
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k match
• Unlimited PTO + all federal holidays
• Two weeks off around Christmas and New Years
• Summer “shutdown”: one week-off for all employees
• Work from anywhere in the United States
• $500 of office equipment per year
• And more!
  
  

Compensation Range: $220K - $260K