Research Engineer, Chip Design RL (Reinforcement Learning)
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
Posted 16d ago
Job Location
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Categories
AI Research Engineer
About the job
Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer for its Code RL team to advance AI models' ability to design silicon. This role involves leveraging chip design expertise to create tasks and signals for models, focusing on hardware design domains. The position is at the intersection of cutting-edge research and engineering excellence, with a commitment to building high-quality, scalable systems that push the boundaries of AI capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Invent, design, and implement RL environments and evaluations for agentic RTL generation, design verification, and physical design optimization.
- Work on cross-cutting RL considerations such as EDA-tool latency optimization and proxy rewards.
- Conduct experiments and shape the research roadmap.
- Deliver work into research and production training runs.
- Collaborate with researchers and engineers across and outside Anthropic.
Requirements
- Expertise in ASIC or FPGA design: RTL, design verification (UVM, formal methods, coverage-driven), physical design (synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure), PPA optimization, DFT, ECOs.
- Fluency with industry EDA tools and processes.
- Experience with chip tape-outs from specification to silicon.
- Ability to balance research exploration with engineering implementation.
- Passion for AI's potential and commitment to developing safe and beneficial systems.
- Experience with reinforcement learning, evaluations, or environments.
- Experience building tooling or automation around chip design flows.
- Experience with ML accelerators or high-performance compute hardware.
- Familiarity with high-level synthesis or architecture simulators.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a relevant field.
Benefits
- Annual compensation range: $500,000 - $850,000 USD
- Visa sponsorship available