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Scientist | AI & Chip Design


Company : Cognichip


Location : Toronto, Ontario


Created : 2026-03-12


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Were hiring teammates at the intersection of AI/ML and chip designpeople who love building, move fast, and care about doing excellent work. About the role Youll work at the boundary between our AI and hardware efforts to build systems that make chip design workflows better. You will: Build and iterate on data generation (including synthetic data) for chip-design tasks Train ML models Design robust evaluation methodology Integrate with hardware workflows Collaborate closely with engineers across AI + hardware + software, and own projects end-to-end Work style: In-person (both offices have a vibrant, builder-heavy culture) About you You have baseline knowledge in both domains : AI/ML: familiarity with deep learning + data/model development Chip design: basic understanding of circuit design and SystemVerilog implementations And you have deep strength in at least one of: Data pipelines / data engineering Reinforcement learning (RL) UVM Formal verification SystemVerilog (advanced) Youre collaborative, take initiative, and can lead when needed. We care that youve shown you can do exceptional work. Examples: You built a product or system that people used You made major contributions to a respected codebase / repo Youve done meaningful work in a high-performing environment (such as top companies) You shipped a standout project end-to-end You have strong publicationsor similarly rigorous proof of ability Or anything else that clearly demonstrates you can execute at a very high level We love building. We want people who are passionate about their craft. We value a talent-to-ego ratio > 1. About us Youll join a highly collaborative team working on a difficult, exciting problem. Collectively, our team has: Founded startups and scaled them to IPO Led development of products used by millions Earned 23,000+ scientific citations Held leadership roles at places like Google, NVIDIA, Amazon, Synopsys, and more Won medals in international science Olympiads If youre excited to tackle hard problems and build real systems, lets connect.