Voltai ยท 2 months ago
Research Engineer - Post-Training
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelVoltai is developing world models and agents to enhance hardware design and semiconductor innovation. The Research Engineer - Post-Training will post-train frontier models to autonomously perform tasks in the semiconductor design and verification pipeline, collaborating with experts to improve AI systems for designing next-generation silicon systems.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Post-train frontier models to autonomously perform complex tasks across the semiconductor design and verification pipeline
Propose and optimize chip architectures
Generate and refine RTL code
Run simulations
Identify verification gaps
Iteratively improve designs
Design rich reinforcement learning environments that capture the intricacies of chip design workflows
Develop structured reward functions, scaling strategies, and evaluation frameworks that push models toward higher reliability, efficiency, and creativity in semiconductor reasoning
Qualification
Required
Creating and scaling RL environments for LLMs or multimodal agents
Building high-quality evaluation datasets and benchmarks for complex reasoning or design tasks
Working closely with domain experts in hardware and verification to define evaluation metrics, constraints, and simulation conditions
Designing reward functions and feedback pipelines that balance correctness, performance, and design efficiency
Running large-scale RL fine-tuning or post-training experiments for frontier models
Applying reinforcement learning or curriculum learning to structured reasoning or symbolic domains
Company
Voltai
AI models for electronics
11-50 employees
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