Senior Principal, Design Engineer (San Jose)

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Req ID: 131895 Region: Americas Country: USA State/Province: California City: San Jose Detailed Description: - AI Architecture & Development: Lead the hands-on design and coding of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures and agentic workflows. Build systems that allow hardware engineers to "query" complex design rules and legacy data with high accuracy. - Engineering Data Strategy: Write custom Python scripts and parsers to extract structured intelligence from diverse sources, including PDF datasheets, EDA output files, Netlists, and complex block diagrams. - Model Optimization & Tuning: Execute fine-tuning runs for foundation models (e.g., Gemini/Vertex AI) using proprietary historical data to create a domain-specific expert model for hardware design. - Multimodal Analysis: Develop capabilities for AI to interpret visual engineering data, such as thermal heatmaps, mechanical drawings, and circuit diagrams, to automate technical documentation and manuals. - Predictive Analytics: Implement "Shift-Left" algorithms that utilize historical yield and manufacturing data to predict potential defects during the early stages of the design cycle. - Vector Database Management: Buil...