Synthesis & Static Timing Analysis - STA - Engineer

About Voltai

Voltai is developing world models, and agents to learn, evaluate, plan, experiment, and interact with the physical world. We are starting out with understanding and building hardware; electronics systems and semiconductors where AI can design and create beyond human cognitive limits.

About the Team

Backed by Silicon Valley’s top investors, Stanford University, and CEOs/Presidents of Google, AMD, Broadcom, Marvell, etc. We are a team of previous Stanford professors, SAIL researchers, Olympiad medalists (IPhO, IOI, etc.), the inventors of IC3 and the Murphi verification system, CTOs of Synopsys & GlobalFoundries, Head of Sales & CRO of Cadence, former US Secretary of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Senior Foreign-Policy Advisor to four US presidents.

About this Role

You'll own the path from RTL to a timing-clean netlist. You'll close timing on real silicon programs with leading semiconductor companies while helping Voltai's AI learn to write constraints, diagnose violations, and close timing.

What You’ll Do

• Own logic synthesis and constraint development (SDC) for blocks and full chips.

• Drive timing closure across corners and modes, working with RTL and physical design teams.

• Run and sign off STA, including on-chip variation, crosstalk, and multi-corner multi-mode analysis.

• Perform logic equivalence checking between RTL and netlist.

• Build automation that makes synthesis and timing flows faster and more reliable.

• Evaluate AI-generated constraints and timing fixes, and help define what good looks like.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of synthesis and STA experience on production tapeouts.

• Deep experience with Design Compiler/Fusion Compiler or Genus, and PrimeTime or Tempus.

• Strong SDC skills: clocks, exceptions, generated clocks, and multi-mode constraints.

• Experience with logic equivalence checking (Formality or Conformal).

• Strong Tcl and Python scripting.

Bonus Points

• Advanced node experience (7nm and below).

• Experience with ECO flows and timing signoff methodology.

• Interest in AI-assisted design tools.