Job Title

Director of Silicon Engineering, AI-Native Chip Design

About Cognichip

- At Cognichip, we are building AI-native tools that transform how semiconductor engineers create, verify, and optimize chips.

- Our platform combines large proprietary models, agentic workflows, domain-specific engineering intelligence, and high-performance simulation infrastructure to accelerate one of the world’s most complex engineering disciplines.

About The Role

- We are seeking a Director of Silicon Engineering to scale our AI-native chip design organization.

- This leader will bridge deep technical expertise with strategic management to build a high-performing team.

- Collaborating with Product, SW, and AI teams, you will pioneer the next generation of AI-first hardware tools.

- The ideal candidate has a proven track record of shipping production silicon and a passion for re-imagining chip design workflows through an AI lens.

Key Responsibilities

- Build, lead, and grow a high-performing hardware engineering team, including hiring, mentoring, and establishing management structure as the org scales

- Set the technical roadmap for translating chip-design expertise into AI-consumable knowledge bases, agent playbooks, model training data, and tool-aware workflows





- Own delivery of production-quality outcomes on schedule, partnering closely with Product, SW and AI/ML teams

Required Qualifications

- 20+ years of experience across architecture, RTL design, verification, and physical design stages

- Proven experience building and leading engineering teams of 20+

- Track record of shipping multiple production ASIC/SoC products end-to-end

- Experience with, and exposure to, AI/ML-driven chip design workflows, tooling

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with CAD systems;

experience integrating workflows with EDA tools

- Experience developing, interacting with, or influencing, multi-disciplinary products involving HW, SW and AI

What It's Like Here

- We’re a rapid-moving AI startup with a collaborative, high-trust culture.

- We value technical excellence, ownership, and the freedom to experiment.

- Our best work happens when our builders and innovators work closely together to turn ambitious ideas into category defining products.

- We operate on a hybrid schedule with four days in office, one day remote.

- If you’re excited to build cutting edge tools that empower semiconductor engineers and reshape how chips are designed, you’ll feel right at home.

📌 Director of Silicon Engineering (Toronto)
🏢 Cognichip
📍 Toronto