Staff AI Engineer - Design Automation

Job overview

Staff AI Engineer - Design Automation in Milpitas, CA. This is an onsite, full-time position with compensation not specified. SanDisk is a technology company focused on data storage solutions, with advanced manufacturing capabilities and a commitment to innovation. This role focuses on building AI agents that automate complex semiconductor engineering workflows. The engineer will design agentic systems that reason, plan, and use tools to solve real problems, and build the infrastructure to deploy them reliably at scale.

What you'll do

• + Design and build AI agents that automate multi-step semiconductor workflows
• + Develop the Agent Platform: orchestration, tool integration, observability, and evaluation infrastructure
• + Work closely with design and verification engineers to deeply understand pain points and identify high-impact automation opportunities
• + Create techniques for grounding agents in domain knowledge - specifications, design rules, verification intent
• + Build rigorous evaluation frameworks that measure agent reliability, correctness, and safety
• + Debug hard problems across the stack - from model behavior to infrastructure to domain-specific edge cases
• + Ship systems that work reliably, not just impressive demos

What we're looking for

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Experience

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. 3+ years of industry experience. Experience in or familiarity with semiconductor or EDA: RTL design, verification, physical design, or EDA tool development. Foundational understanding of AI/ML: how models work, training, and evaluation. Strong programming skills and ability to build robust, production-quality systems. Systems thinking - you can reason about complex problems and diagnose subtle issues. Clear communication skills - you can bridge the gap between different technical domains.

Skills & competencies

staff ai engineer

ai

ml

design automation

semiconductor

eda

agentic systems

california

ca

full-time

day shift

onsite

engineering

automation

Work arrangement

• Visa sponsorship: No

Benefits & perks

• Paid vacation time
• paid sick leave
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• life, accident and disability insurance
• tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• employee assistance program
• other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• tuition reimbursement
• transit
• the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.

About the employer

SanDisk is hiring for this role. Industry: Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables. Sector: 33.