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Account Manager, Startups

ChipAgents · San Jose, California

Location
San Jose, California, United States
Employment
Full time
Level
Mid level
Posted
4 November

About this role

About ChipAgents

ChipAgents is revolutionizing chip design and verification with agentic-AI workflows. Founded by experts in AI and semiconductor design, we partner with top-10 semiconductor companies, hyperscale cloud providers, and cutting-edge startups. Our platform accelerates RTL development, functional verification, and simulation, unlocking new levels of productivity and design quality.

Role Overview

We are hiring an Account Manager to sell ChipAgents to semiconductor and hardware startups. Deals move fast, and you will manage many at once. You will find new customers, close them, and grow the accounts as their teams grow.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build pipeline with startups through outreach, events, and investor referrals

  • Sell to founders, CTOs, and engineering leads

  • Work closely with our Forward Deployed Engineers to win technical evaluations

  • Close deals quickly and expand accounts over time

  • Keep the CRM and forecast up to date and hit your number

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of quota-carrying B2B sales, ideally in EDA, semiconductor, or technical software

  • A track record of closing many deals and beating quota

  • Ability to learn end-to-end chip design in depth, quickly

  • Clear communicator who is comfortable talking with engineers

  • BS in EE, CS, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Nice to Haves

  • Strong AI/ML background

  • Experience selling to startups

  • Network in the Bay Area chip startup and VC community

Equal Opportunity

ChipAgents is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.

Location and travel

Based in San Jose, CA, with up to 50% travel.

What we offer

  • $170K/yr to $300K/yr base, plus uncapped commission and equity

  • Unlimited PTO

  • Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)

  • Free lunch, snacks, gym, and parking

As published by ChipAgents. Applications are handled on their site.

Skills this posting mentions

Register Transfer LevelVoter Targeting/OutreachFunctional Verification

About ChipAgents

ChipAgents is revolutionizing the chip design and verification process with agentic AI tools tailored for the semiconductor industry. Our flagship product, ChipAgents, leverages advanced AI agents to streamline and enhance the design, debugging, and verification of RTL (Register Transfer Level) code, accelerating time-to-market for chip developers. We are committed to empowering hardware design and verification engineers by providing cutting-edge solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, and accuracy in chip development. Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Alpha Design AI is at the forefront of AI innovation in electronic design automation (EDA).

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  1. 01Drop your resume

    A PDF or a LinkedIn URL. About a minute, once.

  2. 02I rank the openings

    Every weekday morning, the live catalog scored against your history. Up to 20 worth your time, not two hundred links.

  3. 03Each one is written up

    Resume rewritten for the posting, a cover letter, a fit score. Press send, or let me fill in the form.

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