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As AI writes more of the world's code, the bottleneck in software has shifted from writing code to verifying it works, and AI cannot verify its own work with certainty. Code Metal takes a fundamentally different approach: constrain AI to what it does reliably, verify every step independently of the model using formal methods, and keep engineers in the loop on the decisions that matter. The result isn't code that probably works - it's code that is provably correct, with auditable proof. Customers including the U.S. Air Force, L3Harris, RTX, and Toshiba use Code Metal to modernize legacy code, optimize performance on real hardware, and move prototypes to production, fast. Founded in 2023 with offices in Boston and San Francisco, Code Metal is funded by Accel, Salesforce Ventures, B Capital, Smith Point Capital, J2 Ventures, Shield Capital, Overmatch, RTX, and others. \nLearn more at codemetal.ai.\nSenior Hardware Engineer (RTL / High-Level Synthesis)\nCode Metal is in the business of transpiling between different languages. This includes the transpilation tools enabled by AI and modern verification techniques - bridging the gap between algorithm development and deployment to embedded systems.\nWe are currently looking for a senior hardware/software engineer interested in architecting and expanding our capabilities towards creating production-ready RTL from high-level algorithm descriptions. This role focuses on HLS integration and RTL code generation. 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