Suzhou
Suzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaNo. 286 Qinglonggang Road, Xiangcheng District
Yangtze River Delta International R&D Community
Building 1, Block B, Room 417
Model-Defined
Chip Design
Founded in 2023,
XHEART designs chips for large-model computing.
We let models define chip architecture,
building high-performance, energy-efficient compute.
Our chips are in mass production,
powering intelligent vehicles and expanding into robotics.
Every journey forwardstarts at the right place
Zonglin Li
Chief Executive Officer
Mingjun Jia
Vice President, Software
Guojun Yu
Vice President, SoC
One person sees the possibility.
Together, we make it happen.
of our team works in R&D
85%of our employees hold a master's degree or higher
80%XHEART founded
ISO 26262 development
process certifiedX7 tape-out completed
First X7 silicon powered on
X7 vehicle testing completed
X7 entered vehicle production
XHEART completed
shareholding reformX7 received ISO 26262
product certificationX7 Ultra launched
Every step begins a new chapter
Milestones along our journey
Our capabilities
independently recognized
Each certification verifies our technical capabilities
and professional standards
X7 AEC-Q100 Conformance Certificate
ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certificate (Chinese)
ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certificate (English)
ISO 20000-1 IT Service Management System Certificate
ISO 26262 Development Process Certificate
ISO 27001 Information Security Management System Certificate (Page 1)
ISO 27001 Information Security Management System Certificate (Page 2)
X7 AEC-Q100 Verification Certificate
X7 SoC ASIL B / ASIL D Conformance Certificate
Move Forward
With Us
Join Our Team
Create new possibilities
through technology
NPU Digital Design EngineerDesign NPU IP front-end logic and define the microarchitecture of NPU subsystems and core modules. Collaborate with architecture and verification teams, support physical implementation and improve SoC solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Design NPU IP front-end logic and help define the microarchitecture of NPU subsystems and core modules, including tensor cores, PPA optimization, KV cache, profiling and tracing;
- Work closely with architects and verification engineers to ensure functional correctness;
- Support physical implementation, including placement, routing and timing closure;
- Analyze industry trends and customer needs to guide continued improvement of SoC platform solutions.
Requirements:
- Master's degree in microelectronics, electronic engineering, computer science or a related field;
- At least five years of NPU, GPU, GPGPU or CPU front-end design experience;
- Strong digital design fundamentals, EDA design and simulation skills, and proficiency in Verilog HDL;
- Strong communication, coordination and ability to work under pressure.
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NPU Design Verification EngineerDefine NPU IP verification plans, build testbenches and flows, verify core modules, and co-simulate functional models with the design under test.
Responsibilities:
- Develop NPU IP verification plans, testbenches and verification flows;
- Understand NPU internals and verify core modules;
- Model IP functions and co-simulate functional simulators with the design under test (DUT);
Requirements:
- Master's degree in microelectronics, electronic engineering, computer science or a related field;
- At least five years of NPU, GPU, GPGPU or CPU verification experience;
- Knowledge of digital design and verification flows, including functional and performance verification of IP;
- Experience with UVM, Linux and scripting languages;
- AI chip verification experience preferred.
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NPU Modeling EngineerDevelop and debug functional and cycle-accurate NPU models for verification and performance analysis, and build architecture exploration models to support chip design decisions.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and debug chip models and selected modules;
- Work with verification and toolchain teams to develop functional and cycle-accurate NPU models for functional and performance validation;
- Research emerging NPU technologies and maintain architecture exploration models that provide quantitative design guidance;
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, microelectronics, communications, automation or a related field;
- Proficiency in C/C++, SystemC and Python;
- Knowledge of processor architecture is a plus;
- Strong communication, coordination and ability to work under pressure.
- Strong analytical thinking, teamwork, ownership and initiative.
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Quality Management Systems EngineerEstablish and maintain quality management systems, lead quality policies and audits, support APQP and project quality reviews, and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain management systems such as ISO 9001 and IATF 16949, and drive their execution and improvement;
- Define and maintain quality policies and objectives, and monitor quality across the business;
- Lead internal and external audits and management reviews;
- Help define and maintain the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process and stage-gate criteria;
- Review project deliverables and phase assessments throughout design and development;
- Promote quality tools and culture, and organize quality management training.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, microelectronics, communications, automation or a related field;
- At least five years of experience in quality management systems;
- Knowledge of quality management standards, tools and methods;
- Chip design, manufacturing and test experience preferred;
- Organized, accountable and effective in communication and teamwork.
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Production Planning and Materials Control (PMC) EngineerPlan production against sales demand, coordinate outsourced capacity and deliveries, manage inventory and ERP data, and resolve supply or quality exceptions.
Responsibilities:
- Build feasible production plans from sales forecasts and coordinate capacity with outsourced manufacturers;
- Coordinate the supply chain, monitor production and delivery, and manage the outsourced process from purchase order to shipment;
- Collect and report production data, updating plans as conditions change;
- Analyze orders, raw materials, work in process and inventory turnover to reduce cost;
- Use ERP systems to improve production planning and inventory visibility;
- Work with procurement, quality and suppliers to resolve material quality and delivery issues;
- Resolve production exceptions and minimize disruptions to customer deliveries.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in production management, semiconductors or a related field;
- At least five years of production planning experience in a chip design company or equivalent role;
- Knowledge of fabless production planning and the IC manufacturing flow, including wafer fabrication, packaging and test;
- ERP and semiconductor operations experience; strong data analysis and process optimization skills preferred;
- Strong communication, attention to detail, resilience and independent problem-solving skills.
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Technical Marketing Director, Intelligent Driving SoCDrive design-ins and mass production for intelligent driving SoCs, provide pre-sales technical support, coordinate customer programs and use market insight to improve platform solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Drive design-ins and mass-production adoption of intelligent driving SoC products and platform solutions;
- Present chip products and solutions to customers and coordinate R&D pre-sales support;
- Coordinate internal resources to support customer programs;
- Analyze industry trends and customer needs to guide continued improvement of SoC platform solutions.
Requirements:
- Master's degree or higher; semiconductor, software, automation or vehicle engineering background preferred;
- At least seven years of chip and solution support or technical marketing experience; AI or automotive SoC pre-sales experience preferred;
- Strong cross-functional coordination, program management, initiative and problem-solving skills;
- Knowledge of automotive E/E architectures and advanced driver assistance use cases, with strong technical and market insight.
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Sales and Marketing Director, Intelligent Driving SoCDrive customer design-ins and mass production, build customer relationships, manage commercial agreements and coordinate order fulfillment.
Responsibilities:
- Drive design-ins and mass-production adoption of intelligent driving SoC products and platform solutions;
- Build customer relationships and manage quotations, negotiations, contracts and delivery;
- Manage customer orders and work with production teams to ensure stable supply.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher; semiconductor, software, automation or vehicle engineering background preferred;
- At least seven years in chip marketing and sales; automotive chip sales experience preferred;
- Strong commercial communication and sales skills, including identifying decision-makers and building trust;
- Strategic thinking and the ability to assess competition, align stakeholders and deliver sales goals;
- Knowledge of the intelligent driving domain-controller and sensor supply chain, with established industry relationships preferred.
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Senior Finance ManagerLead financial reporting under Chinese accounting standards and IFRS, support audits and financing due diligence, improve financial systems and manage contract-related financial risk.
Responsibilities:
- Apply Chinese accounting standards and IFRS to deliver high-quality financial reports and support audits and valuations;
- Coordinate financial due diligence for investment and financing activities;
- Build and improve financial systems and management processes;
- Collaborate across accounting, tax and treasury, and manage financial risks in purchase and sales contracts.
Requirements:
- At least eight years of experience in a Big Four firm, major technology company or chip design company;
- Strong ownership, resilience, communication, analytical thinking and management skills.
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Signal/Power Integrity and Packaging ExpertDevelop chip packaging strategies and designs, optimize signal and power integrity, perform die-package-PCB co-design and system-level simulation, and guide layout and pin-map reviews.
Responsibilities:
- Develop packaging concepts, cost analyses and package designs based on chip specifications;
- Analyze and optimize signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI);
- Optimize advanced-package interconnects and SI, and coordinate the die-package-PCB design loop;
- Run system-level SI/PI simulations, define package and PCB design rules, and guide layout;
- Deliver competitive electrical performance solutions;
- Review package pin maps and designs.
Requirements:
- Master's degree or higher in telecommunications, microelectronics, automation or a related field, with at least eight years of experience;
- Hands-on ADAS chip packaging experience, familiarity with package tools, structures, reliability and thermal behavior;
- Strong theoretical foundation in packaging, SI and PI;
- Proficiency with SI/PI EDA tools such as HFSS and SIwave;
- Knowledge of transmission lines and high-speed interface specifications, with end-to-end electrical simulation experience;
- Experience simulating DDR, SerDes and other high-speed IP, and knowledge of relevant protocols;
- Advanced packaging simulation or ADAS chip packaging and production experience preferred;
- Strong teamwork and communication skills.
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Logic Synthesis and Netlist Integration EngineerBuild netlist flows, run chip-level synthesis regressions, integrate timing constraints, optimize PPA, perform sign-off checks and support ECO and UPF work.
Responsibilities:
- Build netlist flows for synthesis, formal verification, low power, PrimeTime, power analysis and engineering change orders (ECO);
- Run full-chip synthesis regression;
- Integrate and check SDC constraints for selected modules;
- Optimize and verify power, performance and area (PPA) for complex modules;
- Perform full-chip netlist checks and sign-off;
- Analyze and resolve SDC and timing issues across front-end and back-end implementation;
- Run logic equivalence checks (LEC) and manage ECO flows;
- Create module-level UPF files and perform related checks.
Requirements:
- Experience optimizing PPA for high-performance CPU, NPU or GPU IP;
- Knowledge of digital and analog circuit design;
- Proficiency in writing and reviewing Verilog;
- Knowledge of SDC and static timing analysis (STA);
- Familiarity with digital implementation flows and tools such as DC, FC, Formality, PrimeTime, PrimePower, Verdi and VCS;
- Ability to read and write tcsh, Tcl, Perl or Python scripts.
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Chip Design for Test (DFT) EngineerDesign the chip DFT architecture, implement MBIST, ATPG, boundary scan and LBIST, generate patterns, support timing closure and develop wafer-sort and final-test programs.
Responsibilities:
- Work with front-end designers to define DFT architecture, including clocks, logic hierarchy and PAD-MUX;
- Deliver block- and top-level MBIST, ATPG, boundary scan and LBIST implementation;
- Generate DFT timing constraints and support timing and power closure;
- Generate DFT patterns and run pre- and post-layout simulation;
- Write DFT design and test documentation;
- Develop and debug chip-probe and final-test programs, diagnose failures and improve yield;
- Research and improve DFT flows and the automated design platform.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in communications, electronics, computer science or a related field; automotive-grade chip DFT experience preferred;
- Proficiency in Verilog, Tcl, Perl and Python;
- Experience with DFT EDA tools for MBIST, ATPG and boundary scan, including Mentor or Synopsys tools;
- DFT diagnosis and yield analysis experience preferred;
- Full-chip DFT experience on large SoCs preferred;
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
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MCU Board Support Package (BSP) EngineerValidate low-speed chip interfaces and develop drivers for CAN, LIN, FlexRay and other peripherals under an RTOS, including software below the AUTOSAR MCAL layer.
Responsibilities:
- Validate low-speed chip interfaces and develop software for CAN, LIN, FlexRay, DMA, timers, I2C, SPI, UART, RTC, mailbox and flash;
- Validate these IP blocks and develop drivers under a real-time operating system (RTOS);
- Develop software below the AUTOSAR Microcontroller Abstraction Layer (MCAL).
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field;
- Armv8 CPU, Cortex-R52 or Cortex-M55 verification and development experience, or chip driver experience, preferred;
- Knowledge of AUTOSAR and intelligent driving use cases preferred;
- Knowledge of ADAS SoC architecture and SoC IP verification preferred;
- Automotive-grade integrated MCU BSP driver experience preferred.
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Autonomous Driving MCU SDK and Platform EngineerDesign AUTOSAR-based MCU software architecture, maintain development tools, develop platform components and manage the MCU SDK lifecycle, including flash drivers.
Responsibilities:
- Design AUTOSAR-based MCU software architecture and solve integration challenges involving AUTOSAR and MCU hardware;
- Build and maintain AUTOSAR development toolchains, including editors, compilers and debuggers;
- Develop key AUTOSAR platform components and ensure HAL and middleware performance and stability;
- Manage the complete lifecycle of the MCU software development kit (SDK), ensuring functionality, reliability and usability;
- Develop flash drivers.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field;
- Extensive automotive MCU software experience; powertrain or body-control development experience preferred;
- Knowledge of MCU architectures and debuggers, compilers and emulators; Arm MCU experience preferred;
- Knowledge of RTOS and AUTOSAR Classic Platform, including its development tools;
- Knowledge of ISO 26262 functional safety and automotive communication protocols such as CAN, LIN, FlexRay and Ethernet;
- Knowledge of MCU SoC architectures; MCU software, Vector or Elektrobit experience preferred.
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NPU ArchitectEvaluate third-party IP, define high-level NPU architecture, own RTL delivery and implementation sign-off, and support verification, IP maintenance and production optimization.
Responsibilities:
- Short term: Evaluate third-party IP PPA, document architecture and required extensions, deliver RTL/SDC/UPF/PPA, complete implementation sign-off and work with DV/CV teams on verification sign-off;
- Long term: Maintain and upgrade in-house or architecture-licensed IP, diagnose production issues and optimize energy efficiency.
Requirements:
- Your role will be to guide, develop and define their NPU architecture and micro-architecture, as well as to design custom ISAs that support Ai algorithms and balance performance with power consumption trade-offs；
- You’ll need: Experienced with GPU/CPU architecture development；
- Strong experience with ISA development；
- To be familiar with ML frameworks；
- To be well versed in C/C++；
- It would be great if you also had: Deep Neural Network experience；
- A logic design background。
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NPU Compiler EngineerBuild and optimize an NPU compiler toolchain for a domain-specific architecture, expand framework compatibility and improve graph optimizations and execution efficiency for autonomous driving.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and maintain an efficient, stable NPU compiler toolchain for a domain-specific architecture (DSA);
- Expand support for TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX and other deep learning frameworks;
- Optimize computation graphs with general and hardware-specific passes;
- Improve compiler algorithms, code quality and execution efficiency;
- Collaborate with chip and software teams on system-level compiler performance tuning;
- Extend open-source TVM, LLVM and MLIR components for autonomous driving applications.
Requirements:
- Master's degree or higher in computer science, electronic engineering or a related field, with at least five years of experience;
- Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills;
- Knowledge of TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX and their internals;
- Deep understanding of compiler architecture, with compiler or embedded systems development experience;
- Experience developing and optimizing heterogeneous GPU, NPU or DSP compute platforms;
- Autonomous driving experience preferred.
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Yangtze River Delta International R&D Community
Building 1, Block B, Room 417
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