Account Manager, Startups
San Jose, CAJob$170–300K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
ChipAgents is hiring an Account Manager to sell its chip design and verification platform to semiconductor and hardware startups. The role involves finding and closing customers, managing multiple fast-moving deals, and growing accounts as customer teams expand. The Account Manager works with founders, CTOs, engineering leads, and Forward Deployed Engineers, and is based in San Jose with up to 50% travel.
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Full job description
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
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Build pipeline with startups through outreach, events, and investor referrals
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Sell to founders, CTOs, and engineering leads
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Work closely with our Forward Deployed Engineers to win technical evaluations
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Close deals quickly and expand accounts over time
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Keep the CRM and forecast up to date and hit your number
Qualifications
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3+ years of quota-carrying B2B sales, ideally in EDA, semiconductor, or technical software
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A track record of closing many deals and beating quota
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Ability to learn end-to-end chip design in depth, quickly
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Clear communicator who is comfortable talking with engineers
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BS in EE, CS, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Nice to Haves
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Strong AI/ML background
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Experience selling to startups
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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
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$170K/yr to $300K/yr base, plus uncapped commission and equity
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Unlimited PTO
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Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)
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Free lunch, snacks, gym, and parking
How this job compares
Set against the 4,493 open Account Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$170–300K/yr
- California median$105–150K/yr378 salary ranges
- US median$90–126K/yr2,736 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $235K, is 84% above the California median midpoint ($128K) — in the top quarter of Account Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 480 open Account Manager jobs in California and 4,493 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Account Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (3,511 postings).
- Education
- 1,152 of the 4,493 open Account Manager jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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