Principal Engineer, Platform Systems Architect

Principal Engineer, Platform System Architect

Location: San Jose (on-site)

The successful candidate will collaborate with customers and interface with internal teams (laser, mixed-signal silicon, photonics, packaging) to design AI rack platforms using Ayar Labs' CPO silicon photonics optical engines and ELSFP modules. The candidate will translate customer system requirements into AI rack physical specifications. The candidate will collaborate with design teams to ensure spec compliance.

The candidate will represent Ayar Labs at standard setting organizations (SSOs) and promote Ayar Labs' optical interconnect technology. The candidate will collaborate with the CTO office on pathfinding activities, and product and technology roadmaps.

Essential Functions:

• Use Ayar Labs' in-package optical I/O as the foundational technology, work with customers to design AI rack platforms for scale-up and scale-out fabrics and extended memory.
• Formulate AI rack platform specifications based on customer system requirements and collaborate with design teams to ensure spec compliance for the rack systems.
• Work on pathfinding activities and advanced product & technology roadmaps.
• Participate on SSOs such as OpenCompute, UEC, ESUN, Ultra Accelerator Link, OIF, and IEEE 802.3.
• Participate in technology evangelization through customer presentations, conference papers, seminar/webinars.

Basic Requirements:

• MS degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years of industry experience
• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML, HPC and networking platforms
• AI or HPC compute chassis and rack design experience
• Experience with thermal analysis, air-cooled or liquid cooling solutions, interconnect cabling, fiber management, rack physical design, chip packaging, power delivery, signal integrity
• Understanding of OAM, OSFP/QSFP, and PCIe cards and connector specifications
• Understanding of NRZ, PAM4, and coherent modulations
• Understanding of D2D and SerDes links
• Familiar with relevant standard setting standards
• Experience with AutoCAD, Shapr3D, or similar

Preferred Requirements:

• Ph.D
• Optical interconnect experience

Salary range: $180,000 - $240,000

NOTE TO RECRUITERS:

Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don't send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.

About Ayar Labs:

At Ayar Labs we're about to revolutionize computing by moving data with light. We're unleashing processing power for artificial intelligence, high performance computing, cloud and telecommunications by removing the bottlenecks created by today's electrical I/O -- making it possible to continue scaling computing system performance. Ayar Labs is the first to deliver an optical I/O solution that combines in-package optical I/O chiplets and multi-wavelength remote light sources to replace traditional electrical I/O. This silicon photonics-based I/O solution enables chips to communicate with each other from millimeters to kilometers, to deliver orders of magnitude improvements in latency, bandwidth density, and power consumption.

With our strong collaborations with industry leaders and government, our deep ties to MIT and UC Berkeley, and our commitment to hiring the best engineers in photonics and electronics, joining our team gives you the opportunity to collaborate with renowned experts on challenging, paradigm-shifting work.

We are passionate about delivering in-package optical I/O at scale, leveraging the strength of our patent portfolio and our team of leading interdisciplinary experts. We believe that deep cross-collaboration between teams facilitated by honest, open debate is the best way to drive innovation and achieve big wins. Join our team and experience the possibilities.

Resources:

• Executives from Intel and GLOBALFOUNDRIES share their thoughts on Ayar Labs and the promise of in-package optical I/O (video)
• Ayar Labs in the News and Recent announcements
• LinkedIn and Twitter

Ayar Labs is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of Ayar Labs to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.