Founding Member of Technical Staff - Hardware

Founding Member of Technical Staff - Hardware Location: On-site, San Francisco, CA Salary: $200k – $500k + 0.5–2.5% equity Industry: AI, Cybersecurity, Hardware What You’ll Drive Join the founding team building FPGA-based security switches for the world’s largest AI data centers. Backed by a $3M seed round and top investors from Anthropic, DeepMind, CrowdStrike, and government advisors, you’ll design hardware that protects AI model weights—critical digital assets—across facilities with 200,000+ GPUs. Your work will secure infrastructure vital to the global economy and AGI development. What You’ll Focus On Architect FPGA/ASIC flow control systems for high-bandwidth AI data centers Implement formal hardware verification to guarantee security under all attack scenarios Integrate hardware with Confidential Computing and Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) Engineer networking, routing, and integration solutions for complex data center environments Design tamper-resistant hardware addressing thermal, electrical, and mechanical challenges Lead customer discovery and prototyping; transition prototypes to production hardware securing hundreds of thousands of GPUs Scale hardware security systems globally beyond year one Who You Are 4+ years in FPGA/ASIC design or related hardware engineering, including startups or top-tier AI/hardware/security firms Expertise in FPGA design, HDL, Verilog, digital circuits, and electrical engineering fundamentals Experience with data center infrastructure, confidential computing, and embedded programming (C, Rust) Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar; PhD is a plus Proven track record building 0→1 hardware products Tech Stack Arista data center networking, Xilinx FPGAs, TEEs, confidential computing, Rust, formal verification Why You’ll Thrive Here Join at inception and help shape the infrastructure for the AGI age Operations and incorporation in both the US and UK, with ambitions for worldwide impact Build the backbone for the most advanced AI and scientific workloads on the planet Work on systems designed from scratch for AGI - not legacy retrofits Early-stage, high-ownership roles with direct influence on technology and company direction Early hires will have outsized impact and advancement opportunities as the company scales $3M seed round closed June 2025; backed by leaders from Meta, Anthropic, DeepMind, CrowdStrike, and global data center strategy $200k–$500k salary plus 1–3% equity, with rapid growth and high-impact contracts Open to US Citizens, Green Card holders, and TN Visa holders only. #J-18808-Ljbffr