Chip Architect - Networking Switch

Chip Architect – Networking Switch

Location: Saratoga, CA Duration: Full-time/Perm

Client, is a new Silicon Valley hardware startup focused on accelerating the training performance of large AI models. Today's AI training performance is gated by numerous bottlenecks in the data center, resulting in degraded GPU utilization, long training cycles and high costs. Client introduces several industry-first innovations to deliver a solution that clears these bottlenecks to unlock AI performance while reducing cost and power. Client's solution and value proposition have been validated with the AI market leaders including hyperscalers and other large, well-known AI market participants. We are looking for a Networking Chip Architect to take part in definition and implementation of client's industry leading Networking IC. You should be a highly motivated self-starter eager to solve real-world problems. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of AI Networking.

Responsibilities:

• Develop architectural specifications for next generation switch chips.
• Provide technical leadership to a team comprising of Micro architects, and Performance modeling architects.
• Work with the System/Software Architecture to ensure a streamlined multi-chip architecture.
• Prior successful experience in architecting switches that achieved mass production is essential.
• Perform architecture exploration and create detailed models for protocol processing engines.
• Previous experience with Optical interfaces preferred.
• Create protocol processing requirements from standards specifications.
• Work cross functionally with Design team in defining and implementing the networking protocol functions in hardware.
• Work with Design Verification team on unit-level and top-level functional verification and assist with pre-silicon and post-silicon validation activities.

Job Requirements:

• MSEE with at least 15+ years of experience, PhD EE preferred.
• Knowledge of Ethernet switch architectures is essential.
• Knowledge of Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4 networking protocols is required (for example, Ethernet, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/UDP, etc).
• Experience in designing scalable Layer 2 and Layer 3 packet processing engines, buffer management algorithms and scheduling/shaping is required.
• Experience with micro-architectural specification of switches.
• Strong software background to develop architecture models for next generation switches.

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