Lead Architect, SambaNova Systems
SoC
$210-260k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Platform for artificial intelligence innovation
Open for applications
Platform for artificial intelligence innovation
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$210-260k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the development and deployment of artificial intelligence for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) with 10+ years (or equivalent) of experience in ASIC design
- Deep understanding of the architecture of ML accelerators or CPUs/GPUs
- Extensive knowledge of NoC protocols and topologies, memory address space, QoS, and DMA
- Proven track record of delivering high bandwidth and low latency in multi-agent network-on-chip designs
- Strong hands-on experience in authoring architecture and microarchitecture specifications
- Technical or team leadership experience
- Highly motivated, independent, organized, and strong communication skills
- If you're passionate about designing high-performance, distributed systems and want to lead the architectural evolution of AI infrastructure, we want to hear from you
Desirable
- Master’s degree in EECS with 15+ years of experience in ASIC design
- Ability to extract feature requirements from workloads, such as ML models
- Proven silicon track record of successful full-cycle development from planning to product
- Experience with performance simulators
- Solid understanding of machine learning models
- Knowledge of compilers and runtime software stacks
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a Lead Architect, SoC to join our talented HW team—a group of engineers who have a proven track record of building software that directly powers advanced AI workloads and scientific computing
- As a key technical leader, you will be responsible for designing and architecting our end to end memory performance and solution
- Define the network-on-chip (NoC) and memory subsystem architecture specifications
- Conduct value, feasibility, and cost studies to define the feature set
- Design a performant, reliable, and user-friendly NoC and memory microarchitecture
- Collaborate with silicon / system / SW teams to ensure cross-functional convergence of architecture
- Lead the execution of NoC and memory subsystems to achieve functional, performance, and PPA closure
- Work with compiler and runtime software teams to enhance cross-functional ML model performance
- Mentor and lead junior engineers
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Insights
-12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flexible PTO in US
- Parental Leave
- Benefits (medical, dental and vision)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401k/Pensions
- Gym Access
- Flexible Working Hours
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2021
$650m
SERIES D
Feb 2020
$250m
SERIES C
Total funding: $1.1bn
Our take
SambaNova Systems is a computing startup focused on building machine learning and big data analytics platforms. Its software-defined analytics platform enables optimum performance for any ML training, inference, or analytics models.
In 2021, SambaNova Systems became the best-funded AI systems and services platform startup in the world. Its total funding reached more than $1 billion and its valuation climbed to more than $5 billion. The company has received backing from the likes of BlackRock, Intel Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures), among several others, and is expanding its offices in Palo Alto to accommodate this growth.
It's this support from premier investors in the industry that validates its mission to revolutionize the AI market by making it accessible to every organization.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle