Principal Engineer, Celestial AI

AMS

CA$199-230k

Senior and Expert level

Toronto

Optical interconnect technology platform for data center and AI computing solutions

Job no longer available

Optical interconnect technology platform for data center and AI computing solutions

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseManufacturingDeep TechMachine Learning

Job no longer available

CA$199-230k

Senior and Expert level

Toronto

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseManufacturingDeep TechMachine Learning

Company mission

To develop audacious AI computing platforms that elevate performance, energy and economic efficiencies, enabling our customers to rapidly deploy innovations in their AI applications.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Master’s degree and/or PhD Preferred in Electrical Engineering or related fields with 8+ years of experience
Proficiency with:
Analog circuit blocks such as PLL, Data Converters, Oscillators and high-speed SerDes blocks (CTLE, FFE, DFE, CDR, PLL, Line driver, etc.)
Analog design and verification tools (Virtuoso, Spectre, ADE and post layout extraction tools) is a must
System level pre-tape out analog validation
Lab chip bring-up and debugging efforts
Knowledge of:
Electromagnetic tools and extraction
Fundamentals on signal integrity improvement, noise reduction and Multi-GHz low-jitter clock generation & distribution
Analog layouts in FinFet and its effect on high-speed designs
Strong communication and documentation skills

What the job involves

In this role, you join a world-class analog team designing high performance analog and mixed mode circuits
You will leverage your deep knowledge and experience in analog design to provide technical, cross-functional leadership, partnering with Systems, Analog and Digital teams to architect and design circuits for high performance transceivers and other critical analog functions
This role requires a candidate with strong communication and collaboration skills, as key responsibilities include interfacing across the internal Celestial AI teams as well as externally with customers and partners
Design, Analog design of high-speed and high-performance SerDes in advanced technology nodes, 5nm, 3nm and beyond
Work closely with System, Analog and Digital design teams for SerDes Architecture Development
Develop AE/validation for the IP characterization and validation plan
Support customers and partners
Provide guidance and directive to layout engineers

Our take

Chip production forms the backbone of our modern, digitally enabled economy; being important enough to be of major geopolitical interest, and garnering billions of investment from the US alone. Celestial AI has developed a proprietary technology platform which enables high-performance computing solutions, using light for data movement within and between chips, enabling it to deliver "the next generation of AI acceleration products".

The company's photonic-electronic technology has sparked significant interest in the AI hardware space, and has resulted in it raising impressive investment. With this funding, the company aims to expand its worldwide engineering workforce, accelerate product development, and build more strategic supplier relationships for the future.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Mar 2025

$250m

SERIES C

Mar 2024

$175m

SERIES C

Total funding: $588.9m

Company benefits

Equity grants
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Retirement plans
FSA
Parental leave
Flexible paid time off policy

Company HQ

Santa Clara, CA

Leadership

David Lazovsky

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously a Venture Partner at Khosla Ventures. Before that, Founder, President and CEO of Intermolecular developing IP-protected technology for semiconductor and clean energy customers.

Preet Virk

(Co-Founder & COO)

Previously SVP of GM Networking BU at MACOM.

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