Senior Hardware Design Engineer
SambaNova · Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, United States · Austin, TX · San Jose, CA
CHECKED 11H AGO
Infrastructureonsitesenior$120k–$200k
At a glance
Highlights
- Design core units of the RDU chip powering rack-scale AI inference systems.
- Own blocks from microarchitecture through tapeout to bring-up in silicon.
- Build compute, memory and networking subsystems for dataflow AI workloads.
What they offer
- Equity as part of total rewards package
- 95% employee and 77% dependent medical coverage plus HSA with employer contribution
- Dental, Vision, Disability, Life and AD&D insurance plus FSA options
- Headspace subscription, Gympass+ membership, One Medical membership and EAP
Ideal candidate
A hands-on ASIC designer who loves owning blocks end-to-end, from spec to silicon. You thrive collaborating with architects and physical design while sweating PPA tradeoffs for high-performance AI hardware.
Requirements
- Master's in Computer/Electrical Engineering with 3-5 years experience or Bachelor's with 5-7 years
- Solid foundation in computer architecture and digital logic design
- Strong SystemVerilog RTL design skills for high-speed, high-performance ASICs
- Experience trading off Power, Performance, and Area (PPA)
- Working knowledge of AXI, PCIe, Ethernet, HBM/DDR interconnects and protocols
- Experience with digital logic synthesis tools and Static Timing Analysis (STA)
- Ability to work onsite in San Jose, CA or Austin, TX
Lab profile
About SambaNova
Full-stack AI infrastructure with RDU dataflow chips for fast agentic inference.
What they build
- RDU Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit
- SambaRack rack-scale hardware
- Full-stack AI inference platform
Known for
- Reconfigurable dataflow architecture alternative to GPUs
- High decode performance for agentic workloads
- Full-stack hardware-software co-design
Key facts
- Founded in 2017
- Headquartered in Palo Alto, California