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Senior Validation & SI Correlation Engineer

SambaNova · San Jose, California, United States · San Jose, CA

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Infrastructureonsitesenior$210k–$280k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own the bridge between simulation and silicon for next-gen AI servers.
  • Validate high-speed links and power systems at data center limits.
  • See your hardware work power real-world AI deployments worldwide.

What they offer

  • Base salary plus equity
  • 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, 77% for dependents
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account options including Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care
  • Headspace subscription, Gympass+ membership, One Medical membership and Employee Assistance Program

Ideal candidate

A hands-on lab debugger with 10+ years in server hardware who thrives on root-cause analysis and closing the gap between simulation and silicon to deliver flawless AI infrastructure at scale.

Requirements

  • B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering (M.S. preferred)
  • 10+ years of experience in high-speed digital design or hardware validation in data center or server bring-up environment
  • Expert-level proficiency in SI/EM tools: Ansys HFSS/SIwave, Cadence Sigrity/Allegro, or Keysight ADS
  • Hands-on mastery of high-bandwidth real-time oscilloscopes, VNAs, and logic analyzers
  • Deep knowledge of high-speed protocol physical layers and low-speed control buses (I2C, SPI)
  • Strong fundamentals in digital circuit design, debug, and computer architecture
  • Familiarity with power and thermal challenges of high-density AI clusters including 48V power delivery
  • Programming fluency in Python or equivalent scripting languages (Perl, Shell)

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
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