Baya Systems

Baya Systems

Technical Chief of Staff to The CEO

Santa Clara, California, United States · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 54 days ago
OKRsIntellectual PropertyCadenceLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

  • We're looking for a Technical Chief of Staff to the CEO - a high-leverage operator who can bridge deep technical context and company-level execution.
  • You will act as an extension of the CEO - driving critical initiatives, diving into technical and product discussions, unblocking teams, and helping the company scale from early traction to repeatable execution.
  • You will wear multiple hats across strategy, product, engineering alignment, operations, and customer-facing initiatives, depending on what the business needs most.

Responsibilities

  • Drive CEO Priorities → Execution
  • Own and drive company-wide priorities (OKRs, roadmap alignment, key deliverables)
  • Own High-Impact, 0→1 Initiatives
  • Define scope, align stakeholders, and personally drive execution
  • Build lightweight processes that scale (without adding bureaucracy)
  • Drive cadence for:
  • Support CEO in strategic interactions with:
  • Foundry and EDA partners
  • Company Building
  • This enables our partners to innovate and deliver compelling solutions for data center, infrastructure, AI, Automotive, and Edge IoT markets.

Requirements

  • 7-15+ years in semiconductor, silicon IP, or SoC development
  • Experience (one or more)
  • Consulting + deep semiconductor expertise

Nice to have

  • Experience with RISC-V, Fabric, NoC IP, chiplets, or advanced nodes
  • Exposure to IP licensing deals or strategic partnerships
  • Prior Chief of Staff or founder's office experience
  • Operate as a true extension of the CEO in a highly technical startup
  • Why This Role is Unique
  • Massive scope: from chip architecture discussions to company strategy
  • Direct impact on company trajectory, product success, and key deals
  • Opportunity to grow into VP-level leadership or a key executive role

Skills

  • Exceptional problem-solving and structured thinking
  • Strong communicator - can simplify complex technical topics for any audience
  • Ability to influence senior leaders without formal authority
  • Comfort operating with incomplete information and tight timelines

Compensation

  • Salary commensurate with experience
  • Performance incentives

Benefits

  • Baya is a fast-moving Series B startup built by serial entrepreneurs with a vision to accelerate intelligent computing in the emerging chiplet era.
  • Translate CEO vision into clear, actionable plans with measurable outcomes
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • 401(k) retirement plan

Company info

  • We focus on software-driven, unified fabric solutions for single-die and multi-die systems.
  • We design and license disruptive intellectual property for use in semiconductor chips, with software development platforms to simplify the design process and reduce the time to market for complex System-on-Chip (SoC) and multi-chiplet systems.
  • We are looking for energetic and dedicated individuals share our passion for enabling innovation and excellence in the semiconductor industry that empowers game-changing products and services!
  • This is not a coordination role.
  • Decision-making frameworks
  • Internal communication systems
  • Act as a cultural carrier for high ownership, speed, and accountability
  • Org structure evolution
  • from chip architecture discussions to company strategy

This listing is sourced directly from Baya Systems's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.