Neurophos
VP of Systems
Sunnyvale, California · Vp · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
Node.jsPCB DesignSystems EngineeringHardware Design
About the role
- Everything needed to connect our optical processing units (OPUs) together, integrate them into the rack, and ensure the system boots, runs, and passes qualification.
Responsibilities
- Org & program: build and lead the Systems team and own schedule and budget.
- Phase gates: EVT/DVT/PVT design sign-off.
- Instead of traditional electronic circuits, we use silicon photonics and an active, programmable metasurface to perform matrix multiplications at the speed of light.
- This architecture will deliver up to 100 times the energy efficiency of existing solutions while significantly improving performance for large-scale AI inference.
Requirements
- Extensive direct line management experience and have run a hardware engineering organization from near-scratch to scale.
- 15+ years hardware development - BS/MS in EE/ME or equivalent track record.
- Shipped server/rack products at volume through an ODM/OEM/CM or a hyperscaler/DGX-class program, with design ownership.
- Fluent from L1-L10. From component/PCB through full server-node assembly and validation.
- Real NPI scars - owned EVT/DVT/PVT gates, spin decisions, and qualification.
- Board & system-electrical depth - layout direction, on-board power, SI/PI, high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen6/7, Ethernet/OSFP), and validation.
- End-to-end channel & power closure - with owned link budgets for high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen6/7, 800G+ Ethernet) and an end-to-end power architecture, not just board-level SI/PI.
- Operates well in a defined-interface organization - comfortable owning deep electrical authority while designing to interface definitions and product envelopes set by other teams.
- System-architecture ownership - has owned or led rack/tray/board architecture.
- Scale-out fabric/networking depth: Ethernet leaf-spine, OSFP, RDMA/RoCE.
Nice to have
- 0→1 startup experience or adjacency to optical/photonic/analog-heavy systems.
- OCP experience: OAM/UBB and ORv3 rack power
- contributor a plus.
Skills
- Rack/cluster integration (L11/L12) for AI training/inference deployments.
Benefits
- 100% coverage of base health plan premiums for you and your dependents, plus HSA contributions.
- Unlimited PTO.
- No rigid vacation banks, just a focus on delivery.
- 401(k) matching and stock option opportunities to ensure our success is your success.
- Full suite of voluntary benefits, including Dental, Vision, Life, Hospital, Critical Illness, and Accident insurance.
- Personalized Benefits.
Company info
- Work on game-changing technology at the intersection of photonics and AI as part of a collaborative, brilliant team.
- At Neurophos, we offer:
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