Lead Hardware Engineer

About Eridu

Eridu is a Silicon Valley-based hardware startup pioneering infrastructure solutions that accelerate AI data centers to deliver Faster AI. Today’s AI performance is frequently limited by communication bottlenecks. Eridu introduces multiple industry-first innovations across silicon, packaging, software, and systems to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in performance and unlock greater GPU utilization to speed training job completion times and tokens-per-second for more profitable inference. We do this while simultaneously reducing capital and power costs and improving reliability.

The company’s solutions and value proposition have been widely validated by leading hyperscalers.

Eridu has raised over $200M to date including its most recent, oversubscribed Series A round. The company is led by a veteran team of Silicon Valley executives who have delivered multiple billion dollar product lines and led multiple companies to billion dollar exits, including serial entrepreneur Drew Perkins, co-founder of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), Lightera (acq. by Ciena), Gainspeed (acq. by Nokia) and Mojo Vision (the world’s leading micro-LED company). The company is in execution mode and has a world-class engineering team with decades of experience in state-of-the-art silicon, packaging, optics, software, and systems. Eridu is working with best-in-class supply chain partners including silicon, packaging and systems.

Visit our website eridu.ai to learn more.

Position Overview

As a Lead Hardware Engineer in our Systems Engineering group, you will be responsible for delivering systems and sub-assemblies, taking them from concept to production. These hardware designs incorporate high-speed optical and electrical I/O, processing and management components and will require careful consideration of power, cooling, reliability and overall cost.

Your responsibilities will span from hardware definition to design, qualification and product release. To deliver these systems, you will need to drive co-development with our ODM partner, ensuring designs are executed to spec, on schedule, and at the quality level required for hyperscale products. This is an exciting, hands-on design position that will require your creativity and attention to detail.

You will be the Lead Engineer for the Taiwan team; which includes, the Mechanical Engineer and Packaging Engineer, as well as your role as Hardware Engineer. This role will be based in Taipei City with occasional travel to Hsinchu. As the Lead, you will be interfacing with teams around the world primarily in the Silicon Valley (Saratoga, CA; Eridu HQ), our Bangalore office, or other sites as they come online.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally to turn high-level concepts into detailed Hardware Specifications
• Develop technology de-risk plans through supplier eval boards and early prototypes.
• Apply high-speed design practices, including signal and power integrity analysis, to ensure robust designs
• Work with our partners through schematic entry, layout and manufacturability reviews
• Lead or participate in build reviews holding ODM accountable to quality, cost, and schedule commitments
• Drive hardware bring-up, signal-integrity and power-integrity validation plans
• Drive hardware qualification test plans and testing including EDVT, MDVT, EMI/EMC & Safety
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for issues found during bring-up, qualification, or manufacturing

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar technical degree
• Minimum of 10 years experience in system-level development within the server, computer, or networking industries.
• 5 years as a lead or manager in a technology driven product company
• Demonstrated experience working with ODM/CM (contract manufacturer) design teams through the full development and production lifecycle
• A solid understanding of high-speed design and signal & power integrity considerations

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• Outstanding knowledge of hardware design process and design practices, derived from a track record of delivering shipped products.
• Proficiency in high-speed technologies including Ethernet & PCIe
• Experience designing systems with standards-based optical interfaces (eg QSFP, OSFP)
• Proficiency in control interfaces such as MDIO, SPI, I2C, JTAG.
• Good understanding of FPGA design, Power circuits, Clocking
• Good understanding of Mechanical/Thermal considerations
• Experienced lead whether formally or informally within cross-functional team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Why Join Us? 

At Eridu, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure, working with a world-class team on groundbreaking technology that pushes the boundaries of AI performance. Your contributions will directly impact the next generation of AI infrastructure solutions, transforming the performance of AI data centers. 

The starting base salary for the selected candidate will be established based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications, work location, market trends, and the compensation of employees in comparable roles. 

Notice to Recruiting Agencies

Eridu does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles from staffing agencies or third-party recruiters. Any candidate submitted to Eridu without prior written authorization from our recruiting team will be considered unsolicited and will become the property of Eridu. Eridu reserves the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any obligation to pay fees. Recruiting agencies are expressly instructed not to contact hiring managers, employees, or executives regarding open positions.