About Celestial AI

As the industry strives to meet the demands of the AI workloads, bottlenecks in data transfers between processors and memory have hindered progress. The Photonic Fabric based Memory Fabric provides an optically scalable solution to the ‘Memory Wall’ problem, enabling tens of Terabytes of memory capacity at full HBM bandwidths with low tens of nanoseconds of latency and extremely low power. The Photonic Fabric based Compute Fabric enables Terabyte class bandwidth between compute nodes at low latency and power. Photonic Fabric delivers a transformative leap in AI system performance, ten years more advanced than existing technologies.

Job Description

Celestial AI is seeking a Silicon Validation Engineer to lead the bring-up and testing of mixed signal ASICs.

The ideal candidate will thrive on solving complex problems in lab settings while collaborating closely with subject matter experts on SerDes, firmware, digital and analog design, and photonics.

Strong communication skills and a methodical approach to problem-solving are crucial for success in this role.

This position offers flexibility for candidates with varying levels of experience. Whether you’re early in your career and eager to learn from supportive mentors or you’re an experienced professional ready to contribute immediately, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Bring up, debug, and characterize internal IPs such as High-Speed SerDes, PLL/DLLs, and ADCs.
• Provide direct technical support to customers, collaborating to review designs and address inquiries.
• Develop and document configurations tailored to specific system requirements.
• Design and implement validation test plans.
• Automate testing processes, generate test reports, and write detailed application notes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Strong background in lab equipment selection and use.
• Proficient in Python programming.
• At least two years of industry experience.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Location: Santa Clara, California

As an early startup experiencing explosive growth, we offer an extremely attractive total compensation package, inclusive of competitive base salary and a generous grant of our valuable early-stage equity.  The target base salary for this role is approximately $150,000.00 - $180,000.00. The base salary offered may be slightly higher or lower than the target base salary, based on the final scope as determined by the depth of the experience and skills demonstrated by candidate in the interviews.

We offer great benefits (health, vision, dental and life insurance), collaborative and continuous learning work environment, where you will get a chance to work with smart and dedicated people engaged in developing the next generation architecture for high performance computing.

Celestial AI Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

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