Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design Engineer

We’re representing a venture-backed silicon photonics startup building high-performance PICs for next-generation AI infrastructure.

They’re looking for an FPGA engineer to help prototype and validate a novel photonic memory system by building high-bandwidth digital interfaces between compute logic and optically connected memory.

Experience with:

• FPGA RTL design and architecture (Verilog / SystemVerilog / VHDL)
• High-speed digital interfaces (SERDES, PCIe, Ethernet, or similar)
• High-throughput data pipelines and streaming architectures
• Timing closure and performance optimization on modern FPGA platforms

Nice to have:

• Experience with FPGA-based hardware bring-up and system validation
• Work with optical transceivers or high-speed networking hardware
• Background in accelerator systems, SmartNICs, or HPC FPGA platforms
• Familiarity with AI/ML inference pipelines or high-bandwidth compute workloads

Remote-friendly (US) with preference for Bay Area proximity.