Senior Principal AI Interconnect Architect

Sandisk • Milpitas, CA

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About The Position

An AI Interconnect Architect defines and engineers high-speed networking and communication systems for AI Inference infrastructure which include servers, racks, and chips with a focus on bandwidth, power efficiency, scalability, and optimized transport protocols. Design solutions should take into account interconnect technologies such as PCIe, CXL, co-packaged optics, UALink, Ultra Ethernet, and be able to specify innovative scale-out architectures for optimizing power, cost, and performance.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 10 - 15 years experience developing interconnect technologies including transport and link level protocols, switching fabrics, QoS and reliable communication methods, and Software Defined Networking.
• Familiarity with various fabric topologies such as Fat tree, Leaf-Spine (Clos), Torus, Meshed and their applicability to various workload and system configurations.
• Familiarity with GPU/accelerator clusters and data center infrastructure
• Deep, working knowledge of various interconnect technologies and protocols such as PCIe, CXL, NVLink, UALink, Ethernet, Ultra-Ethernet, and serial links.
• Ability to develop performance models.

Responsibilities

• Develop architectures for chip-to-chip interconnects and switched fabrics tailored for AI/ML scale-out.
• Analyze trade-offs in bandwidth, latency, power, area, and reliability.
• Participate in industry standard bodies and contribute/influence/shape the direction of industry specifications.
• Work with SoC, package design, and software teams to ensure seamless integration.

Benefits

• paid vacation time
• paid sick leave
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• life, accident and disability insurance
• tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• employee assistance program
• supplemental life and AD&D
• legal plan
• pet insurance
• critical illness
• accident and hospital indemnity
• tuition reimbursement
• transit
• employee stock purchase plan
• Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program (restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior