Principal Engineer, Network Protocol Architect

About the role

The successful candidate will work with customers and Ayar Labs' design teams to design co-packaged optical engines for scale-up and scale-out fabrics and extended memory. You are responsible for developing the specification for network/compute protocol stack layers. The candidate will represent Ayar Labs at Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs) and promote Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics.

Responsibilities

• Using Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics as the foundational technology, work with customers and internal design teams to design co-packaged optical engines for scale-up and scale-out fabrics and extended memory.
• Translate customer key interconnect specifications into protocol requirements to enable silicon photonic interconnects.
• Architect and develop the specification of network/compute protocol stack layers (e.g., application, transaction, data link, and physical) in optical engines.
• Participate on SSO workgroups at UALink, ESUN, OCP, OIF, and IEEE 802.3.
• Participate in technology evangelization through customer presentations, conference papers, seminar/webinars.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
• Experience with memory semantic fabrics and networking protocols such as AXI, CHI, UALink, ESUN, Ethernet (e.g., 802.3dj), UCIe, PCI-SIG
• Strong programming skills in Python and familiar with AI workflow agents such as Antigravity, Claude, etc.
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented
• Can collaborate and work effectively with colleagues across teams and projects
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualification

• M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
• Experience with AI inference models and system performance analysis (throughput, interactivity, TCO)
• Experience with network topologies such as mesh, crossbar, folded Clos, TOR, Leaf-Spine, Torus, Dragonfly, and HyperX
• Experience with Amazon AWS and Google Cloud platforms

Benefits

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Pay

$180k - $250k

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