Senior Software Engineer - Kernel & Device Drivers
SambaNova SystemsResponsibilities
- Own post-silicon bring-up and validation of high-speed IO and memory subsystems.
- Enable system power-on and bring-up readiness, including debug infrastructure and tooling.
- Lead system-level debug to root cause complex issues spanning silicon, board, and software layers.
- Drive cross-functional resolution with design, firmware, verification, and system teams.
- Support product validation, deployment, and RMA debug in partnership with engineering teams.
- Ensure readiness for product release with a focus on stability and performance.
- Review SoC, board design, and SI/PI analysis from a post-silicon perspective.
- Contribute to pre-silicon verification and emulation to improve bring-up efficiency.
- Develop scripts and tools to automate validation, debug, and data analysis workflows.
- Improve post-silicon validation methodologies and test scalability.
Requirements
- MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
- 7+ years of experience in post-silicon validation or system bring-up.
- Experience with high-speed IO or memory protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, hBM, CXL, or UCIe.
- Strong analytical skills for test development and data analysis.
- Proficiency in scripting languages like bash and python.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional debugging efforts.
- Self-starter with strong ownership and execution skills.
- Clear and effective communicator with a collaborative approach.
Benefits
- 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance and 77% for dependents.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution.
- Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, and AD&D insurance plans.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for Health Care and Dependent Care.
- Well-being benefits including Headspace subscription, Gympass+ membership, and counseling services.
About SambaNova Systems
Welcome to SambaNova: Revolutionizing AI Capacity At SambaNova, we're empowering developers, enterprises, governments, and data centers to unlock their full AI potential. Our full-stack infrastructure, from chips to models, enables lightning-fast performance, low power consumption, and high-efficiency computing. Our Mission To give every developer, enterprise, government and data center absolute sovereignty over their own data, models and AI infrastructure – to future-proof the AI workloads that will power and scale tomorrow. Our Technology We give our customers the optionality to experience SambaNova through the cloud or on-premise. Samba Cloud delivers the fastest inferences on the largest open source models like Llama 4 and DeepSeek. Developers can get started building in minutes with our OpenAI compatible APIs. All customers start on the developer tier and when they need more capacity can scale into our enterprise tier. SambaStack is our on-premise offering which includes the system, the platform, and foundation models. These components combine into a powerful technology stack that delivers unparalleled performance, ease of use, accuracy, data privacy, and the ability to power every use case across the world's largest organizations. SambaManaged is a modular and ready-to-deploy AI cloud designed to deliver unmatched efficiency for data centers and cloud service providers. This solution allows organizations to quickly deploy advanced AI inference services—without the need for costly infrastructure upgrades or specialized expertise—in as little as 90 days. At the heart of SambaNova innovation is the Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU). Purpose built for AI workloads, the RDU takes advantage of a dataflow architecture and a three-tiered memory design. The three tiers of memory enable the platform to run hundreds of models on a single node and to switch between them in microseconds. In 2023, SambaNova released its 4th generation RDU chip, the SN40L.