Energy efficient chips for AI
Founding Engineer$100K – $400K / 0.25% – 2.00%
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Experience
Any (new grads ok)
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About the roleWe’re Building the Next Generation of Chips to Power AI. Join Us.
At Exa, we’re building the next NVIDIA. Our novel polymorphic chips are a generation ahead of anything on the market. We’re essentially building the substrate that will power all future knowledge and scientific discovery.
Our XPU chips are state-of-the-art AI compute engines capable of reconfiguring themselves to optimize the dataflow of each model (training & inference!) to be fast and efficient enough to support AGI, and eventually ASI, without requiring massive power infrastructure. Through our novel polymorphic architecture, we’re achieving unprecedented performance gains over current SOTA GPUs while dramatically reducing energy consumption.
The team consists of exceptional engineers obsessed with pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in computing and AI, and we’re now seeking our next founding engineer.
You Are
Ready to go all-in and do the work of your life
Willing to be hardcore when pushing technical boundaries
A technical powerhouse who loves working across the hardware-software boundary
Deeply passionate and obsessed with computing and AI
Hungry to build something that actually matters
Ideal Background
Recent or upcoming graduate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent field
Experience with semiconductor physical design (PD) and chip tapeout through research/projects
Strong foundation in digital design, VLSI, and RTL
Exposure to (Sci)ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch/TinyGrad/JAX/Lux.jl)
Experience with systems programming:
Firmware development
Linux kernel modules and device drivers
Low-level hardware interfaces
Huge Plus If
Autodidactic polymath
Strong mathematical background
Someone who doesn’t fret when faced with near-impossible technical challenges
The Opportunity
Be one of the first employees shaping a revolutionary technology
Work directly with the founding team of exceptional engineers
Own critical decisions that will influence the future of AI compute
Grow into a technical leader as we scale
Highly competitive compensation + significant equity
This is THE chance to do the work of your life. The chance to build something that will be remembered. To go hardcore on a technical moonshot that will actually matter for over 100 to 1,000 years.
About Exa LaboratoriesBuilding energy-efficient chips (“XPUs”) for AI training and inference.
Our XPUs are reconfigurable, capable of optimizing the dataflow of each model, making them faster and more energy-efficient than the current SOTA GPUs on the market. This saves data centers billions in cooling and energy costs.
Exa Laboratories
Founded:2024
Team Size:2
Status:Active
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