About Eridu AI 

Eridu AI India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eridu Corporation, Saratoga, California, USA, is looking to hire highly motivated and talented professionals for its R&D center in Bengaluru to join our world-class team.

Eridu AI is a Silicon Valley-based hardware startup pioneering infrastructure solutions that accelerate training and inference for large-scale AI models. Today’s AI performance is frequently limited by system-level bottlenecks. Eridu AI delivers multiple industry-first innovations across semiconductors, software, and systems to unlock greater GPU utilization, reduce capital and power costs, and maximize data center efficiency. The company’s solutions and value proposition have been validated by several leading hyperscalers.

The company is led by a veteran team of Silicon Valley executives and engineers with decades of experience in state-of-the-art semiconductors, optics, software, and systems, including serial entrepreneur Drew Perkins, co-founder of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), Lightera (acq. by Ciena), Gainspeed (acq. by Nokia) and Mojo Vision (World’s leading micro-LED company and developer of the first augmented reality contact lens).

Visit our website eridu.ai to learn more about our impressive list of investors, advisors and leadership team

Position Overview

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of Software Development Kit (SDK), the critical abstraction layer between the hardware and software ecosystems. You will work across Silicon, System and NOS teams to ensure our high-performance switch ASIC are performant and production ready. 

Responsibilities 

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of Software Development Kit (SDK), the critical abstraction layer between the hardware and software ecosystems. You will work across Silicon, System and NOS teams to ensure our high-performance switch ASIC are performant and production ready. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science/ECE with 10+ years of experience or Masters in CS/ECE with 5+ years of experience.
• Expertise in L2 and L3 Ethernet switching and routing protocols.
• Coding expertise in Programming languages such as C/C++/Python.
• Switch/router embedded system software development experience.
• Experience in SDK development for Ethernet switch silicon.
• Experience in the following:
• • L2 switching/forwarding areas such as LAG, VLAN, xSTP, LLDP, DC fabric switching, etc.
  • L3 unicast/multicast routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, IGMP, BGP, ISIS, etc.
  • ACL, QoS, Policers, TCAM, etc.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience building firmware and software abstractions for networking ASICs, SoCs and embedded platforms.
• Strong command of C/C++ in Linux-based environments, familiarity with compiler toolchains and tools for profiling network latency and system performance.
• Experience with modern NOS like SONiC and familiarity with simulation environments and behavioral models such as BMv2 and proprietary RTL based ASIC simulations.

Why Join Us? 

At Eridu AI, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure, working with a world-class team on groundbreaking technology that pushes the boundaries of AI performance. Your contributions will directly impact the next generation of AI networking solutions, transforming data center capabilities. 

The starting base salary for the selected candidate will be established based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications, work location, market trends, and the compensation of employees in comparable roles.