Staff / Principal Engineer - Diagnostics - Eridu AI : Job Details

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).

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Diagnostics Engineer to join our hardware/software integration team. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in diagnostics development and bring hands-on experience with Diagnostics for Board Support Packages (BSP), Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC), ASIC, SERDES interfaces, and OSFP modules. This role is critical in ensuring system reliability, performance validation, and early-stage hardware bring-up for next-generation network and compute platforms.

Own the Diagnostics for Board Support Packages (BSP), Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC), ASIC, SERDES interfaces, and OSFP modules

• Develop and maintain diagnostic software and tools for hardware validation and system health monitoring.
• Work closely with vendor hardware, firmware, and software teams to bring up and validate new boards and platforms.
• Design and implement diagnostics for components such as SERDES links, OSFP modules, high-speed interfaces, memory subsystems, and onboard sensors.
• Develop and integrate diagnostics into BSPs and BMC firmware for pre-boot testing and system monitoring.
• Collaborate with ASIC teams to validate interfaces and protocols using SDKs and internal test tools.
• Conduct root cause analysis on hardware and system-level issues and provide detailed technical documentation.
• Automate diagnostics testing and integrate into continuous integration (CI) pipelines.
• Support manufacturing and system engineering teams with diagnostic tools and procedures for production test.

Qualifications

• Support manufacturing and system engineering teams with diagnostic tools and procedures for production test.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science/ECE with 10+ years of experience or Masters in CS/ECE with 5+ years of experience.
• Switch/router embedded system software development experience
• Strong experience with:
• Board Support Packages (BSP) development and customization.
• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software and protocols (e.g., IPMI, Redfish).
• Packet Processor SDKs from vendors like Broadcom, Marvell, or similar.
• SERDES signal validation and link bring-up
• OSFP and other high-speed optical/electrical interface modules.
• Familiarity with Linux kernel, device trees, and bootloaders (U-Boot, Coreboot).
• Coding expertise in Programming languages such as C/C++/Python
• Strong debugging skills using tools like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG.
• Experience with modern NOS like SONiC and familiarity with simulation environments and behavioral models such as BMv2 and ASIC simulations

Why Eridu AI?

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.

The pay range for this role is:

200,000 - 290,000 USD per year (San Francisco Bay Area)