Senior Director, Hardware Engineering – AI Accelerator Chips

MemryX Inc.; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) matching

Equity incentives

Life insurance

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

MemryX is seeking a Senior Director of Hardware Engineering to lead the development of the next-generation AI accelerator chip. This role oversees architecture through tapeout and production, coordinating with architecture, software, systems, product, and business teams, and managing external partners including foundries and IP vendors.

You will mentor engineers, build a pragmatic hardware organization, and drive plans, milestones, and execution across complex ASIC programs in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience developing complex ASICs, SoCs, processors, accelerators, or related semiconductor products.
• Technical leadership experience, including leading ASIC/SoC engineering teams and complex chip development programs.
• Multiple successful ASIC/SoC tapeouts with direct involvement across major stages of the chip development lifecycle.
• Deep understanding of digital IC design, including architecture, microarchitecture, RTL design, verification, synthesis, timing, physical design, DFT, and silicon bring-up.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, memory systems, high-speed interfaces, clock/reset architecture, power management, and chip-level integration.
• Experience making performance, power, area, cost, and schedule tradeoffs for production silicon.
• Ability to review technical designs in depth and work directly with engineers to resolve difficult architecture and implementation problems.
• Experience working with IP vendors and external design service companies.
• Experience planning and executing ASIC programs across internal teams and external partners.
• Strong technical communication skills and the ability to work effectively with architecture, software, product, operations, and executive teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead in a fast-moving environment where requirements evolve and engineers balance ambition with execution risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the hardware engineering team responsible for the design and implementation of MemryX AI accelerator chips.
• Drive chip development from product requirements and architecture through RTL design, verification, physical implementation, tapeout, silicon bring-up, and production.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to define next-generation AI accelerator architecture, SoC architecture, memory hierarchy, interfaces, performance targets, and product requirements.
• Translate system- and product-level requirements into clear hardware architecture and implementation specifications.
• Lead technical tradeoff analyses across performance, power, area, cost, schedule, and implementation risk.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and design reviews across key areas of the chip, including compute architecture, memory subsystem, SoC integration, interconnect, and external interfaces.
• Establish development plans, milestones, ownership, and execution processes for complex ASIC programs.
• Identify technical and schedule risks early and drive engineering teams toward practical solutions.
• Coordinate closely with software, compiler, firmware, systems, and application teams to ensure hardware/software co-design and successful product deployment.
• Manage relationships and technical execution with external semiconductor partners, including foundries, OSATs, IP vendors, EDA vendors, and ASIC/design service providers.
• Lead technical discussions involving process technology, IP selection, packaging, manufacturing, test, yield, cost, and supply-chain considerations.
• Support silicon bring-up, characterization, debug, qualification, and transition into volume production.
• Communicate architecture decisions, technical status, risks, schedules, and recommendations clearly to engineering leadership and company executives.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads and help build a strong, pragmatic, and execution-focused hardware engineering organization.

Skills

Leadership

ASIC/SoC design

RTL design

Architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master’s degree or higher

Job description

MemryX is seeking a Senior Director of Hardware Engineering to lead the development of the next-generation AI accelerator chip. This role oversees architecture through tapeout and production, coordinating with architecture, software, systems, product, and business teams, and managing external partners including foundries and IP vendors.

You will mentor engineers, build a pragmatic hardware organization, and drive plans, milestones, and execution across complex ASIC programs in a fast-paced