Senior Network Protocol Architect for Co-Packaged Optics AI

Ayar Labs, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Ayar Labs in San Jose, CA, is seeking a Network Protocol Architect to design co-packaged optical engines for scalable interconnects and extended memory. You will translate customer interconnect specs into protocol requirements and specify protocol stack layers for optical engines.

Work with the CTO office on pathfinding activities and participate in SSOs and industry collaborations to promote Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics. Strong Python skills and experience with AI workflow agents are desired.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with memory semantic fabrics and networking protocols such as AXI, CHI, UALink, ESUN, Ethernet (802.3dj), UCIe, PCI-SIG.
• Experience with architecture and design of AI compute systems such as OCI-MSA.
• Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with AI workflow agents such as Antigravity, Claude, etc.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design co-packaged optical engines for scale-up and scale-out fabrics and extended memory.
• Translate customer interconnect specifications into protocol requirements.
• Architect and develop the specification of network/compute protocol stack layers in optical engines.
• Participate on SSO workgroups (UALink, ESUN, OCP, OIF, IEEE 802.3).
• Present technology evangelization through customer presentations, papers, seminars/webinars.

Skills

Networking protocols

Memory semantic fabrics

AI compute systems

Python

Collaboration

Communication

Education

B.S. in Computer or Electrical Engineering

MS/Ph.D. in Computer or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Ayar Labs in San Jose, CA, is seeking a Network Protocol Architect to design co-packaged optical engines for scalable interconnects and extended memory. You will translate customer interconnect specs into protocol requirements and specify protocol stack layers for optical engines.

Work with the CTO office on pathfinding activities and participate in SSOs and industry collaborations to promote Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics. Strong Python skills and experience with AI workflow agents are desired.