System Software Engineer

MatX Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks PTO

12 company holidays

up to 3 weeks remote work

Health insurance

401K with company contribution

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

MatX is building next-generation silicon for high-performance GenAI. We seek a System Software Engineer to design and implement scalable Linux-based system software, including drivers, daemons, and libraries, across multiple CPU ISAs.

You will collaborate with architecture and hardware teams on bring-up and performance tuning, while ensuring observability and resiliency of the stack. You will join a small, high-impact team in Mountain View, CA, in a hybrid setup (3 days in office Tue-Thu).

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 8+ years experience.
• Strong hands-on development in Linux, both in low-level userspace libraries as well as device drivers in the Linux kernel.
• Ability to read hardware data sheets, register definitions, etc. to program hardware devices.
• Experience in user-facing software bring-up on new custom silicon.
• Strong C programming skills.
• In-depth knowledge of computer hardware and system architecture.
• Good understanding of low-level operating systems interfaces - threads, process management, memory management, etc.
• Experience debugging issues related to complex hardware-software interaction.
• This is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week on Tuesday through Thursday.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with architecture teams, silicon design teams and other software/firmware teams to architect, design, and implement scalable and high-performance system software components, including device drivers in Linux, low-level libraries and daemons
• Deliver unit-tests for all software components being developed, including kernel level softwares
• CPU/memory subsystem optimization for the host system stack
• Write debug and performance monitoring utilities
• Performance profiling, look for opportunities to reduce operating system overheads
• Influence the design of next generations of accelerators, and the host system software stack
• Design system software components to improve system observability, improve resiliency
• Design and implement cluster management solutions and failover algorithms to minimize downtime
• Bring up and help debug issues during new chip bring-up in close collaboration with hardware engineers
• Productize system software stack across various CPU ISAs and operating system versions

Skills

Linux kernel

C programming

Hardware bring-up

Kernel driver development

Performance profiling

System software design

OS internals

Debugging hardware-software

Hybrid work

Education

BS in Electrical Eng or CS

Job description

What MatX Is Building

MatX's mission is to make the world's best AI models run as efficiently as allowed by physics, bringing the world years ahead in AI quality and availability. MatX is seeking System Software Engineer to join our team as we create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. Successful candidates for these roles will be responsible for delivering performant and functionally accurate silicon for MatX products across compute, memory management. High-speed connectivity and other key technologies.

As an System Software Engineer reporting to our Systems Software Lead, you'll contribute to the System Software Team. You'll join a talented group of engineers helping us to create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. As part of a small team, you'll help see your ideas come to life and see the impacts of your work.

What You'll Do Here

• Work closely with the architecture teams, silicon design teams and other software/firmware teams to architect, design, and implement scalable and high-performance system software components, including device drivers in Linux, low-level libraries and daemons

• Deliver unit-tests for all software components being developed, including kernel level softwares

• CPU/memory subsystem optimization for the host system stack

• Write debug and performance monitoring utilities

• Performance profiling, look for opportunities to reduce operating system overheads

• Influence the design of next generations of accelerators, and the host system software stack

• Design system software components to improve system observability, improve resiliency

• Design and implement cluster management solutions and failover algorithms to minimize downtime

• Bring up and help debug issues during new chip bring-up in close collaboration with hardware engineers

• Productize system software stack across various CPU ISAs and operating system versions

Who You Are

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, with 8+ years of experience in the following areas

• Strong hands-on development experience in Linux, both in low-level userspace libraries as well as device drivers in the Linux kernel

• Ability to read hardware data sheets, register definitions etc. to program hardware devices

• Experience in user-facing software bring-up on new custom silicon

• Strong C programming skills

• In-depth knowledge of computer hardware and system architecture

• Good understanding of low-level operating systems interfaces - threads, process management, memory management etc

• Experience debugging issues related to complex hardware-software interaction

• This is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week on Tuesday through Thursday

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience in hardware bring-up, simulation, and emulation environments

• Good understanding of system-level architecture, interrupts, memory mapped IO, direct memory access, computer systems interconnect, memory hierarchy etc

• Performance tuning and optimization in kernel drivers and modules, low-level libraries

Compensation

The US base salary for this full-time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job-related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is only a guideline for compensation.

• Early Career - $160,000 - $275,000 + equity

• Mid Career - $175,000 - $400,000 + equity

• Senior Career - $250,000 - $600,000 + equity

What We Offer

• Time off: 4 weeks PTO (accrued) + 12 company Holidays + up to 3 weeks remote work

• Health: Company-subsidized Medical (Kaiser or Anthem) for employees & dependents, Guardian Dental and Vision insurances for employee & dependents, and life insurance (employee only), plus HSA and FSA offerings via Lively. See attached benefits 1-pager and full benefits guide for more info on benefits.

• Financial Wellbeing: Choose from Roth IRA/ 401K (or both) retirement plans with up to 5% company contribution to 401K (even if you don't contribute). Also, 100% company-paid life insurance (up to $300K) and long-term disability insurances.

• Professional Development: $1500 Professional Development Budget (per year)

• Team Meals: MatX provides onsite team lunch & dinner Monday - Friday, with your choice of ordering via WeBox, Specialty's or via our reimbursement system

• Commute on Us: Commute on our company Uber account, or reimburse your train rides. Either way, we pay 100% for your daily commute.

• MatX E[x]tras: $50/mo to use on the perk you value most

• Cell & Internet Reimbursement: $35/mo for cellular and $40/mo for wifi

• Mental Wellbeing: 100% paid mental health benefit via SpringHealth and Guardian EAP.

• Support to Parents: Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave regardless of path to parenthood, 10 weeks pregnancy disability leave, flexible return-to-work hours, and Benepass reproductive health & parental benefit.

• AI Resources: Up to $20K/month plus a dedicated internal AI Tooling Team to support your productivity

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our team and our focus on creating an inviting and inclusive work experience, MatX is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays-Thursdays.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicants capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.

MatX does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or People team and any resumes submitted are deemed to be the property of MatX.