VP, Systems Engineering

Future Ventures; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

Mythic is seeking a VP of Systems Engineering to own end-to-end bring-up, platform validation, and system reliability for AMP-based products, including cards and M.2 modules.

You will build and lead the systems engineering team, drive cross-functional co-validation with firmware, compiler, and applications groups, and serve as the primary escalation point for customers and partners across robotics, automotive, defense, and data center.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in systems engineering, silicon bring-up, or platform validation with growing team scope.
• Direct chip experience from tape-out to post-silicon validation into shipping hardware.
• Strong HW/SW boundary understanding and board-level electrical debugging.
• Proven ability to build and scale a systems/validation org in semiconductors or systems companies.
• Experience supporting external customers/OEMs through qualification and deployment of new silicon.
• Comfort working in a startup environment with ambiguity and process-building responsibilities.
• Preferred: experience with non-standard compute architectures (analog or in-memory).
• Background in large-scale systems engineering (e.g., bring-up/validation/platform roles) and ability to adapt from big-company practices.
• Familiarity with edge AI deployment environments (robotics, automotive, defense) where power, size and reliability matter.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end systems engineering for AMP-based products: bring-up, platform validation, and characterization across M1076 APU, PCIe cards, and M.2 modules.
• Build and scale the systems engineering team as Mythic grows from single-chip to multi-card and rack-scale deployments.
• Drive hardware/software co-validation with firmware, compiler, and applications teams to validate silicon performance claims in real workloads.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for silicon and platform issues raised by customers and partners across robotics, automotive, defense, and data center.
• Own test infrastructure, automation, and characterization methods to shorten bring-up-to-production timelines for new silicon and card revisions.
• Feed field learnings back into next-generation chip and system design with product and architecture teams.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

Chip bring-up

HW/SW boundary

Customer engagement

Startup environment

Edge AI

Semiconductor background

Bring-up/validation

Job description

Mythic, the leader in energy-efficient high-performance AI computing spanning from the edge to the datacenter, is hiring a VP of Systems Engineering to own the path from silicon to shipping platforms. This is the role that turns Mythic's analog compute chips into reliable, validated, customer-ready systems — cards, modules, and reference platforms that OEMs and hyperscale partners can integrate with confidence. You'll build and lead the team responsible for hardware/software co-validation, platform bring-up, and system-level performance and reliability. You will be the technical bridge between chip design, firmware/software, and the customers deploying Mythic solutions in the field.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end systems engineering for Mythic's AMP-based products: post-silicon bring-up, platform/board-level validation, and characterization across the M1076 APU, PCIe cards, and M.2 modules.
• Build and scale the systems engineering team as Mythic grows from single-chip products to multi-card and rack-scale deployments.
• Drive hardware/software co-validation with firmware, compiler, and applications teams to ensure silicon performance claims (throughput, power, latency) hold up in real customer workloads.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for silicon and platform issues raised by customers and partners across robotics, automotive, defense, and data center.
• Own test infrastructure, automation, and characterization methodology to shorten the bring-up-to-production timeline for new silicon and card revisions.
• Feed field and validation learnings back into next-generation chip and system design with product and architecture teams.

What you'll bring

• 12+ years in systems engineering, silicon bring-up, or platform validation, with progressively larger scope managing engineering teams.
• Direct experience taking chips from tape‑out through post‑silicon validation into shipping hardware products (cards, modules, or servers).
• Excellent technical grounding in the hardware/software boundary, board-level electrical debug, and reasoning about the compiler/firmware stack that sits on top of custom silicon.
• Proven track record building and scaling a systems or validation organization at a semiconductor or systems company.
• Experience supporting external customers or OEM partners through technical qualification and deployment of new silicon.
• Comfort operating in a startup environment — this role has less infrastructure and more ambiguity than the equivalent function at a large chip company, and requires building processes rather than inheriting them.
• Preferred experience with novel or non‑standard compute architectures (analog, in‑memory, or otherwise non‑GPU AI accelerators).
• Preferred background at a large-scale systems engineering organization (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD, Qualcomm) in a bring‑up/validation/platform role, with the judgment to know what to bring from that world and what to leave behind at Mythic's scale.
• Preferred familiarity with edge AI deployment environments — robotics, automotive, or defense — where power, size, and reliability constraints are as important as raw performance.

At Mythic, we foster a collaborative and respectful environment where people can do their best work. We hire smart, capable individuals, provide the tools and support they need, and trust them to deliver. Our team brings a wide range of experiences and perspectives, which we see as a strength in solving hard problems together. We value professionalism, creativity, and integrity, and strive to make Mythic a place where every employee feels they belong and can contribute meaningfully.

Mythic is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. It ensures equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

250000 - 375000 USD a year