Founding Engineer - FPGA Engineer

Join Us in Building the Next Generation of Chips to Power AI

At Zetta, we're building the next NVIDIA to accelerate AI discovery. Our XPU chips are state-of-the-art AI compute engines, versatile and efficient enough to support AGI, and eventually ASI, without requiring massive power infrastructure.

The team consists of exceptional engineers obsessed with pushing the boundaries of what's possible in computing, and we're now seeking our next technical member!

• Ready to go all-in and do the work of your life
• Willing to be hardcore when pushing technical boundaries
• A technical powerhouse who loves working across the hardware-software boundary
• Deeply passionate and obsessed with computing and AI
• Hungry to build something that actually matters

• Background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent field
• Strong digital design fundamentals (VLSI, RTL, pipelining, clocking/reset strategy, latency/throughput tradeoffs, clean microarchitecture)
• RTL quality discipline (lint, CDC/RDC, X-prop awareness, assertions/SVA, code review hygiene)
• Synthesis/constraints expertise (SDC constraints, synthesis/PPA iteration, timing closure with physical design)
• Proficiency with front-end tool chains (VCS/Xcelium/Questa, Verilator, Spy Glass-style linting, DC/Genus-class synthesis)
• Build/flow automation and tooling (Python, Tcl, Nix)
• Work across architecture, verification, and physical design to hit PPA targets (area/power/perf)
• Experience designing compute datapaths and memory subsystems for AI accelerators, GPUs, or high-performance CPUs (bandwidth/latency-driven design)

• High-speed interface/IP integration experience (PCIe, CXL, DDR/HBM, Ethernet, Ser Des)
• 1+ years (or equivalent) designing synthesizable RTL (System Verilog/Verilog) for ASICs and/or high-performance FPGA prototypes
• HW/SW boundary experience (drivers/firmware bring-up, performance counters, profiling, build systems)
• Experience with systems programming (Linux kernel modules, low-level)
• Autodidactic polymath with a strong mathematical background
• Previous tapeout experience through university and/or professional projects
• Someone who doesn't fret when faced with near-impossible technical challenges

• Be one of the first employees shaping a revolutionary technology
• Work directly with the founding team of exceptional engineers at our San Francisco HQ
• Own critical decisions that will influence the future of AI compute
• Grow into a technical leader as we scale
• Highly competitive compensation + significant equity

This is THE chance to do the work of your life. The chance to build something that will be remembered. To go hardcore on a technical moonshot that will actually matter for over 100 to 1,000 years.