Efficient Computer builds the world's most energy-efficient general-purpose AI chips, delivering up to 100× better efficiency than low-power CPUs. Backed by USV.
About the role
Efficient Computer is rethinking computing from the ground up to solve one of AI's biggest challenges: energy. Our Fabric architecture delivers a 10–100x improvement in energy efficiency for general-purpose computation, including AI, while supporting familiar programming languages and software frameworks—unlocking new possibilities for autonomous machines, intelligent infrastructure, wearables, and space systems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- B.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent, M.S. a plus
- 7+ years of systems software experience, including significant hands-on Linux kernel-mode driver development for complex devices (accelerators, GPUs, NPUs, networking, or storage)
- Deep understanding of Linux kernel memory management, including cache coherence, IOMMU/SMMU configuration, and unified or shared virtual memory between CPU and accelerators
- Hands-on experience with QEMU, emulation, or simulation environments, including writing or extending device models and board definitions
- Experience with pre-silicon hardware bring up and first-silicon enablement, working from hardware specifications and register maps before the platform is stable
- Experience designing runtime interfaces between kernel and user space: ABI and HAL design, synchronization, memory sharing, and error handling
More about this role
Efficient Computer is rethinking computing from the ground up to solve one of AI's biggest challenges: energy. Our Fabric architecture delivers a 10–100x improvement in energy efficiency for general-purpose computation, including AI, while supporting familiar programming languages and software frameworks—unlocking new possibilities for autonomous machines, intelligent infrastructure, wearables, and space systems. With our first processor, Electron E1, now shipping in volume and more than $97 million in Series B financing recently announced, we're accelerating customer deployments and scaling our architecture to data center performance. Join us to build the hardware and software that bring intelligence wherever it's needed and help shape the next generation of computing.
Efficient Computer is building the next generation of energy efficient, general-purpose processors designed around the Fabric architecture, a novel spatial dataflow design spun out from decades of fundamental SOC research at CMU.
We are looking for a Senior Staff Linux Kernel Driver Engineer to own the kernel-mode driver that brings our Fabric to life. You will bring up new silicon from the very first boot, often...
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