Upscale builds next-generation AI network infrastructure with scalable systems, intelligent automation, and seamless connectivity.
About the role
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What they're looking for
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Extensive experience in digital IC design, with significant technical and organizational leadership responsibilities
- Proven experience designing and delivering digital functionality for 100G+ per-lane SerDes PHYs
- Strong understanding of high-speed SerDes architecture and the interaction among digital signal processing, analog front-end circuits, clocking, calibration, and link adaptation
- Demonstrated experience leading complex RTL development, digital implementation, integration, and silicon delivery
- Strong knowledge of digital design methodologies, including microarchitecture, synthesis, timing closure, clock-domain crossing, low-power design, and design-for-test considerations
More about this role
Upscale, Inc., is building the high-performance infrastructure powering the next generation of artificial intelligence. Backed by over $500M in funding and rapid global adoption, we are scaling systems designed for the world’s most demanding AI workloads.
We focus on first-principles engineering across silicon, systems, and networking—where performance, scale, and execution are critical. Our team is talent-dense and high-performing. We value ownership, technical rigor, and speed, and we offer the opportunity to work on foundational problems with immediate, real-world impact.
If you’re looking to do high-impact work, move fast, and help define the infrastructure behind the future of AI—Upscale is where you can produce meaningful work at the frontier—and operate at a high standard.
About the Role
We are building a world-class SerDes engineering organization to enable next-generation, ultra-high-speed connectivity for AI data centers and high-performance computing. We are seeking an experienced Senior Director of SerDes Digital Design to lead the architecture, development, and implementation of the digital subsystem for next-generation SerDes technologies.
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