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 - $120,000 - $250,000 + equity • Mid Career - $175,000 - $362,500 + equity • Senior Career - $250,000 - $475,000 + equity What We Offer • A Stake in our success A cash/equity mix that fits your needs and option to do early exercise • Heath & Wellness Company subsidized Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance; Pre-tax Health Savings Accounts with generous company contribution (even if you don't) • Time To Recharge 4 weeks paid time off (accrued), 12 company holidays, and 3 weeks remote/flexible work per year • Support to Parents Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of your path to parenthood • Learning & Development $1,500 yearly towards your professional development e.g. conferences, courses, and other learning opportunities • Team Connection Team Lunches, quarterly off-sites, and regular town halls • Financial Wellbeing 401K and/or Roth IRA, with 5% company contribution, even if you don't! • Flexible Spending Accounts Pre-tax spend accounts for medical, dental/vision, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses • Commute On Us For those commuting up to 1 hour, put your rideshare cost on our company card and reclaim the drive-time to get work done! • MatX E[x]tras $50 per month to use on the perks you care about most • Remote Perks We work remotely Monday & Friday, supported by home-tech setup, and remote wifi expense reimbursement