Principal Network Architect

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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Cornelis Networks

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51 - 200 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔧 Hardware

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $29M Series B on 2022-11

Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Enterprise

Cornelis Networks is a leading provider of intelligent, scalable, high-performance interconnects designed for AI applications. The company specializes in delivering end-to-end purpose-built high-performance fabrics to commercial, scientific, academic, and government organizations. Cornelis Networks’ solutions are aimed at enhancing performance, scalability, and efficiency across hyperscale, cloud AI, and on-premises AI/HPC environments. Their offerings are known for scalable architecture, high bandwidth solutions, and universal compatibility with accelerators and GPUs. Originating as an Intel spin-off, the company is positioned to challenge existing technologies like InfiniBand and Ethernet, providing advanced interconnects that power modern AI infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Define and drive the end-to-end architecture for next-generation AI and HPC networking products, spanning hardware, firmware, software, and system integration. • Lead cross-functional architecture efforts across ASIC, FPGA, software, firmware, networking, and platform engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. • Design high-bandwidth, low-latency data movement architectures utilizing PCIe, RDMA, DMA engines, SmartNIC technologies, and high-speed Ethernet fabrics. • Drive hardware/software co-design to optimize networking, compute, memory, and accelerator subsystems for maximum throughput, efficiency, and deterministic latency. • Partner with ASIC and FPGA teams to define interfaces, system architecture, and integration strategies across next-generation networking platforms. • Collaborate with Linux software teams on kernel drivers, userspace networking, performance optimization, and low-latency communication technologies. • Evaluate emerging technologies including CXL, SmartNICs, advanced interconnects, hardware accelerators, and AI infrastructure to influence future product roadmaps. • Work directly with customers, solutions architects, and product management to translate technical requirements into scalable architectural solutions. • Mentor senior engineers and architects while providing technical leadership across multiple engineering organizations. • Contribute to long-term product strategy, technology direction, and architectural standards for future Cornelis Networks networking solutions.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience • 15+ years of experience designing and architecting high-performance networking, FPGA, ASIC, or hardware acceleration solutions • Demonstrated expertise in system architecture spanning hardware, software, firmware, and networking technologies • Deep understanding of PCI Express, Ethernet, DMA engines, RDMA, high-speed interconnects, and modern data center networking architectures • Experience with Linux kernel technologies, device drivers, kernel-bypass networking, or low-latency networking frameworks • Strong C/C++ development experience supporting high-performance networking systems • Proven experience leading complex cross-functional engineering initiatives from architectural definition through product deployment • Excellent communication, technical leadership, and customer engagement skills. • Experience designing FPGA-based networking platforms, SmartNICs, or intelligent network adapters (preferred) • Experience with DPDK, RDMA, custom transport protocols, TCP/IP offload, or other kernel-bypass networking technologies (preferred) • Knowledge of AI infrastructure, HPC systems, GPU clusters, and large-scale distributed computing environments (preferred) • Experience developing FPGA solutions using SystemVerilog, Verilog, or High-Level Synthesis (HLS) (preferred) • Familiarity with CXL, advanced memory architectures, and emerging accelerator interconnect technologies (preferred) • Experience optimizing networking performance across hardware, firmware, software, and system-level architectures (preferred) • Customer-facing architecture, technical consulting, or field engineering experience (preferred) • Experience mentoring engineering teams and influencing technical strategy across multiple organizations (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• health and retirement benefits • competitive compensation package including equity, cash, and incentives • medical, dental, and vision coverage • disability and life insurance • dependent care flexible spending account • accidental injury insurance • pet insurance • generous paid holidays • 401(k) with company match • Open Time Off (OTO) • sick time • bonding leave • pregnancy disability leave