Jobs at OLIX

Build and manage the global supplier base for rack-scale systems, including power, liquid cooling, networking, servers, cabling, and rack infrastructure. Lead supplier selection, commercial negotiations, capacity commitments, rack-level cost management, directed buys, data center deployment sourcing, and supply resiliency. Partner with engineering, operations, finance, manufacturing, and facility teams to manage long-lead constrained components, qualify second sources, and ensure quality, delivery, and cost targets as production scales.

Own global sourcing and supplier strategy for semiconductor, photonics, packaging, assembly, test, and lab capital equipment. Lead negotiations, capacity planning, long-lead-time management, installation, site readiness, FAT, SAT, and production qualification. Coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Facilities, Finance, contract manufacturers, and equipment partners to align capital plans, equipment readiness, service coverage, risk mitigation, and international shipping requirements with production schedules.

Own the global commercial relationship with a primary contract manufacturing and joint development partner. Lead agreements, pricing, capacity reservations, procurement models, build readiness, NPI, factory ramp, forecasting, material allocation, logistics, supplier performance, quality, and risk management through high-volume production. Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Test, Finance, and Legal while developing scalable contract manufacturing processes and evaluating additional capacity and sites.

Own detection and response, vulnerability management, endpoint and identity security, SaaS and AWS hardening, SIEM detection coverage, and automation. Build and evidence security controls for ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST CSF certification requirements. Administer EDR, respond to macOS and Windows incidents, manage vulnerabilities by risk, and collaborate with managed detection and response partners and internal engineering teams.

Secure OLIX’s AI ecosystem by mapping AI tools, models, agents, and data flows; managing agent identities and permissions; mitigating prompt injection, data leakage, supply-chain, and unsafe-action risks; hardening AWS infrastructure; integrating security events with SIEM; assessing ISO 42001 readiness; and enabling rapid, safe adoption of AI tools. Requires strong security engineering experience, AI/ML security expertise, cloud and identity skills, and Python or TypeScript development.

Leads new product introduction and industrialization of complex mechanical and opto-mechanical assemblies. Develops, validates, and optimizes scalable manufacturing processes, tooling, fixturing, automation, and material flow for high-volume production. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply management, and contract manufacturers to achieve production readiness, yield, quality, cycle-time, and throughput targets. Drives root-cause analysis, corrective actions, process capability, and successful transfer to manufacturing operations.

Develop and qualify high-throughput, high-yield manufacturing processes for optical interconnect and co-packaged optics hardware. Specify and commission production equipment, improve process capability through statistical process control, troubleshoot manufacturing issues, and drive yield and throughput improvements. Transfer processes to manufacturing partners, support qualification and volume ramp, collaborate across engineering and production teams, contribute to patents, and ensure factory safety and protocol compliance. Travel to manufacturing partner sites up to 50% of the time.

Build and optimize compiler, runtime, and debugger infrastructure connecting PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, and MXNet to custom AI accelerator hardware. Responsibilities include compiler architecture, graph optimization, layout, fusion, scheduling, tiling, performance tuning, project ownership, code reviews, mentoring, and collaboration with hardware and modeling teams.

Lead and scale OLIX’s talent function from approximately 200 to 1,000 employees across multiple international sites. Own executive recruiting, hiring standards, recruiter development, scarce-talent strategies, recruiting AI, hiring systems, workforce planning, and talent branding. The role requires hands-on leadership in frontier AI, semiconductor, hardware, or deep-tech environments, with responsibility for personally closing senior candidates and building a high-performing recruiting organization.

Lead architecture and production delivery for major areas of rack-scale accelerator firmware. Own boot, updates, platform management, ASIC register control, interfaces, failure handling, validation, and bring-up from simulation through silicon. Develop bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux firmware; collaborate with FPGA, ASIC, and systems teams; author specifications and design documents; mentor senior engineers; and influence technical direction without formal authority.

Own embedded firmware subsystems for the DX-1 accelerator platform from simulation and FPGA prototyping through silicon and production. Responsibilities include boot firmware, embedded Linux, kernel and driver development, management services, bare-metal firmware, telemetry, testing, hardware bring-up, debugging, and cross-functional technical leadership.

Own end-to-end execution of complex technical programs spanning hardware, software, optics, and manufacturing. Responsibilities include defining plans and milestones, coordinating engineering and business stakeholders, managing risks, vendors, dependencies, and delivery cadences, maintaining documentation, and driving accountability through mass-manufactured product delivery.

Lead and build the internal engineering platform and IT operations team. Own compute, storage, networking, CI/CD, provisioning automation, identity and device management, and observability. Drive security-first infrastructure, enable engineering velocity across hardware, software, ML, and compiler teams, and scale foundational IT functions and processes in a high-growth startup.

Lead and scale OLIX’s commercial legal function, personally negotiating major customer, manufacturing, supply chain, licensing, JDA, and partnership agreements. Establish playbooks, templates, risk positions, workflows, and AI-enabled contracting processes. Advise on IP, data protection, export controls, and commercial risk while partnering with engineering, sales, procurement, and operations. Build and manage the legal team, oversee external counsel, support CLM implementation, and help shape broader legal strategy in a fast-growing deep-tech company.

Lead full-cycle recruiting across engineering, technical leadership, operations, and commercial roles. Build scalable sourcing strategies, partner with hiring managers, improve interviewing and recruiting processes, manage candidate experience, strengthen employer branding, evolve recruiting systems and reporting, and oversee external recruiting partners. The role focuses on closing specialized technical talent and building scalable hiring infrastructure during a high-growth period.

Create analog layouts for RX/TX lane macros and support lane-level integration. Responsibilities include floor planning, routing, clock distribution, power grids, device matching, parasitic and noise reduction, physical verification, EM/IR analysis, tape-outs, design library management, and FinFET macro integration using Cadence and verification tools.

Leads demand and supply planning, purchasing, inventory, logistics, and material execution for AI hardware manufacturing. Establishes scalable ERP/MRP processes, aligns production schedules with customer demand, manages contract manufacturing partners, resolves material constraints, and optimizes inventory, transportation costs, supplier performance, and delivery commitments. The role also builds high-performing teams and drives cross-functional supply chain operational excellence across engineering, manufacturing, quality, finance, and global supply management.

Lead end-to-end verification of high-throughput, real-time digital pipelines. Build SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments, assertion-based checks, constrained-random tests, and formal properties. Model algorithms in MATLAB/Simulink or Python, support FPGA prototyping and silicon bring-up, analyze results to drive fixes, and collaborate across digital, optical, mixed-signal, and software teams. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to verification methodology and documentation.

The role involves designing, implementing, and verifying DFT strategies for digital pipelines, collaborating across teams, and mentoring junior engineers.

Design and validate high-speed SerDes and mixed-signal subsystems for next-gen SoCs, oversee full lifecycle from implementation to lab validation.