ASIC Chip Design Lead

About Eridu Eridu is a Silicon Valley-based hardware startup pioneering infrastructure solutions that accelerate AI data centers to deliver Faster AI . Today’s AI performance is frequently limited by communication bottlenecks. Eridu introduces multiple industry-first innovations across silicon, packaging, software, and systems to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in performance and unlock greater GPU utilization to speed training job completion times and tokens-per-second for more profitable inference. We do this while simultaneously reducing capital and power costs and improving reliability. The company’s solutions and value proposition have been widely validated by leading hyperscalers. Eridu has raised over $200M to date including its most recent, oversubscribed Series A round. The company is led by a veteran team of Silicon Valley executives who have delivered multiple billion dollar product lines and led multiple companies to billion dollar exits, including serial entrepreneur Drew Perkins, co-founder of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), Lightera (acq. by Ciena), Gainspeed (acq. by Nokia) and Mojo Vision (the world’s leading micro-LED company). The company is in execution mode and has a world-class engineering team with decades of experience in state-of-the-art silicon, packaging, optics, software, and systems. Eridu is working with best-in-class supply chain partners including silicon, packaging and systems. Visit our website eridu.ai to learn more. Position Overview We are seeking a hands-on ASIC Chip Design Lead to own chip design execution from micro-architecture through full-chip integration and timing signoff. This role sits between senior individual contributor and technical lead: you will personally drive RTL and micro-architecture while providing execution leadership across design, verification, and physical design teams. This is a highly technical, roll-up-your-sleeves role for someone who has taken chips to tape-out, understands what breaks late in the cycle, and knows how to drive designs to closure in a fast-paced startup environment. Responsibilities Hands-on RTL Development Write, review, and debug production-quality RTL in Verilog/SystemVerilog Own RTL blocks end-to-end from specification through signoff Make timing-, area-, and power-aware design decisions at the RTL and micro-architecture levels Perform detailed code reviews and set a high technical bar for RTL quality Micro-Architecture Specification Draft detailed micro-architecture specifications derived from architecture documents and feature requirements Translate high-level requirements into implementable pipelines, control logic, datapaths, interfaces, and corner-case handling Clearly define performance, latency, and resource tradeoffs to unblock RTL and verification execution Physical-Design–Aware Design & Timing Closure Work closely with Physical Design to improve synthesis and place-and-route timing. Iterate on RTL, hierarchy, micro-architecture, and floorplanning to address timing, congestion, and QoR issues Analyze synthesis and P&R reports and proactively drive timing, area, and power improvements Verification Collaboration & Debug Partner with Design Verification to debug functional and performance issues Review functional and code coverage and provide actionable feedback Own bugs from discovery through fix, validation, and closure Full-Chip Integration & Signoff Own full-chip RTL integration and block roll-up Run chip-level synthesis, define constraints, and close chip-level timing Deliver timing-clean netlists to Physical Design that meet performance targets Execution Discipline & Technical Leadership Drive block- and chip-level design checklists as execution quality gates Review checklist status with designers and proactively push closure of open items Continuously refine design methodologies, checklists, and flows based on silicon learnings Lead by technical authority and hands-on execution rather than coordination alone Qualifications S