Ayar Labs

Ayar Labs

San Jose, California, USA
3 employees
AI Infrastructure
Series E · $870M

About Ayar Labs

Ayar Labs uses silicon photonics and microring-based architectures to increase bandwidth, reduce latency, and improve power efficiency in accelerator and XPU environments. The company’s TeraPHY optical engine integrates UCIe-based optical chiplets to enable high-throughput, low-power data transfer across extended distances within and between compute systems. Its SuperNova external light source provides multi-wavelength laser output designed for scalable, standards-based deployment. Ayar Labs supports disaggregated memory and scale-up architectures, enabling AI hardware systems to operate with higher interconnect density and accelerator utilization.

Open positions (24)

Sr. Staff Engineer, HW/SW Module Integration

San Jose, CA
$180k – $223k

Sr. Staff Engineer, Firmware

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Sr. Staff Engineer, Platform Firmware

San Jose, CA
$170k – $223k

Principal, System Reliability Engineer

San Jose, CA
$185k – $290k

Sr. Staff Engineer, Analog/Mixed-Signal Design

San Jose, CA
$180k – $223k

Head of Business Development - Taiwan

hsinchu, east district

Sr. Staff Engineer, Front-End CAD / Design Automation

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Principal Engineer, SerDes AMS Design and Architecture

San Jose, CA
$200k – $260k

Sr. Engineer, Analog/Mixed-Signal Modelling and Verification

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Principal Engineer, Analog/Mixed-Signal Modelling and Verification

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Principal Engineer, Design for Test (DFT)

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Sr. Staff Engineer, Electrical Link Architecture

San Jose, CA
$190k – $223k

Sr. Staff Engineer, Analog/Mixed-signal IC Layout

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Sr. Staff Engineer, Silicon Validation

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Sr. Engineer, Silicon Validation

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Sr. Engineer, ASIC Design Verification

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Sr. Principal Engineer, SoC Architect

San Jose, CA
$250k – $304k

Principal Engineer, Silicon Validation

San Jose, CA
$200k – $255k

Sr. Engineer, Embedded Firmware

San Jose, CA
$160k – $192k

Sr. Staff Engineer, ASIC Design

San Jose, CA
$180k – $223k

Sr. Engineer, Photonics Reliability

San Jose, CA
$170k – $200k

Sr. Engineer, Firmware

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Senior Payroll Analyst

San Jose, CA
$120k – $140k

Sr. Engineer, Free-Space Optics

San Jose, CA
$150k – $192k

Company details

Team Size3
LocationSan Jose, California, USA
IndustryAI Infrastructure

Funding

Total raised

$870M

Last stage

Series E

Investors

NNeuberger Berman
AAdvent International
LLight Street Capital
PPlayground Global
Insight Partners

Founders

Mark Wade

Mark Wade

Co-founder and CEO of Ayar Labs. Pioneer in photonics technologies; led the team that designed the world's first processor to communicate using light. Holds a PhD from University of Colorado.

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Chen Sun

Chen Sun

Co-founder of Ayar Labs. Prior to founding the company, led the group that designed the electronics and optical device drivers in the world's first processor to communicate using light. Holds a PhD from MIT.

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Vladimir Stojanovic

Vladimir Stojanovic

Co-founder and CTO of Ayar Labs. Previously a professor of EECS at UC Berkeley and one of the key developers of the Rambus high-speed link technology. Holds a PhD from Stanford University.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.

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