Technical Advisor/Principal Architect, Office of the CTO

Kandou AI is redefining the economics of AI infrastructure. Our proprietary MIMO-over-copper technology powers a high-performance, chiplet-based AI memory fabric that delivers high bandwidth and ultra-low latency at dramatically lower power. Our architecture represents a foundational shift in how next-generation AI hardware is built.
We are seeking a Technical Advisor / Principal Architect to work directly with the CTO on the conception, modeling, and development of breakthrough communication and interconnect technologies.
This is a rare opportunity for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of theory, architecture, and silicon implementation - someone who wants to help shape the future of chip-to-chip, die-to-die, memory, and networking interconnects.
Role Overview
You will partner closely with the CTO to explore, evaluate, and prototype next-generation communication system architectures. This role spans research, modeling, algorithm development, system architecture, and early-stage silicon feasibility. You will help translate theoretical concepts into implementable designs that can scale into real products.
What You Will Do

• Partner with the CTO to develop next-generation communication and interconnect architectures.
• Explore novel signaling, coding, equalization, and system-level techniques.
• Build models, simulations, and prototypes to validate architectural concepts.
• Evaluate performance, power, latency, area, and manufacturability tradeoffs.
• Translate research into silicon-ready architectures and intellectual property.
• Identify emerging technologies and opportunities for competitive differentiation.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance across research, architecture, and product teams

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• Strong background in digital communications and communication system fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of information theory, coding, modulation, and signal processing.
• Experience building mathematical models, simulations, or prototypes.
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, C++, or similar environments.
• Ability to work across abstraction levels - from theory to architecture to implementation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable exploring unfamiliar domains.

Highly Desirable Experience (streamlined)

• SerDes architecture, equalization, or wireline communications.
• Coding theory, FEC, or advanced modulation schemes.
• System-level modeling (SystemC or equivalent).
• Machine learning applied to communications.
• Experience taking concepts from theory to silicon.

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role
The ideal candidate:

• Moves fluidly between mathematics, algorithms, architecture, and hardware.
• Is willing and able to be hands-on when needed, diving into analysis, modeling, coding, simulation, debugging, or lab work to help move critical projects forward.
• Is intellectually curious and thrives on open-ended technical challenges.
• Challenges assumptions and proposes unconventional approaches when needed.
• Understands that elegant theory must ultimately translate into manufacturable silicon.