--- title: 'Director of Finance at Velaura' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/director-of-finance-velaura-santa-clara-t35rmsm40cdt' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Director of Finance at Velaura - **Company:** Velaura - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA - **Compensation:** $180k–$230k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/velaura/a60fe2f8-c5a3-439b-a6d6-1fa992c84a5b ## Job description ## Role Overview We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Director of Finance to join our growing team. This hands-on leadership role requires a seasoned professional with 10-15 years of experience, including significant time spent in high-tech start-up environments—preferably with hardware companies. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to strategically manage financial operations while actively engaging in day-to-day finance and accounting processes. As the Director of Finance, you will oversee a small but efficient team, ensuring financial health and operational excellence. You’ll play a critical role in shaping the company’s financial strategy and enabling its continued growth. ## Responsibilities ● Financial Strategy & Planning: o Develop and implement financial strategies aligned with company goals. o Lead long-term financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. o Provide actionable insights to drive business decisions and profitability. ● Accounting & Reporting: o Oversee accounting operations, including AP/AR, general ledger, and payroll. o Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in compliance with GAAP. o Coordinate audits, tax filings, and regulatory reporting requirements. ● Operational Excellence: o Manage cash flow, capital allocation, and treasury functions. o Optimize internal financial systems and processes for efficiency and scalability. o Collaborate with leadership to evaluate and execute growth opportunities, including potential M&A activities. ● Team Leadership: o Mentor and manage a small, high-performing finance and accounting team. o Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. Required Qualifications - 10-15 years of progressive finance experience, with a focus on high-tech start-ups - Proven track record of success in a senior finance leadership role. - Strong expertise in technical accounting, financial modeling, budgeting, and reporting. - In-depth knowledge of GAAP and corporate accounting principles. - Experience managing audits, compliance, and regulatory reporting. - Hands-on approach to managing finance and accounting processes in a fast-paced environment. - Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience in hardware companies is highly preferred. - CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred. Why Velaura? Velaura is building next-generation compute technology for cloud, edge, and Physical AI. Our solutions will enable robots, autonomous systems, drones, and other intelligent machines to operate efficiently in the physical world. This is an opportunity to help build foundational technology at a time when the industry is undergoing fundamental change. You will work alongside experienced leaders, architects, engineers, and operators who have delivered industry-defining products across mobile, cloud, semiconductor, and AI platforms. If you enjoy solving difficult problems, working across disciplines, and helping shape the future of Physical AI, we would love to hear from you. ## Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodations Velaura is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We also take affirmative action to offer employment opportunities to minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Velaura is committed to working with qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants who would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or who need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us at: careers@velaura.ai. This contact information is for accommodation requests only. Evaluation of requests for reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis. ## About Velaura ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Velaura (formerly Auradine) is a semiconductor and systems company building ultra-low-power compute infrastructure for AI workloads across cloud, edge, and physical AI applications. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $314M total funding) - **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, USA - **Founded**: 2023 (as Auradine; rebranded to Velaura AI in 2026) - **Founders**: Co-founded by Rajiv Khemani (CEO), YJ Kim (President, Products), Sanjay Gupta (President, Strategy & GTM), and Manu Gulati (Chief Development Officer) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Semiconductor design, AI compute infrastructure, ultra-low-power ASICs - **Target Customers**: Hyperscale data centers, AI/ML platform providers, edge computing companies, and physical AI (robotics, automotive) OEMs — primarily **B2B Enterprise** - **Mission**: To deliver proven, breakthrough, ultra-low-power compute for cloud, edge, and physical AI applications, solving the power bottleneck that constrains AI scaling. ## Products & Services - **Proprietary Ultra-Low-Power Digital Design Technology**: Patented IP and toolflow that reduces power consumption of arithmetic operations by 2–4x on leading process nodes, translating to ~$650–$1,300/chip in power savings over 3 years. Output is optimized GDS or chiplets. - **Custom AI Accelerators (ASICs)**: Full-custom silicon solutions for AI inference and training workloads, co-designed with customers (RTL input → optimized GDS). - **Engagement Model**: Customer provides RTL design and priorities; Velaura applies its proprietary methodology, low-voltage libraries, and custom circuit expertise to deliver power-optimized chip designs with proven yield and reliability. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: **$314M total funding** across 4 rounds - Series A (2023): $71M from 6 investors - Debt Financing (2023): $10M - Series B (2024): $80M from 7 investors - Series C (2025): $153M from 8 investors - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by top-tier VCs (specific names not publicly listed; investors include firms with deep semiconductor expertise) — talent sources include Qualcomm, Arm, Apple, Google, NVIDIA, Intel, Palo Alto Networks, Stripe - **Growth Signals**: - Rebranded from Auradine to Velaura AI in August 2026, signaling strategic expansion into AI compute - Added Manu Gulati (ex-NUVIA co-founder, Apple/Google silicon architect) as Co-founder & Chief Development Officer - Added Aditya Grover (Co-founder & CTO of Inception, Stanford PhD, part of the team that invented Diffusion models) as Founding Advisor - Workforce of 42 employees growing at +4.3% monthly; headcount split ~47% US / 39% India - Offices in Santa Clara, CA (HQ) and additional US location, with hiring across hardware and software engineering in Bangalore, Austin, and Boston ## Competitive Advantages - **Patented ultra-low-power digital design technology** field-proven over multiple years across tens of millions of ASICs deployed with world-class yield and reliability - **Founding team with exceptional pedigree**: seasoned entrepreneurs and technologists from Qualcomm, Marvell, NVIDIA, Intel, Palo Alto Networks, Apple, Google, and NUVIA (acquired by Qualcomm for ~$1.5B) - **Systems-level thinking**: combines deep silicon expertise with AI/ML domain knowledge to tackle power as the primary bottleneck for AI at scale - **Engagement model** that allows customers to leverage Velaura’s IP without fully outsourcing chip design — outputs optimized GDS or chiplets on latest process nodes ## Strategic Focus - **Scale ultra-low-power compute across three domains**: cloud data centers, edge/enterprise, and physical AI (robotics, autonomous systems) - **Hire aggressively** for engineering leadership: compiler development, platform software, CAD/methodology, RTL, design verification, advanced packaging, AI architecture, and hardware/software co-design - **Productize its proprietary IP** into standard offerings for hyperscalers and AI chip companies - **Continue raising capital** (largest round was $153M Series C in April 2025) to fund expansion ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Deep engineering DNA and systems-level thinking — the team is solving one of AI’s hardest physical constraints (power) with proven silicon technology - **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly scaling startup (42 employees, +4.3% monthly headcount growth, $314M raised) with a clear path to becoming a key infrastructure provider for the AI era - **Leadership**: Led by industry veterans (NUVIA, Apple, Google, Qualcomm) who have built billion-dollar silicon companies and products powering billions of devices - **Work environment**: On-site roles in Santa Clara, CA; Austin, Texas; and Bangalore, India. Remote/hybrid policy not specified but multiple office locations suggest flexible collaboration. - **Impact**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI hardware design, from architecture through tape-out and deployment, with direct impact on the power efficiency of the world’s largest AI clusters - **Notable perks**: Not publicly detailed, but the company’s focus on high-end engineering talent suggests competitive compensation, equity, and exposure to top-tier semiconductor and AI technology ## Sources 1. [velaura.ai](https://velaura.ai/introducing-velaura-ai/) 2. [velaura.ai](https://velaura.ai/team/) 3. [velaura.ai](https://velaura.ai/low-power-ai-compute/) 4. [jobs.lever.co/velaura](https://jobs.lever.co/velaura/) 5. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/velaura-ai-inc) 6. [wellfound.com](https://wellfound.com/company/velaura-ai) (Apollo data extracted on financials and headcount) SUGGESTED_INDUSTRY: semiconductor-manufacturing-robotics-ai-infrastructure _(Note: The above slug is not in the provided list. Closest match from the list is `artificial-intelligence`. However, given the company's core business is semiconductor design and power-efficient AI compute infrastructure, `manufacturing-robotics` or `infrastructure` also fit. For strict adherence to the provided list: `artificial-intelligence` is the best single choice.)_ ## Other roles at Velaura - [Office Admin / Receptionist](https://feeny.ai/job/office-admin-receptionist-velaura-santa-clara-asc5tq6ff9ze) — Santa Clara, CA - [Sr Engineer CAD Pre-Silicon Front End](https://feeny.ai/job/sr-engineer-cad-pre-silicon-front-end-velaura-santa-clara-91g66vhzqqt3) — Santa Clara, CA - [Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations](https://feeny.ai/job/director-of-it-infrastructure-operations-velaura-santa-clara-46t1yb690v9g) — Santa Clara, CA - [RTL Power Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/rtl-power-engineer-velaura-santa-clara-jyj4n03rckrf) — Santa Clara, CA - [Design Verification Engineer- AI Accelerator](https://feeny.ai/job/design-verification-engineer-ai-accelerator-velaura-santa-clara-15tk23smaz5x) — Santa Clara, CA - [Design Verification Engineer- CPU](https://feeny.ai/job/design-verification-engineer-cpu-velaura-santa-clara-d1bkx2h2dj9g) — Santa Clara, CA - [Physical Verification Engineer (Staff / Sr. Staff)](https://feeny.ai/job/physical-verification-engineer-staff-sr-staff-velaura-bengaluru-4k6ypqtyjv23) — Bengaluru, India - [CAD & Engineering Infrastructure Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/cad-engineering-infrastructure-lead-velaura-santa-clara-eca75sba2s9n) — Santa Clara, CA - [Senior Technical Recruiter – Engineering](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-technical-recruiter-engineering-velaura-santa-clara-v66mv6d4ghqd) — Santa Clara, CA - [Principal AI SoC Runtime Software Architect](https://feeny.ai/job/principal-ai-soc-runtime-software-architect-velaura-santa-clara-bf6ceyep3azn) — Santa Clara, CA