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title: 'Senior Systems Design Engineer at Mythic'
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# Senior Systems Design Engineer at Mythic

- **Company:** Mythic
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-05-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/mythic-ai.com/a70ad183-8c00-4012-96a8-f157a0a94642

## Job description

Mythic is building next-generation AI hardware platforms that require tight integration between silicon, packaging, and system design. We are looking for a hands-on Senior Staff Systems Design Engineer to own and drive the design and implementation of our reference boards and hardware platforms. This is not a maintenance role. This is a build role. We want someone who can take evolving silicon capabilities, incomplete requirements, and system-level constraints and turn them into robust, manufacturable hardware designs. You will play a critical role in defining how Mythic delivers usable hardware platforms to customers and partners. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in high-ownership environments and wants to work across silicon, integration, and manufacturing to build high-quality hardware systems. You should be equally comfortable designing boards, working with external vendors, and supporting bring-up and debug.

## What you’ll own

- Own design and development of reference boards and hardware platforms
- Translate silicon capabilities into practical, high-quality system designs
- Drive schematic design and guide PCB layout (internally or with external partners)
- Own key hardware subsystems including power delivery, high-speed interfaces, and clocking
- Ensure signal integrity, power integrity, and overall system robustness
- Define and incorporate package-level constraints into board design
- Partner with OSATs and manufacturing vendors to ensure smooth package-to-board integration
- Support board bring-up and collaborate on debugging system-level issues
- Drive design for manufacturability (DFM) and readiness for prototype and production builds
- Work closely with integration, product, test, and packaging teams to ensure successful system deployment

This role ensures Mythic’s silicon can be transformed into robust, manufacturable, and deployable customer-ready hardware platforms.

## What we’re looking for

- Significant experience in hardware or board-level design
- Strong background in high-speed digital design and power delivery
- Experience designing and bringing up complex PCBs
- Familiarity with PCB design tools (Altium, Cadence, or similar)
- Understanding of package-to-board interactions and system-level constraints
- Ability to operate in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- Strong engineering judgment and attention to detail
- Experience working with external vendors (PCB, OSAT)
- Builder mindset: you do not wait for perfect requirements — you create working systems

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with AI/ML hardware or high-performance compute platforms
- Exposure to multi-die or chiplet-based systems
- Familiarity with thermal and mechanical considerations in hardware design
- Experience supporting hardware through bring-up and early production

What success looks like

- Reference boards are robust, reliable, and require minimal re-spins
- Hardware platforms are easy to use, stable, and ready for integration
- Designs account for real-world constraints early, reducing downstream issues
- Strong collaboration with integration, product, and manufacturing teams
- Smooth transition from prototype builds to manufacturable designs

## Why this role matters

At Mythic, hardware design is not just about schematics—it is how we deliver real, usable systems that showcase the full value of our silicon.

This role is central to turning silicon into working platforms that customers and partners can build on.

You will directly influence hardware quality, usability, and readiness for deployment.

If you want a role where you can build real systems, make critical design decisions, and have direct impact on product success, we should talk.

## Compensation & Benefits

- Competitive salary and equity
- Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k)
- Uncapped PTO

## Why Mythic

Work on ambitious AI hardware with real system complexity Own critical hardware design at a company where your work directly impacts product delivery Join a highly collaborative team solving hard engineering problems Move fast, make decisions, and build from first principles Have outsized impact in a role with real scope and visibility

At Mythic, we pride ourselves in creating a culture where all employees feel valued and appreciated for the diverse perspectives and backgrounds they bring to the team. We aim to hire smart people, give them the resources they need to do their job well, and then leave the rest up to them. We celebrate individual differences and encourage people to be comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. At the end of the day, we are committed to building a diverse workforce where everyone belongs.

Mythic is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. It ensures equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We look forward to reviewing your application!

## About Mythic

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Mythic is a semiconductor company developing analog compute-in-memory (CIM) processing units that deliver up to 100x greater energy efficiency for AI inference at the edge, in automotive, and in the data center.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C; total funding $290.4M as of 2021)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States (with offices in Silicon Valley, Vancouver, and Bangalore)
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Mike Henry, Dave Fick, and Laura Fick (co‑founder and Chief Analog Compute Architect)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Semiconductor manufacturing – AI hardware accelerators
- **Target customers**: B2B – OEMs and system integrators in automotive, defense, robotics, industrial IoT, and enterprise data centers
- **Mission statement**: “Enable a new era of AI performance and innovation by making it easier and more affordable to deploy powerful AI solutions, from the data center to the edge device.”

## Products & Services
- **Mythic APU (Analog Processing Unit)**: A chip built on analog compute-in-memory architecture that stores AI model weights inside flash memory and performs computation directly at the source, eliminating the energy wasted by moving data between processor and memory. Delivers up to 100x system‑level performance‑per‑watt‑per‑dollar vs. conventional digital/GPU inference. Available today for edge and enterprise deployments.
- **Mythic Software Platform**: A unified hardware/software stack that simplifies deploying AI models on the APU, including compilers, runtimes, and model optimization tools.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: $14.1M annual revenue (2026 estimate); $290.4M total funding raised across 8 rounds, including a $70M Series C in 2021 led by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and BlackRock, with earlier rounds led by SBVA (SoftBank) and Valor Equity Partners.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: BlackRock, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Valor Equity Partners, SBVA (SoftBank). The team includes veterans from NVIDIA, ON Semiconductor, and Luminar.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount grew 46.4% YoY (to ~42 employees as of 2026).
  - Acquired Videantis (Jan 2026), a German AI processor company whose silicon is already running in 30 million production vehicles, giving Mythic an instant automotive ADAS footprint.
  - Active job postings for 18 open roles across hardware, software, and corporate functions.
  - Expanding into India with a VP of Mythic India and a Bangalore office.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Analog Compute-in-Memory**: Eliminates the Von Neumann bottleneck by computing in analog directly where data is stored, achieving up to 100x better energy efficiency than traditional digital or GPU inference.
- **Automotive‑Grade from Day One**: The Videantis acquisition provides proven, scalable ADAS/AD platforms already deployed in millions of vehicles, with customers like Bosch, Continental, and Valeo.
- **Proven Silicon**: Mythic’s APU is operational and available today, not theoretical.
- **Deep Talent Pool**: Team includes experts from NVIDIA, ON Semiconductor, Cisco, and leading chip companies, with a strong mix of analog, digital, and AI expertise.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale the Automotive Business**: Leverage the Videantis acquisition to become a major player in automotive ADAS and autonomous driving compute.
- **Expand into Defense and Industrial**: Target high‑reliability, low‑power AI applications in defense, robotics, and industrial IoT.
- **Data Center Edge**: Deliver efficient inference for enterprise AI workloads that cannot afford the power cost of traditional GPUs.
- **Grow Global Team**: Build out software, hardware, and field engineering teams, particularly in India and the U.S.

## Why Work Here
- **Impactful Mission**: Work at the frontier of AI hardware, solving the fundamental energy efficiency problem in AI compute.
- **Collaborative, Results‑Focused Culture**: Mythic describes itself as a “collaborative, results‑focused team where everyone has a chance to contribute and lead.”
- **Rapid Growth**: 46% YoY headcount growth and a recently acquired company signal strong momentum and career growth opportunities.
- **Diverse Technical Challenges**: Roles span chip design, compiler engineering, AI algorithms, firmware, and systems engineering.
- **Hybrid/Office Policy**: Some roles are listed as hybrid (e.g., Palo Alto, Austin) or fully on‑site; exact policy varies by position. The company has offices in Austin, Silicon Valley, and Vancouver, with a growing presence in Bangalore.
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly stated, but working at a well‑funded, pre‑IPO startup in the AI hardware space typically offers equity, competitive compensation, and the chance to shape the future of computing.

## Sources
1. [Mythic Official Website](https://www.mythic.ai/)
2. [Mythic Careers Page (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/mythic-ai.com)
3. [Mythic Team Page](https://www.mythic.ai/company)
4. [Mythic LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mythic-ai)
5. [Mythic Join Us Page](https://mythic.ai/join-us/)

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