High Performance Computing Hardware / Systems Engineer

• Participate in system validation, stress testing, and reliability characterization.
• Perform root‐cause analysis for field and lab issues involving hardware or HW/SW interactions.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, rack layouts, and bring‐up procedures.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience with HPC hardware systems or large‐scale compute platforms.
• Strong hands‐on experience with:
• Server assembly and rack integration
• CPUs, GPUs, memory, PCIe, NICs, and storage devices
• IPMI/BMC and out‐of‐band management
• Linux system administration in HPC or server environments
• Solid understanding of system‐level characteristics (performance, thermals, power, reliability).
• Ability to debug issues spanning hardware, firmware, OS, and system configuration.

• Experience with rack‐scale system design in production or lab environments.
• Familiarity with HPC networking (100G/200G/400G Ethernet, InfiniBand).
• Experience with GPU‐accelerated HPC systems.
• Exposure to HPC software stacks, workload characteristics, and performance tuning.
• Experience in semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or inspection systems is a plus.

• HPC hardware architecture
• Rack‐level system integration
• IPMI/BMC management
• Linux system administration
• Hardware bring‐up and debugging
• Networking and storage integration
• Cross‐functional collaboration (hardware, software, algorithms, manufacturing)

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.

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