Principal Hardware Systems Engineer

What You Will Do

• Own system architecture end-to-end — from concept through specification, design review, and production deployment — as the technical lead across teams and partners
• Author system, board, and rack specifications, and review partner designs against them — surfacing misalignment and schedule risk early
• Set direction for interconnect architecture — scale-up and scale-out fabrics, NICs, switches, optics, and topology — partnering with domain specialists to execute
• Set direction for board, chassis, and system architecture — component placement, PCB design, connectors, power, and thermal — at chassis, rack, and data-hall scale, partnering with domain specialists to execute
• Evaluate competing design options through trade-off analysis and "what-if" scenario planning
• Define validation, bring-up, and qualification strategy for new platforms
• Partner with software teams to align hardware decisions with performance and workload needs, and help establish spec standards and review practices for the org
• What You Will Bring
• 8+ years of experience in hardware systems architecture, including deep, hands-on expertise in one core domain (interconnect, power, or thermal) for large-scale compute or networking systems
• Experience owning hardware system architecture at scale (machine, rack, row, or cluster) — from specification through bring-up and high-volume production deployment
• Experience reviewing partner designs and holding vendors to specification
• Ability to reason about trade-offs across adjacent domains (interconnect, power, thermal, mechanical)
• Track record of technical leadership — owning directional decisions and driving alignment across teams and partners
• Degree in EE, CE, ME, CS, or equivalent
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in hardware systems architecture for hyperscale, HPC, AI/ML, or high-end networking platforms
• Experience with AI accelerator systems and their scale-up/scale-out fabrics
• Chip-package-system co-design experience
• Expertise in one or more of: high-speed SerDes/PCIe/CXL/optics; BMC/firmware/secure boot; 48V/HVDC power delivery/liquid cooling; fleet-scale RAS; signal and power integrity