# Systems Debug Engineer

**Company:** [Cerebras Systems](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cerebras-systems)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $190k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** electrical engineering, hardware debug, failure analysis, oscilloscopes, Python, Linux, pcb design, schematics, sem, x-ray
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> Debug and root-cause complex electrical, thermal, and mechanical failures in Cerebras' massive AI compute systems both in-lab and in the field. Drive learnings back into next-generation hardware design while remotely diagnosing deployed systems using Linux tools.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Characterize failure signatures and perform hands-on troubleshooting at the system, board, and component level.
- Drive failure analysis to root cause—down to silicon, PCB, or external components—using structured, first-principles problem solving.
- Remotely diagnose failures in deployed systems using Linux command-line tools, system logs, telemetry, diagnostic utilities, and remote-access workflows.
- Analyze and document results clearly, and provide actionable recommendations to design and manufacturing teams.
- Interface across internal groups (ASIC, systems, and manufacturing) and with external vendors to resolve issues and close corrective actions.
- Participate in design reviews for next-generation systems, contributing recommendations spanning electrical design-for-test (DFT), mechanical, and thermal improvements.

## Skills & Qualifications
**Required:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 3-5+ years of experience in hardware bring-up, system integration, board/system debug, or failure analysis.
- Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills, grounded in first principles.
- Strong drive to self-educate and operate with autonomy in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes and standard electrical bench instrumentation.
- Scripting experience, preferably Python, for data analysis and automation.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical findings into clear, concise insights.

**Preferred:**
- Comfort working in Linux environments and using command-line interfaces to inspect logs, query system state, run diagnostics, and troubleshoot compute hardware.
- Experience with failure analysis (FA) techniques such as cross-section, SEM, and X-ray.
- Experience working with Contract Manufacturers and implementing process and design level changes.
- Experience reading electrical schematics and board layouts.
- Familiarity with PCB design and assembly processes (e.g., PCB surface finishes, convection reflow, and solder properties).
- Understanding of thermal, electrical, and mechanical interactions in high-performance systems.

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