Hardware Engineer, Test
Tests and validates AI data center hardware across component, board, rack, and system levels, diagnosing electrical, thermal, power, and high-speed interconnect issues. Requires 10+ years of hardware testing experience, advanced test instrumentation expertise, and automation skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and execute comprehensive test plans for AI hardware systems and components, including processors, memory modules, custom accelerators, and interconnects.
- Test hardware from xPU, board, and rack levels through data center deployments, focusing on reliability, performance, scalability, power, thermal behavior, and high-speed interconnects.
- Debug hardware systems and collaborate with hardware design, manufacturing, firmware teams, vendors, and lab management to identify and resolve issues.
- Evaluate SerDes links, signal integrity, error rates, and link performance.
- Maintain lab equipment and hardware systems, including oscilloscopes, thermal test chambers, liquid cooling systems, and other measurement devices.
- Capture performance metrics, analyze system behavior and test data, document results, and report defects.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts and automated test frameworks.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of industry experience, including testing or supporting hardware design teams for data center applications.
- Proven hardware testing and validation experience with oscilloscopes, power supplies, analyzers, and related test instruments.
- Strong understanding of electrical, power, and thermal testing methodologies.
- Experience with SPI, I2C, USB, DDRx, and data center Ethernet interface characterization and compliance verification.
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, VNAs, TDRs, thermal cameras, heat sinks, and test chambers.
- Experience with Cadence Allegro and automation or scripting.
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, and test automation frameworks is highly desired.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, communication, and project management skills.
- Ability to collaborate across hardware, firmware, manufacturing, vendor, and lab teams.
Additional Information
- Candidates may need to meet U.S. export control legal status requirements.
Skills
Hardware Testing, Hardware Validation, Python, Bash, Test Automation, Oscilloscopes, Serdes, Signal Integrity, Spi, I2C, Usb, Ddrx, Ethernet, Cadence Allegro, Thermal Testing
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