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Senior HPC Platform Hardware Engineer

San Jose Office (Zanker)💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-25

Core

Hands-on technical lead for integrating OEM and white-label HPC AI/ML, general purpose compute, storage, and network hardware into Lambda's HPC platform reference architectures.

Role type

Senior HPC Platform Hardware Engineer (NPI & Integration)

Builds

Gigawatt-scale AI factories with rack-first design, advanced liquid cooling, and next-generation interconnects

Domain

AI Cloud Infrastructure / High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Hardware NPI lifecycle management, System bring-up and validation, Root cause analysis for hardware issues, BOM review and configuration accuracy, Vendor evaluation and technical engagement, Cross-functional collaboration, Lab prototyping, Electrical/Thermal/Mechanical/Power domain knowledge

Preferred skills

AI/ML accelerated compute hardware experience (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel), Rack scale server development, Liquid cooling design, Fleet observability and BMC/BIOS automation, Performance tuning and benchmarking, Reference design contribution

Technologies

x86, ARM, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, BMC, BIOS

Responsibilities

Integrate OEM and white-label hardware into platform reference architectures, Drive end-to-end new product introduction (NPI) including system bring-up and production readiness, Identify and resolve hardware issues across engineering domains, Partner with architects to translate blueprints into hardware selections, Collaborate with supply chain on vendor evaluation, Work with fleet engineering to ensure on-time delivery and scalability, Evaluate and prototype new hardware in labs, Review BOMs for configuration accuracy and component compatibility

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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