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Data Center Engineer

San Jose💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-25 → 2026-09-25

Core

Own the end-to-end lifecycle of data center and hardware lab environments for high-density AI inference workloads, including facility selection, rack design, power distribution, networking, and operations.

Role type

Senior IC data center engineer (AI infrastructure)

Builds

High-performance computing platforms and hardware labs for AI inference

Domain

AI infrastructure / Semiconductor hardware / Data Center Operations

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

rack layout and capacity planning, power distribution architecture, high-speed networking design, vendor management, asset management systems, environmental monitoring, preventive maintenance, physical security procedures

Preferred skills

liquid cooling systems, AI/HPC cluster environments, scripting and automation, semiconductor startup experience

Technologies

100G/200G/400G Ethernet, PDUs, UPS, DCIM tools, Python, Bash, Ansible

Responsibilities

Design and manage power distribution and redundancy architectures for high-density AI compute; Architect and implement high-speed networking infrastructure; Partner with co-location vendors to evaluate sites and enforce SLAs; Develop and maintain asset management systems and change control processes; Build and operate monitoring and alerting for environmental health; Lead capacity planning cycles forecasting power, space, and network needs; Establish and enforce physical security procedures.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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