AI Data Center Hardware Architect

Fossefall; Oslo fylke; On-site; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Fossefall seeks a highly experienced Hardware Architect to own compute and storage hardware across its datacenter program. You will drive GPU and server architecture, lead high‑performance storage benchmarking and vendor engagements, and ensure robust, scalable hardware deployments from evaluation to production.

The role requires deep datacenter hardware expertise and strong communication with facilities, project teams and executives, helping shape a scalable hardware function from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing, deploying or operating server and storage infrastructure at datacenter scale.
• Experience taking a hardware deployment from vendor evaluation through delivery, validation and production use.
• Clear ability to explain complex designs to managers, facilities teams and executives.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture for GPU systems, servers and high‑performance storage across datacenters.
• Define rack-scale compute architecture and evolving platform as capacity grows.
• Lead benchmarking, requirements and selection for high‑performance storage.
• Act as principal technical contact for hardware vendors and manage reviews and terms.
• Define repeatable hardware delivery, burn‑in, acceptance and handover processes.
• Collaborate with Network Architect on NIC/DPU strategy and storage networking.

Skills

Server hardware

GPU platforms

High-performance storage

Vendor management

English communication

Datacenter design

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

NVMe

PCIe

NVMeoF

Job description

Fossefall seeks a highly experienced Hardware Architect to own compute and storage hardware across its datacenter program. You will drive GPU and server architecture, lead high‑performance storage benchmarking and vendor engagements, and ensure robust, scalable hardware deployments from evaluation to production.

The role requires deep datacenter hardware expertise and strong communication with facilities, project teams and executives, helping shape a scalable hardware function from the ground up.