AI Systems Production Engineer – Data Center Hardware

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

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Job summary

Meta is seeking a Hardware Systems Engineer to support the new product introduction of AI and high-performance computing infrastructure for large-scale data center deployments. You will collaborate with hardware design, firmware, software, networking, and capacity engineering teams to validate and scale AI hardware systems from bring-up to production readiness.

Responsibilities include leading end-to-end system validation for AI accelerators, driving bring-up and validation of AI server systems,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, CE, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years in hardware systems engineering, silicon or firmware validation, or system bring-up for AI servers or accelerators.
• Experience with ASIC bring-up, board-level debugging, or large-scale data center validation.
• Experience writing test specs, validation procedures, and debug methodologies.
• Experience leading root-cause analysis across hardware, firmware, and software.
• Experience with PCIe, NVLink, DDR5, or HBM in AI/HPC validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end system validation strategies for AI and HPC hardware platforms in data centers.
• Drive bring-up, characterization, and validation of AI server systems and components.
• Develop and maintain test specifications, validation procedures, and debug guides.
• Investigate root-cause failures across silicon, firmware, and software with cross-functional teams.
• Triage hardware/firmware defects and track progress on NPI milestones.
• Improve test coverage and tooling across the NPI lifecycle.
• Define acceptance criteria and deployment readiness standards for new AI hardware.
• Collect and analyze data to surface hardware quality trends for go/no-go decisions.
• Communicate validation status and risks to internal teams and external vendors.
• Collaborate with firmware/software to define telemetry and remote management interfaces.

Skills

Hardware systems engineering

Silicon validation

Firmware validation

System bring-up

Test specification development

Root-cause analysis

High-speed interconnects

Telemetry data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

Python scripting

Linux servers

Job description

Meta is seeking a Hardware Systems Engineer to support the new product introduction of AI and high-performance computing infrastructure for large-scale data center deployments. You will collaborate with hardware design, firmware, software, networking, and capacity engineering teams to validate and scale AI hardware systems from bring-up to production readiness.

Responsibilities include leading end-to-end system validation for AI accelerators, driving bring-up and validation of AI server systems,