Hardware Systems Engineer for AI Platform & LPU

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Hardware Systems Engineer to contribute to the development of next-generation LPU platforms aimed at accelerating AI workloads. You will collaborate across hardware and software teams to refine system architecture and deliver production-ready solutions.

In this role, you’ll perform hands-on lab bring-up, debug hardware with oscilloscopes and analyzers, and analyze power, cooling, and interconnects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of experience in platform, system, or hardware engineering from concept through delivery.
• Working knowledge in one or more of: electrical/power build, mechanical/thermal engineering, firmware integration, or performance tuning.
• Practical lab experience with hardware initialization and troubleshooting, including skill with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and signal measurement instruments.
• Experience with board building using Cadence tools, including schematic capture (Design Entry HDL/OrCAD/Capture) and PCB layout (Allegro).
• Experience working in Linux environments to run SW diags, FW upgrades, and retrieve/parse test logs.
• Understanding of communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, USB and UART.
• Solid debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware and software boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to hardware development for LPU platforms, investigating architectures for power delivery, cooling, mechanical build, and high-bandwidth interconnects.
• Supporting system-level technical decisions and trade-off analyses that influence NVIDIA’s LPU roadmap.
• Working with silicon, architecture, data center, and manufacturing teams to help deliver production-ready systems.
• Collaborating with vendors to debug issues and drive to resolution.
• Conducting lab bring-up and hands-on hardware debugging, employing oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other bench instruments to analyze and resolve system behavior.
• Assisting in full-stack system debug, addressing electrical, mechanical, thermal, firmware, and application-level issues.
• Supporting program execution by tracking issues, contributing to root-cause analysis, and helping drive timely resolution.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Linux environments

Hardware debugging

Schematic capture & PCB layout

System-level design

I2C/SPI/USB/UART

Cross-functional collaboration

Lab bench debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

Cadence Design Entry

OrCAD/Capture

Allegro PCB Layout

Linux

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Multimeters

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Hardware Systems Engineer to contribute to the development of next-generation LPU platforms aimed at accelerating AI workloads. You will collaborate across hardware and software teams to refine system architecture and deliver production-ready solutions.

In this role, you’ll perform hands-on lab bring-up, debug hardware with oscilloscopes and analyzers, and analyze power, cooling, and interconnects.