Hardware Validation Engineer - Server & Cloud Infrastructure

The Briefed; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

In-office 3 days/week (San Mateo)

In-person collaboration at San MateoHQ

Job summary

Roblox in San Mateo is seeking a Hardware Engineer on the Infrastructure Foundation Hardware Engineering team to design, develop, and validate next-generation server platforms powering Roblox’s data centers. The role emphasizes hardware bring-up, validation, and cross-team collaboration to ensure reliable, cost-efficient infrastructure.

You will lead platform integration, tuning, and stress-testing across CPU, memory, storage, and networking subsystems, with firmware qualification and vendor

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hardware engineering or server validation experience.
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Experience with Linux-based data center environments and hardware interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Hardware lifecycle bring-up, validation, deployment, and fleet support.
• Platform performance tuning and system-level debugging across large-scale compute.
• Develop tests, benchmarking, and stress-testing strategies for server platforms.
• Firmware qualification, automation, and firmware provisioning frameworks.
• Collaborate with hardware vendors and SRE/Ops to root cause complex failures.

Skills

Linux-based server environments

Remote debugging

Python, Go, or Bash scripting

Hardware interfaces (PCIe/NVMe/Ethera​

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

BIOS & BMC firmware qualification tooling

Kernel log analysis

Job description

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect within 3D immersive digital experiences. Roblox's mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility across any device worldwide.

As a Hardware Engineer on the Infrastructure Foundation Hardware Engineering team, you will help design, develop, and validate next-generation server platforms that power Roblox’s high-performing, reliable, and cost-efficient global data center infrastructure. Working across platform bring-up, firmware qualification, hardware stress testing, fleet integration, and system-level debugging, you will ensure compute, storage, high-speed networking, and GPU systems perform optimally under massive production-scale workloads.

Key Responsibilities

• Hardware Lifecycle & Bring-up: Lead core phases of the hardware development lifecycle, including feasibility studies, initial hardware bring-up, validation, production deployment, and sustaining fleet support.
• Platform Performance & Integration: Execute platform integration, system-level debugging, driver tuning, and thermal/power efficiency optimization across large-scale compute environments.
• Validation Strategy & Testing: Develop and execute rigorous evaluation, benchmarking, and stress-testing strategies for server platforms to guarantee fleet stability.
• Firmware & Fleet Qualification: Support BIOS and BMC firmware qualification, automate firmware deployment, and manage hardware health-monitoring frameworks.
• Vendor & Technical Debugging: Collaborate with hardware vendors and SRE/Ops teams to root-cause complex component- and system-level failures across hardware registers, drivers, kernel layers, and bus-level traces.
• Site Visits & Deployment: Travel occasionally to vendor sites or data centers to supervise hardware deployments and first-of-a-kind platform builds.

Requirements

Academic & Years of Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in hardware engineering, system architecture, or server infrastructure validation.
• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.

Technical Capabilities & Tooling

• Deep technical understanding of Linux-based server environments, data center architecture, and hardware interfaces (PCIe, NVMe, Ethernet, InfiniBand, memory subsystems).
• Hands-on experience stress testing and validating CPU, RAM, storage, and high-speed networking subsystems.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash for writing automation scripts, test harnesses, and validation tools.
• Strong remote debugging skills, including analyzing kernel logs, hardware registers, and bus-level traces/captures.

Professional Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate hardware limitations into clear engineering requirements for software teams.
• Collaborative mindset to work cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Data Center Ops, SREs, and external hardware vendors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience validating and optimizing GPU platforms, AI accelerators, or High-Performance Compute (HPC) systems.
• Background in data center automation, hardware health telemetry, and firmware provisioning frameworks.

Work Logistics & Sponsorship Notice

• Workplace Model: Hybrid model requiring in-office attendance at San Mateo HQ on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (Mondays/Fridays optional).
• Visa Sponsorship Note: Roblox currently may not be able to support future H-1B sponsorship or candidates holding certain U.S. visa categories for this specific role.