HPC Data Center Engineer: GPU Racking, Cooling & Ops

Sfcompute; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity grant

401(k) matching 4%

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

Holidays

Daily lunch

Book budget

Job summary

San Francisco Compute operates GPU data centers and supercomputers for lease. This hands-on role covers racking, commissioning, and maintaining HGX/DGX-class GPU systems, high-density compute infrastructure, and associated cabling and cooling.

You will handle procurement, BOMs, vendor quotes, and RMAs, keep audit-ready asset records, and develop runbooks while mentoring a small, growing team. This position is on-site in San Francisco and requires working with energized hardware in

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on data center operations with hardware and cabling responsibility.
• Expertise with high-density fiber optics and transceivers; diagnose faulty connectors.
• Experience racking, cabling and commissioning equipment in energized environments.
• Procurement knowledge: BOMs, vendor quotes, POs, receiving, warranties and RMAs.
• Proficiency with TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, IPMI/iDRAC/iLO/Redfish, and Linux CLI.

Responsibilities

• Rack, commission, and maintain HGX/DGX-class GPU systems and high-density compute infrastructure.
• Replace failed components, manage fiber optics (transceivers, end-face inspection) and liquid cooling.
• Manage data center procurement including BOMs, quotes, POs, receiving, warranties and RMAs.
• Maintain accurate asset records and inventory across sites with audit-ready docs.
• Establish runbooks and mentor team members in a small, growing group.

Skills

Data center operations

High-density fiber optics

Hardware racking & cabling

Network basics (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VL​

Procurement & BOMs

Tools

IPMI/iDRAC/iLO/Redfish

NetBox

Linux CLI

Job description

San Francisco Compute operates GPU data centers and supercomputers for lease. This hands-on role covers racking, commissioning, and maintaining HGX/DGX-class GPU systems, high-density compute infrastructure, and associated cabling and cooling.

You will handle procurement, BOMs, vendor quotes, and RMAs, keep audit-ready asset records, and develop runbooks while mentoring a small, growing team. This position is on-site in San Francisco and requires working with energized hardware in