IPU Solutions Engineer for Datacenter & AI Networking

Intel Corporation; Hillsboro, Northern (OR, KY); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel Corporation is seeking a Systems and Solutions Engineer in Hillsboro, OR to help enable programmable IPUs for major cloud customers. You will work closely with customers and internal teams to understand needs, build POCs, and optimize performance across hardware, firmware, and software stacks.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cloud service providers, design-in activities, and hands-on debugging across platform firmware, Linux, and drivers to ensure robust IPU deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in electrical or computer engineering, computer science or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in networking fundamentals and data center protocols.
• Experience with system software stacks including Linux kernel and user-space performance.
• Customer-facing systems engineering and debugging experience on platform components.

Responsibilities

• Gain customer trust and capture requirements to build POCs.
• Serve as the go-to technical resource for large-scale Datacenters and AI workloads.
• Prepare and deliver technical content, presentations, and workshops to customers.
• Contribute to IPU lifecycle activities including board bring-up, firmware, drivers, and verification.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Linux kernel

System software stacks

Customer-facing engineering

Docker

Git

Jenkins

GCC

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical or Computer Engineering, CS, or related field

Tools

GitHub

RPM

Make

Job description

Intel Corporation is seeking a Systems and Solutions Engineer in Hillsboro, OR to help enable programmable IPUs for major cloud customers. You will work closely with customers and internal teams to understand needs, build POCs, and optimize performance across hardware, firmware, and software stacks.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cloud service providers, design-in activities, and hands-on debugging across platform firmware, Linux, and drivers to ensure robust IPU deployments.