Lead Architect, Next-Gen AI Server Systems

Pop-Up Talent; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Pop-Up Talent is hiring a Chief Hardware & Systems Architect to set the technical vision for AI server platforms. You will own the architecture across compute, accelerators, memory, storage, networking, firmware, and thermal design, coordinating with an ASEAN team for manufacturing readiness.

You will define roadmaps from first product through future generations, establish engineering standards, and advise leadership on technical direction and industry trends.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing high-performance servers or data-center systems.
• Hands-on experience with NVIDIA AI platforms and GPUs.
• Experience taking hardware from architecture through manufacturing and deployment.
• Familiarity with Linux, virtualization, and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end system architecture for AI servers and platforms.
• Lead decisions across GPUs, CPUs, memory, storage, networking and power/cooling.
• Set performance, reliability, security, and cost targets for platforms.
• Collaborate with ASEAN-based teams on implementation, validation and manufacturing readiness.

Skills

High-performance hardware design

NVIDIA GPUs expertise

System architecture

Linux

Project leadership

Tools

DGX/HGX/MGX familiarity

NVLink/NVSwitch

PCIe

Job description

Pop-Up Talent is hiring a Chief Hardware & Systems Architect to set the technical vision for AI server platforms. You will own the architecture across compute, accelerators, memory, storage, networking, firmware, and thermal design, coordinating with an ASEAN team for manufacturing readiness.

You will define roadmaps from first product through future generations, establish engineering standards, and advise leadership on technical direction and industry trends.