Lead Hardware System Architect for AI Compute Platforms

Normal Computing Corporation; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Normal Computing is seeking a Hardware System Design Engineer to lead system architecture for AI compute hardware from initial concept to deployment. You will define requirements, evaluate options, and drive tradeoffs across boards, chassis, interconnects, and rack-scale system design, collaborating with hardware, software, and other teams to meet performance goals.

You’ll translate workload needs into hardware decisions, work with ODMs and suppliers, and own bring-up, integration, validation,

Qualifications

• Significant experience architecting complex compute hardware systems.
• Experience guiding system-level decisions across boards, chassis and racks.
• Proven ability to work with ODMs and suppliers to drive design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware system architecture from concept through production deployment.
• Translate workload and performance requirements into hardware decisions with cross-functional teams.
• Lead architecture design across boards, chassis, racks, topology, power and networking.
• Define and own bring-up, integration, validation and qualification strategy.

Skills

Hardware architecture

Rack-scale design

Cross-functional collaboration

Specification and bring-up

Education

Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering degree

Job description

Normal Computing is seeking a Hardware System Design Engineer to lead system architecture for AI compute hardware from initial concept to deployment. You will define requirements, evaluate options, and drive tradeoffs across boards, chassis, interconnects, and rack-scale system design, collaborating with hardware, software, and other teams to meet performance goals.

You’ll translate workload needs into hardware decisions, work with ODMs and suppliers, and own bring-up, integration, validation,