Qualification Engineer - Frontier AI Compute Lab

FluidStack; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a hands-on hardware engineer to bring up first-sample accelerator platforms, ensure end-to-end lab qualification, and drive production-ready validation of high-density compute infrastructure. You will work across servers, accelerators, liquid cooling, and network stack, writing repeatable test harnesses and runbooks.

You will operate in a fast-paced lab environment, validating Broadcom/NVIDIA platforms, using EXFO and Keysight tools, and contributing to safety procedures

Qualifications

• Hands-on with servers, accelerators, or switches from first power-on.
• Ability to script tests and automation for repeatable results.
• Deep Linux experience and BMC level control (IPMI/Redfish).
• Documentation of methods and runbooks for others to execute.
• Experience with liquid-cooled, high-power hardware and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Bring up first-sample accelerator platforms end to end: rack integration, liquid cooling, firmware baseline establishment, network connectivity, and software stack validation at high densities.
• Validate network platforms across Broadcom Tomahawk/Jericho and NVIDIA Spectrum, perform benchmarking and traffic tests.
• Verify optical layer with EXFO test equipment and characterize BER and power budgets.
• Qualify CDUs and liquid cooling with partner equipment: commissioning, telemetry integration, and robust runbooks.
• Manage power oversubscription workflows: shutdown paths, power-cap controls, and telemetry feedback across hardware.

Skills

rack assembly and integration

firmware development and debugging

Linux fundamentals

BMC/IPMI/Redfish

test automation scripting

networking concepts

Power and thermal management

Tools

EXFO test equipment

Broadcom switch silicon

NVIDIA/AMD accelerators

Keysight Ixia

VAST Data/Weka storage (qualification)

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking a hands-on hardware engineer to bring up first-sample accelerator platforms, ensure end-to-end lab qualification, and drive production-ready validation of high-density compute infrastructure. You will work across servers, accelerators, liquid cooling, and network stack, writing repeatable test harnesses and runbooks.

You will operate in a fast-paced lab environment, validating Broadcom/NVIDIA platforms, using EXFO and Keysight tools, and contributing to safety procedures