Senior AI Infrastructure Systems Engineer (R&D / GPU / AI) (opens in a new tab) Hardware Infrastructure

Nebius Group; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Remote work reimbursement

Disability & life insurance

Job summary

Nebius Group is seeking a senior systems engineer to diagnose and resolve complex hardware and platform failures in high-performance AI infrastructure. You will work across Linux, GPU servers, PCIe, firmware, power, and cooling to identify true root causes and craft repeatable troubleshooting procedures.

The role requires ownership, curiosity, and the ability to turn ambiguous problems into evidence-based conclusions, enabling reliable AI compute infrastructure for data and model workloads.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on systems engineering experience across Linux, server hardware, firmware, PCIe, and GPU or high-performance computing platforms.
• Extensive Linux experience for hardware debugging, system-level troubleshooting, and platform investigation.
• Knowledge of the Linux kernel and experience with kernel-level debugging or troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of modern server architecture, particularly in high-performance, GPU-based environments.
• Strong knowledge of NVIDIA GPU platforms and diagnostic tooling (nvidia-smi, DCGM, NCCL, NVLink/NVSwitch).
• Deep knowledge of PCIe topology, enumeration, and error handling with a focus on root causes.
• Experience benchmarking systems for performance, stability, power, and thermal behavior.
• Experience with firmware interactions across BIOS/UEFI, BMC, CPLD/FPGA, GPU firmware, and NIC firmware.
• Experience with low-level hardware communication protocols (I2C, SMBus, PMBus).
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex hardware, software, and networking issues.

Responsibilities

• Form technical hypotheses, design targeted tests, and analyze system logs to isolate failures.
• Diagnose and resolve complex hardware/platform issues across Linux, GPU servers, PCIe, firmware, power and cooling.
• Turn ambiguous problems into evidence-based, repeatable troubleshooting procedures.
• Collaborate across hardware, software, and network teams to determine root causes and remediation steps.

Skills

Linux systems

GPU HPC

Kernel debugging

NVIDIA diagnostics

PCIe debugging

Performance benchmarking

Firmware interfaces

Hardware protocols I2C

Root cause analysis

Python/Go scripting

Tools

nvidia-smi

DCGM

NCCL

NVLink

NVSwitch

Fabric Manager

PCIe tools

BIOS/UEFI tools

Job description

About Nebius:

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.

The role:

The role involves forming technical hypotheses, designing targeted tests, analyzing system logs and low-level hardware data, and distinguishing between GPU, host, firmware, interconnect, thermal, and physical hardware failures. It requires strong ownership, curiosity, and the ability to turn ambiguous problems into evidence-based conclusions and repeatable troubleshooting procedures.

This is a senior systems engineering role focused on diagnosing and resolving complex hardware and platform failures in high-performance AI infrastructure. This engineer will work across Linux, GPU servers, PCIe, firmware, power, and cooling to determine the true root cause of issues that may not have an existing troubleshooting procedure.

What skills we expect you to have:

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on systems engineering experience across Linux, server hardware, firmware, PCIe, and GPU or high-performance computing platforms.
• Extensive Linux experience, particularly using Linux as an environment for hardware debugging, system-level troubleshooting, and platform investigation.
• Knowledge of the Linux kernel and experience with kernel-level debugging or troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of modern server architecture, particularly in high-performance, GPU-based environments.
• Strong knowledge of NVIDIA GPU platforms and diagnostic tooling, including nvidia-smi, XID and SXID analysis, GSP and driver behaviour, NVLink, NVSwitch, Fabric Manager, DCGM diagnostics, and NCCL testing
• Deep knowledge of PCIe, including topology, enumeration, root complexes, endpoints, switches, bridges, retimers, link speed and width, AER and DPC errors, completion timeouts, and link failures. Candidates should understand how protocol-level errors can relate to physical-layer or signal-integrity problems.
• Experience benchmarking systems for performance, stability, power efficiency, thermal behaviour, and workload characteristics
• In depth understanding of firmware interactions across BIOS/UEFI, BMC, CPLD/FPGA, GPU firmware, NIC firmware, and other platform components.
• Experience with low-level hardware communication and debugging using I²C, SMBus, PMBus, register maps, bit masks, byte- and word-level data, and device datasheets.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex hardware, software, and networking issues.
• Experience with deep problem investigation, root cause analysis, and performance optimization in cloud or high-performance computing environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a performance-first mindset.
• Scripting and automation using various languages (Python\Go)

Key employee benefits:

• Health insurance: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• 401(k) plan: up to 4% company match with immediate vesting.
• Parental leave:20 weekspaid for primary caregivers,12 weeksfor secondary caregivers.
• Remote work reimbursement: up to $85/month for mobile and internet.
• Disability & life insurance: company-paid short-term, long-term and life insurance coverage.

Compensation

• We offer a competitive salary ranging from $179,500- $224,300 + quarterly performance bonuses.

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth and learning opportunities
• Flexibility and ownership
• Collaborative and innovative culture
• Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
• International environment and talented teams

What's it like to work at Nebius:

Fast moving- Bold thinking- Constant growth- Meaningful impact- Trust and real ownership- Opportunity to shape the future of AI

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Nebius is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire.

If you need accommodations during the application process, please let us know.