Senior AI Systems Acceptance Engineer - Validation

Touchdown Labs; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Touchdown Labs in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking an AI Systems Acceptance Engineer to ensure AI compute systems operate correctly before customer load. You will own acceptance testing, burn-in, validation across accelerators, memory, and interconnect, and deliver evidence-based reports.

The role requires strong background in data-center hardware bring-up, Linux, networking, GPU diagnostics, and familiarity with high-speed networking and advanced cooling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data-center hardware bring-up, validation, or system test.
• Proficient in Linux, networking, and GPU diagnostics.
• Experience validating GPU/accelerator servers at rack scale.
• Familiar with high-speed networking and liquid/advanced cooling.

Responsibilities

• Own acceptance test plans for AI systems and compute platforms.
• Automate burn-in and validation with recorded evidence.
• Deliver acceptance reports with traceable measurements.
• Triage failures with vendors and coordinate RMA flows.

Skills

Data-center hardware

Linux

Networking

GPU diagnostics

Rack-scale GPUs

Tools

Liquid cooling

Job description

Touchdown Labs in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking an AI Systems Acceptance Engineer to ensure AI compute systems operate correctly before customer load. You will own acceptance testing, burn-in, validation across accelerators, memory, and interconnect, and deliver evidence-based reports.

The role requires strong background in data-center hardware bring-up, Linux, networking, GPU diagnostics, and familiarity with high-speed networking and advanced cooling.