Senior Hardware Engineer - Cambridge MA

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to design and scale cloud server platforms. You will partner with OEM/ODM manufacturers and own platform development from concept through deployment, including GPU-accelerated configurations for AI workloads.

You will lead bring-up, validation, and cross-functional collaboration to meet performance, cost, and reliability targets in a fast-paced cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Own platform development for compute and GPU servers.
• Lead bring-up and debug of boards and systems (power, thermal, storage, networking, manageability).
• Develop and execute validation plans and root-cause analysis across HW/FW/SW.

Responsibilities

• Owning platform development for compute and GPU servers.
• Defining requirements, review schematics/layouts, guide DFM, and drive platform NPI from EVT DVT PVT MP.
• Leading bring-up and debug of boards and systems (power, thermal, storage, networking, manageability)
• Developing and execute validation plans, root-cause issues across HW/FW/SW.

Job description

Are you excited about building the next generation of cloud servers?

Do you enjoy hands-on hardware bring-up?

Join our Server Team!

Our Hardware Engineering team designs, qualifies, and scales the server platforms that power Akamai Cloud. We partner closely with OEM/ODM manufacturers to deliver reliable, efficient, and secure platforms from concept through global deployment.

Partner with the best

You will develop new server platforms optimized for cloud workloads, and GPU-accelerated configurations for AI inference. You will be at the forefront of the server lifecycle managing architecture, design for manufacturability, bring-up, validation, and release ensuring our platforms meet demanding performance, cost, and reliability targets.

As a Senior Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Owning platform development for compute and GPU servers.
• Defining requirements, review schematics/layouts, guide DFM, and drive platform NPI from EVT DVT PVT MP.
• Leading bring-up and debug of boards and systems (power, thermal, storage, networking, manageability)
• Developing and execute validation plans, root-cause issues across HW/FW/SW.