Senior Hardware Systems Engineer

NextGenEnergyJobs; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

EverPure's Santa Clara, CA headquarters seeks a Senior Hardware Systems Engineer to lead the architectural vision for next-gen storage platforms. You will drive end-to-end design, validation, and performance benchmarking across multi-node rack-scale systems, collaborating with OEM/ODM partners and global teams.

The role demands deep hands-on bring-up and experience with high-speed interfaces, telemetry, and scalable automation.

Qualifications

• Requires deep architectural expertise in high-density enterprise servers and storage systems.
• Proven experience validating hardware with high-speed interfaces and telemetry.
• Experience building scalable validation pipelines using Python and shell scripts.
• Strong leadership to mentor engineers and guide cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural vision and end-to-end design of next-generation enterprise and cloud-scale storage platforms.
• Define technology roadmap bridging silicon hardware innovation with multi-node cloud execution.
• Lead design patterns, benchmarks, and strategy across platform software teams and OEM/ODM partners.

Skills

High-density x86 enterprise servers

Rack-scale power delivery

Thermal management

NVMe-oF

CXL

Multi-node rack architectures

High-speed signaling (PCIe Gen5/6)

BMC/Redfish/IPMI telemetry

Python/Shell automation

RoCE/RDMA/InfiniBand

BGP networking familiarity

Technical leadership

Tools

PCIe analyzers

Lab instrumentation

Telemetry tooling

Redfish tooling

IPMI tooling

Job description

This role requires an in-office presence at our Santa Clara, CA headquarters, fostering real-time collaboration in our hardware laboratories, in compliance with EverPure’s hybrid/in-office policies.

Key Responsibilities

• As an Senior Hardware Systems Engineer within EverPure’s EXA Hardware Engineering organization, you will serve as a primary technical authority driving the architectural vision, end-to-end design, and system-level validation of our next-generation enterprise and cloud-scale storage platforms.
• In this principal-level role, you will define the technology roadmap that bridges deep silicon/board-level hardware innovation with complex, multi-node cloud execution. You will establish design patterns, set high-speed and power/thermal benchmarks, and lead technical strategy across internal platform software teams, cross-functional executives, and global OEM/ODM/JDM partners. By defining next-generation server architectures, rack-scale power/thermal strategies, and zero-downtime resilience models, you will ensure EverPure maintains its industry-leading edge in storage performance and platform reliability.

Requirements

• Mastery of Enterprise Server & Storage Systems: Deep architectural expertise in high-density x86 enterprise server systems, rack-scale power delivery topologies (power-tree modeling, transient analysis), dynamic thermal management, high-performance storage protocols (NVMe-oF, CXL), and multi-node rack architectures.
• Deep Hands-On Bring-Up & Diagnostics: Extensive experience executing complex system bring-ups, high-speed signal integrity validation (PCIe Gen 5/6, high-frequency buses), and deep-dive hardware failure analysis using advanced lab instruments and telemetry architectures (BMC, Redfish, IPMI, PCIe analyzers, SMART logs).
• Validation Infrastructure & Automation Expertise: Proven success building scalable, programmatic validation pipelines (Python/Shell) and rigorous system stress testing methodologies to qualify enterprise-grade L10/L11 infrastructure.
• Rack-Scale & Network Integration Mastery: Demonstrated expertise in setting up, validating, and debugging rack-level interconnectivity spanning servers, high-speed switches, active optics, and fabric topologies. Familiarity with leaf-spine networks, RoCE, RDMA, InfiniBand, and BGP is highly desirable.
• MTS 5 Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Track record of acting as a technical lead and force multiplier across multi-disciplinary engineering organizations. Ability to translate broad business objectives into concrete technical roadmaps, mentor senior engineers, and influence vendor CTO/engineering organizations.