Senior Hardware Systems Engineer - AI Data Center Boards

MatX; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and holidays

Remote work option

Health and dental insurance

401(k) plan with company contribution

Job summary

MatX is building a compute platform for AGI, delivering full-stack hardware and software for AI workloads. As a Hardware Systems Engineer, you will own board design, schematics, and validation for rack-scale AI data center compute trays and interconnects, collaborating across control, data, and management planes to improve power efficiency and scalability.

You will work with cross-functional teams, bring up boards in the lab, and support platform tests, with a focus on delivering reliable,

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of system-level development experience in servers/computers/networks.
• Proficient in DC/DC PoL and multi-phase VRM designs with 48V/12V buses.
• Experience with 100G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen5/6, SPI, I2C, UART, USB.
• Hands-on board design with schematic capture tools.
• Familiar with OCP ORV3 HPR, VHDCI, IEC standards is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own board design, specs, schematic, verification, and reliability test plans for AI compute boards.
• Design and capture schematics and release Gerber files.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including thermal, mechanical, ASIC, and software.
• Bring up boards and debug hardware issues in lab.
• Support platform and manufacturing tests.
• Collaborate with JDM.

Skills

System-level dev

Server design

High-speed SerDes

PCIe Gen5/6

BMC/DC-SCM

Allegro

Lab bring-up

Power electronics

Electrical lab testing

Tools

Allegro

Job description

MatX is building a compute platform for AGI, delivering full-stack hardware and software for AI workloads. As a Hardware Systems Engineer, you will own board design, schematics, and validation for rack-scale AI data center compute trays and interconnects, collaborating across control, data, and management planes to improve power efficiency and scalability.

You will work with cross-functional teams, bring up boards in the lab, and support platform tests, with a focus on delivering reliable,