Senior Hardware Systems Engineer: LPU AI Platforms (Equity)

Segment (Twilio); Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 287,500; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people.

As a Senior Hardware Systems Engineer, you will help build next‑generation LPU platforms that support the most demanding AI workloads, shaping system architecture and delivering production‑ready hardware across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of proven experience leading platform, system, or hardware engineering efforts from concept through delivery.
• Broad system knowledge in electrical/power design, mechanical/thermal engineering, firmware integration, and performance tuning.
• Experience in pathfinding, evaluating early designs and maturing them into real solutions.
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills across hardware and software boundaries.
• Clear communication and the ability to align diverse engineering groups.
• Exposure to large‑scale AI platforms such as LPU, GPU, TPU, or custom accelerators.

Responsibilities

• Drive hardware pathfinding for LPU platforms by leading early investigations into new architectures for power delivery, cooling, mechanical design, and high‑bandwidth interconnects.
• Guide system‑level technical decisions that influence NVIDIA’s LPU roadmap.
• Work with silicon, architecture, data center, cloud, product, and manufacturing teams to deliver complete, production‑ready systems.
• Lead full‑stack system debug, addressing electrical, mechanical, thermal, firmware, OS, and application behaviors.
• Support program execution, tracking issues, driving root‑cause analysis, and ensuring timely resolution.
• Own interconnect and cooling architecture, including optical links, backplanes, power distribution, and cluster‑level cooling systems.

Skills

power design

thermal engineering

firmware integration

debugging

communication

cross‑group alignment

AI platforms experience

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Job description

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people.

As a Senior Hardware Systems Engineer, you will help build next‑generation LPU platforms that support the most demanding AI workloads, shaping system architecture and delivering production‑ready hardware across teams.