Senior HPC Validation Engineer – AI Cloud Infrastructure

Lambda; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Wellness stipend

Commuter stipend

401k with match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure based in San Jose. This role focuses on validating and integrating server hardware for HPC AI/ML deployments, driving NPI readiness, and collaborating across engineering, supply chain, and operations to deliver production-grade hardware solutions.

You will own hands-on lab setups, run comprehensive tests, and coordinate with vendors to qualify components while supporting RMA and reliability initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in hardware integration validation or related roles.
• Experience with fleet hardware reliability engineering and component qualification.
• Knowledge of performance benchmarking for HPC, data center, or cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with vendor-led NPI cycles and production support.

Responsibilities

• Own system integration validation for new HPC AI/ML hardware platforms throughout NPI and deployment readiness.
• Develop and execute functional, stress, reliability, and benchmark tests on new hardware systems.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering and PMO teams to enable tooling automation and benchmarking.
• Manage firmware and software compatibility, and advise on releases during NPI and production.
• Support RMA triage and root-cause analysis to improve product reliability.
• Set up labs and test infrastructure for repeatable hardware evaluation and debugging.

Skills

Hardware integration validation

Fleet hardware reliability

Component qualification

Performance validation

NPI coordination

Tools

PLM systems

BOM structure

BIOS settings

Firmware testing

Job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure based in San Jose. This role focuses on validating and integrating server hardware for HPC AI/ML deployments, driving NPI readiness, and collaborating across engineering, supply chain, and operations to deliver production-grade hardware solutions.

You will own hands-on lab setups, run comprehensive tests, and coordinate with vendors to qualify components while supporting RMA and reliability initiatives.