Senior Systems Engineer – HPC/AI Hardware Platform

VDURA; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

VDURA is seeking a Senior System Engineer to lead the specification, selection, and qualification of server, storage, and networking platforms for its PanFS-based solutions. This role will help define reference architectures and work with software, QA, product management, and partners.

You will drive hardware bring-up, qualification and performance characterization to meet AI/HPC workloads, while collaborating across teams to align platform capabilities with our data infrastructure stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (Master's preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in hardware engineering, systems engineering, or platform architecture roles.
• Hands-on experience specifying, benchmarking and qualifying servers, storage systems, and high-performance networking platforms.
• x86 server architectures, Storage - SAS, SATA, NVMe, Networking - Ethernet, InfiniBand, RDMA, TCP, UDP, NUMA, memory management, caching, PCIe Gen5/6, KVM hypervisor.
• Experience with HPC, AI, or large-scale storage systems.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with software, QA, and product teams.
• Vendor-facing experience and strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and own system architectures for VDURA parallel file system solutions, including compute, storage, and networking components.
• Specify, evaluate, and select server, storage, and networking platforms from OEMs and technology partners for current and next-generation products.
• Lead hardware bring-up, qualification, and validation efforts in collaboration with software, QA, and lab teams.
• Recommend continuous improvement changes to the platform definition based on vendor roadmaps and customer feedback.
• Develop build and test instructions for integration and manufacturing partners.
• Drive performance characterization of platforms, including throughput, latency, IOPS, failover behavior, and scalability under real-world workloads.
• Partner with software teams to ensure optimal alignment between hardware capabilities and PanFS datapath and control planes.
• Work directly with OEMs, IHVs, and component vendors on roadmap alignment, issue resolution, and joint qualification efforts.
• Support customer engagements by providing platform guidance, configuration recommendations, and technical deep dives as needed.
• Contribute to lab infrastructure planning and ensure test environments reflect future customer-facing configurations.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Analytical skills

x86 server architectures

Networking protocols

NUMA/memory management

PCIe Gen5/6

KVM hypervisor

Hardware benchmarking

Server/storage qualification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

SAS/SATA/NVMe

Ethernet InfiniBand RDMA TCP UDP

Job description

VDURA is seeking a Senior System Engineer to lead the specification, selection, and qualification of server, storage, and networking platforms for its PanFS-based solutions. This role will help define reference architectures and work with software, QA, product management, and partners.

You will drive hardware bring-up, qualification and performance characterization to meet AI/HPC workloads, while collaborating across teams to align platform capabilities with our data infrastructure stack.