System NPI Engineer

Touchdown Labs, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Touchdown Labs in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a System NPI Engineer to drive the transition of rack-scale AI systems from prototype to production with integration partners. Location: Santa Clara, CA; Hsinchu, Taiwan. English required for written work; Mandarin a plus for Taiwan roles.

You will own system test specifications, DFx, and early-build debugging while ensuring yield and quality. Travel to integration sites is required as part of the role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in server or system NPI, manufacturing test, or validation.
• Experience with Linux, BMC, and hardware diagnostics.
• Willingness to travel to integration sites.
• Track record of bringing servers or accelerated systems from prototype to production.
• Experience debugging across hardware, firmware, and system software.

Responsibilities

• Own system test specifications and DFx.
• Early-build debug with partners and close top failures.
• Report yield with corrective actions.
• Collaborate with integration partners across hardware, firmware, and system software.
• Apply AI-native tooling and automation in daily work.

Skills

Server NPI

Manufacturing test

System validation

Linux

BMC

Hardware diagnostics

Travel to sites

Job description

Careers · R&D test, qualification & system NPI# System NPI EngineerBring rack-scale AI systems from first build to production with integration partners.**Location:** Santa Clara, CA · Hsinchu, TaiwanAll roles →Apply for this role →---SeniorSanta ClaraHsinchuOpenings: 2–3Open role## System NPI Engineer### Our missionAI is becoming fundamental to how the world works. When it is, the ability to compute, and to manufacture the hardware that computes, should not be concentrated in a few places. Touchdown's mission is to make compute accessible to the whole world and to reindustrialize advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. We co-design everything for next-generation compute: the AI systems people use, the software that serves them, the architectures and chips underneath, and the packaging, test, and manufacturing that make them real. Co-design brings down the complexity and cost of building compute. That is what makes manufacturing in America competitive again, and what puts compute within reach of people and companies everywhere. We build alongside the world's best manufacturing ecosystems, including Taiwan's, and every role here makes one layer better and carries what it learns to the rest.### Why this role mattersCo-designed chips only matter once they run in real systems. System NPI brings complete systems from first build to repeatable production.### Technical scopeSystem test specifications and design-for-manufacture and design-for-test; early-build debug across compute, memory, networking, power, and cooling; firmware and BMC interfaces; system yield and quality metrics; corrective action with integration partners.### First 90 days* Take ownership of system test specifications.* Debug early builds with partners and close top failures.* Report yield with corrective actions.### What you will own* System test specifications and DFx.* Early-build debug.* System yield and quality.### What you bring* 7+ years in server or system NPI, manufacturing test, or validation.* Linux, BMC, and hardware diagnostics.* Travel to integration sites.* Has brought servers or accelerated systems from prototype to production.* Has debugged across hardware, firmware, and system software.### Helpful experience* Liquid-cooled systems* Mandarin### How we work* AI-native by default. You use coding agents, AI-assisted analysis, and automation every day, and you check their output against measurements before anyone relies on it.* We work alongside foundries, test houses, OSATs, and research labs, and we build with partners rather than against them.* Touchdown does not operate a production fab today.* Do not bring, send, or use confidential information or trade secrets from a current or former employer. We hire for skill and judgment, not for anyone else's process recipes.### How the role works* Full-time.* Location: Santa Clara, CA · Hsinchu, Taiwan.* Openings: 2–3.* Taiwan roles are employed through a local employer of record. Mandarin is a strong plus for Taiwan roles; English is required for written work.* Pay: $150,000–$195,000 base (Santa Clara, CA).* Ranges are base pay for U.S. roles and depend on location, experience, and level. Full-time roles also include equity and benefits. Taiwan pay is set to the local market and discussed in the first call.* Start date and employment details are discussed during the process.Apply for this role →Applications are reviewed against the work described here. We do not use a degree, title, or keyword list as a substitute for evidence.