Senior HPC Platform Hardware Engineer

Lambda

Senior HPC Platform Hardware Engineer leading hardware integration for AI cloud infrastructure. Collaborating across teams to drive new product introduction and enhance product reliability.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeSan Jose • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $255,000 - $340,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in hardware NPI processes and hands-on technical leadership for HPC and cloud infrastructure products, ensuring production readiness and quality through cross-functional collaboration and effective problem-solving.

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Hardware NPI ExperienceHPC Platform IntegrationCross-Functional CollaborationBOM Structure KnowledgeVendor Technical Engagement

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Hard Skills

AI/ML Hardware PlatformsGeneral Compute (x86 and ARM)Storage SystemsNetwork SwitchesElectrical EngineeringThermal EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPower EngineeringSignal IntegrityReliability Engineering

Soft Skills

Strong OwnershipSelf-StarterCollaborationProblem-SolvingAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

PLM Systems

Industry Keywords

Data CenterCloud InfrastructureNew Product Introduction (NPI)Production ReadinessQuality Assurance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the hands-on technical lead for integrating OEM and white-label HPC AI/ML, general purpose compute, storage, and network hardware into Lambda’s HPC platform reference architectures.
Drive the end-to-end process of new product introduction (NPI) for hardware systems, including system bring-up, documentation, vendor technical engagement, production readiness, and closure of hardware risks.
Identify, debug, and resolve hardware issues across different hardware engineering domains during hardware NPI; support closure of critical fleet issues that require hardware design, vendor corrective action, or platform configuration changes.
Partner with HPC architects to translate platform blueprints into concrete hardware selections and system configurations.
Partner with the supply chain team on new vendor evaluation and QBR/HBR feedback on established vendors.
Own the hardware platform through NPI, working with PMO to de-risk execution, drive cross-functional closure of hardware readiness issues, and ensure platforms reach production on schedule.
Collaborate with the quality team and fleet reliability team during hardware NPI and after production to continuously improve product quality and reliability at scale.
Work cross-functionally with fleet engineering, deployment, operation and datacenter engineering teams to ensure on-time delivery and deployment, quality, compatibility, performance, and scalability of new systems.
Serve as the technical lead to evaluate, enable, and prototype new hardware in labs.
Review BOMs to ensure configuration accuracy, component compatibility, and alignment of key commodities and components to Lambda platform requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 years of technical lead experience on hardware NPI and deployment for HPC, data center, or cloud infrastructure products, familiar with hardware NPI processes.
Possess deep knowledge and hands-on experiences in one or many of the following hardware platforms: AI/ML, general compute (x86 and ARM), storage systems, or network switches.
Broad hardware engineering domain knowledge in one or many of the below areas: electrical, thermal, mechanical, power, signal integrity, safety, compliance, reliability and manufacturing.
Are comfortable working hands-on in labs to enable and bring up new hardware systems.
Experiences in identifying, triaging and root causing hardware issues during NPI and at scale in the fleet.
Experience in PLM systems and BOM structure.
Collaborate well cross functionally to deliver production-ready hardware solutions.
Strong ownership and can do attitude, self-starter who feels comfortable working in ambiguity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use