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# Hardware Systems Engineer

- **Company:** NVIDIA Corporation
- **Location:** Santa Clara, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $124,000.0 - $195,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Firmware, Hardware Description Language, Linux System Administration, OrCAD, Performance Tuning, Schematic Capture, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Pcb Layout, Hardware Debugging
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/hardware-systems-engineer-lpu-platform-pathfinding-2100-nvidia-usa-10629326

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
 * 4+ years of experience in platform, system, or hardware engineering from concept through delivery.
 * Working knowledge in one or more of: electrical/power build, mechanical/thermal engineering, firmware integration, or performance tuning.
 * Practical lab experience with hardware initialization and troubleshooting, including skill with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and signal measurement instruments.
 * Experience with board building using Cadence tools, including schematic capture (Design Entry HDL/OrCAD/Capture) and PCB layout (Allegro).
 * Experience working in Linux environments to run SW diags, FW upgrades, and retrieve/parse test logs.
 * Understanding of communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, USB and UART.
 * Solid debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware and software boundaries.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

 * Exposure to large-scale AI platforms such as LPU, GPU, TPU, or custom accelerators.
 * Experience supporting the build or validation of accelerator systems at rack or cluster scale.
 * Exposure to advanced system builds such as new power networks, liquid cooling, or optical interconnects.
 * Familiarity with cross-functional collaboration across diverse engineering teams.

## Description

* Contributing to hardware development for LPU platforms, investigating architectures for power delivery, cooling, mechanical build, and high-bandwidth interconnects.
 * Supporting system-level technical decisions and trade-off analyses that influence NVIDIA's LPU roadmap.
 * Working with silicon, architecture, data center, and manufacturing teams to help deliver production-ready systems.
 * Collaborating with vendors to debug issues and drive to resolution.
 * Conducting lab bring-up and hands-on hardware debugging, employing oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other bench instruments to analyze and resolve system behavior.
 * Assisting in full-stack system debug, addressing electrical, mechanical, thermal, firmware, and application-level issues.
 * Supporting program execution by tracking issues, contributing to root-cause analysis, and helping drive timely resolution.