Hardware Systems Engineer
European sovereign cloud and AI provider offering GPU compute, AI model APIs, cloud infrastructure, bare metal, managed data, containers, and quantum services.
About Scaleway
Scaleway SAS is a Paris-based subsidiary of iliad Group that operates a European cloud and AI platform. Its current offering includes GPU clusters and instances, serverless generative-model APIs, compute, storage, networking, managed databases, Kubernetes, serverless services, and Quantum as a Service.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will test, validate and qualify hardware and firmware solutions, working closely with internal teams and hardware manufacturers. You will investigate technical issues, improve validation processes, document the hardware solutions selected for datacenter environments, and act as the hardware reference for other teams.
Requirements
- Advanced knowledge of server hardware from OEM and ODM vendors
- Knowledge of hardware management standards (IPMI, Redfish) and firmware constraints
- Advanced knowledge of components (GPU, DPU, DIMM, CPU, storage, NICs, HBA)
- Good knowledge of Linux environments (grub, kernel, scripting)
- General system administration (PXE, DHCP)
- Knowledge of the cloud ecosystem and products
- Project management
- Structured thinking, prioritizing and long-term planning
- Communication and documentation skills
- Full professional English proficiency
Responsibilities
- Act as point of contact and hardware reference for other teams
- Manage internal hardware projects in coordination with the VP Hardware Engineering
- Monitor technology for hardware and firmware improvements
- Liaise with manufacturers on technical issues and improvement requests
- Evaluate and validate new hardware solutions for new products
- Refine hardware configurations with HW R&D and HW Architect
- Help the HW Support team diagnose complex situations
- Provide technical guidelines for the team developing HW validation software tools
- Consult for other Operations teams such as Supply Chain and Manufacturing
- Train teams on how hardware functions
- Contribute to Open Hardware and Open Source Firmware projects
Benefits
- Up to 3 days of remote work per week
- Healthy meal service at headquarters and breakfast across sites
- Swile card for lunches at regional sites
- Gym access, daycare places and discounted caring services
- Modern offices with terraces and bike parking
Hiring Process
Screening (30 min), manager interview (45 min), technical deep dive (1h), team fit interview (45 min) with on-site office tour.