Principal Hardware Systems Engineer

AI-infrastructure company producing memory-centric hardware, networking, and software for low-latency generative-AI inference in data centers.

Santa Clara, United States
About d-Matrix

d-Matrix develops digital in-memory-compute technology and a full-stack inference platform comprising Corsair accelerators, JetStream networking accelerators, and Aviator software.

View jobs by d-Matrix

Skills

Candidate Availability

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will own system architecture from concept through production deployment. You will author system, board, and rack specifications; review partner designs; set technical direction for interconnect, chassis, and rack-scale architecture; evaluate trade-offs; define validation strategies; and align hardware decisions with performance and workload needs.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of hardware systems architecture experience
  • Hands-on expertise in interconnect, power, or thermal systems
  • Large-scale compute or networking systems experience
  • Hardware architecture ownership from specification through production deployment
  • Partner design review experience
  • Vendor management experience
  • Trade-off analysis across interconnect, power, thermal, and mechanical domains
  • Technical leadership
  • Degree in EE, CE, ME, CS, or equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end system architecture from concept through production deployment
  • Author system, board, and rack specifications
  • Review partner designs and identify misalignment and schedule risk
  • Set direction for interconnect architecture
  • Set direction for board, chassis, and system architecture
  • Evaluate design options through trade-off analysis and scenario planning
  • Define validation, bring-up, and qualification strategies
  • Align hardware decisions with software performance and workload needs
  • Establish specification standards and review practices

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Bonus
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Incentive opportunities
Principal Hardware Systems Engineer at d-Matrix | JobStash