Senior Hardware Systems Engineer
Crusoe is an AI infrastructure company that designs, builds, and operates AI data centers and a cloud platform. It provides managed AI services, GPU compute, model fine-tuning and inference, and infrastructure operations for organizations building and deploying AI workloads.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
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About Crusoe
Crusoe, the AI factory company, provides Crusoe Cloud and Crusoe Intelligence Foundry for AI development and production. Its offerings include managed inference, serverless fine-tuning, high-performance NVIDIA and AMD compute, accelerated storage, RDMA networking, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, and operations tooling. The company also designs, builds, and operates modular AI data-center infrastructure using an energy-first approach, serving customers that need scalable training, inference, and AI platform infrastructure.
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About the Role
You will support the full hardware lifecycle from prototype bring-up through production. You will build testing automation, validate GPU and CPU platforms, debug PCIe, InfiniBand, and NVMe systems, investigate failures, support integration and production readiness, and resolve system-level issues across engineering and manufacturing functions.
Requirements
- 4-8 years of experience in hardware development, validation, sustaining engineering, or production engineering
- Hands-on expertise in PCIe, InfiniBand, and NVMe/storage debugging and development
- Proficiency in hardware bring-up, board-level debugging, and system-level validation
- Ability to implement hardware testing automation using Python, Shell, or similar languages
- Background in digital and analog design, server architecture, and high-performance computing hardware
- Experience working across thermal, mechanical, firmware, and software functions
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
Responsibilities
- Drive the hardware development and sustaining lifecycle
- Develop and maintain hardware testing and diagnostics automation
- Debug PCIe link training, topology, and performance issues
- Debug InfiniBand fabric, throughput, and connectivity issues
- Investigate NVMe and storage bottlenecks, firmware interactions, and failures
- Validate and characterize GPU, CPU, and high-performance computing platforms
- Support end-to-end integration and solution testing
- Resolve system-level issues with multidisciplinary teams
- Drive prototyping, qualification, and high-volume manufacturing readiness
- Provide data-driven insights for hardware roadmaps and reliability strategy
Benefits
- Restricted Stock Units