Anthropic
Hardware Systems Architect
$320K–$485K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Minimum years correlate with internal job level; preferred qualification is 8+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience. Preferred: degree in EE, CE, ME, CS, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is offered, but not available for every role or candidate; the company says it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Own system-level hardware architecture for Anthropic’s compute platforms, from requirements and partner specifications through validation and deployment.
What you'll do
- Set architecture and author system, board, interface, and rack specifications; review partner designs and make build, buy, or co-design recommendations.
- Lead hardware architecture across areas such as interconnect, networking, power, cooling, and mechanical systems; develop simulations to compare designs.
- Define bring-up, validation, and qualification strategies, and work with infrastructure, ML performance, supply chain, and datacenter teams.
What they ask for
- Hands-on expertise in at least one core hardware-systems domain for large-scale compute or networking.
- Experience owning hardware architecture at scale and authoring specifications and requirements.
- Experience taking hardware from architecture through bring-up and high-volume production deployment.
- Experience reviewing external vendor designs against specifications, plus technical leadership and strong written communication.
Nice to have
- 8+ years in hardware systems architecture or engineering for hyperscale, HPC, AI/ML, or high-end networking platforms.
- Experience with AI accelerator systems, chip-package-system co-design, or AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Pay
$320,000 — $485,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
GPU, TPU, ASIC, SerDes, PCIe/CXL, Ethernet/InfiniBand, BMC, 48V/HVDC
AI focus
Use Claude and develop AI-assisted approaches for hardware design, specification review, validation, and partner design review.
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