Crusoe
Staff Hardware Systems Engineer
$215K–$260K
San Francisco, CA - US +1 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 3, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA - US
Sunnyvale, CA - US - Experience
- 8–10+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Own the hardware lifecycle for Crusoe’s GPU- and CPU-based compute systems, from prototype bring-up through production support, improving validation, reliability, and performance.
What you'll do
- Lead hardware bring-up, validation, deployment, troubleshooting, and production sustaining, especially for PCIe, InfiniBand, and NVMe/storage.
- Build automation for hardware testing and diagnostics; perform system validation and characterization.
- Coordinate with engineering and manufacturing teams on system issues, qualification, and high-volume production readiness.
What they ask for
- 8–10+ 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, system validation, and testing automation using Python, Shell, or similar.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with GPU-to-GPU communication architectures, NVLink, or next-generation GPU interconnects.
- Experience with ARM and x86 server architectures or sustainable, energy-efficient hardware design.
Pay
$215,000 - $260,000 (USD; compensation range; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
PCIe, InfiniBand, NVMe, Python, Shell, GPU, CPU, NVLink
AI focus
Supports GPU- and CPU-based infrastructure for AI workloads, including GPU communication architecture and AI/HPC system integration.
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