d-Matrix
Principal Hardware Systems Engineer
$195K–$285K
Santa Clara · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Apr 1, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in hardware systems architecture.
- Education
- Degree in EE, CE, ME, CS, or equivalent.
About the job
Owns end-to-end hardware system architecture for d-Matrix platforms, from specifications and design reviews through validation, bring-up, and production deployment.
What you'll do
- Author system, board, and rack specifications; review partner designs and identify misalignment and schedule risks.
- Set technical direction for interconnect, board, chassis, and rack-scale architecture, including trade-off analysis.
- Define platform validation and qualification strategy and coordinate hardware decisions with software teams.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in hardware systems architecture, with hands-on expertise in interconnect, power, or thermal for large-scale compute or networking systems.
- Experience owning hardware architecture at machine, rack, row, or cluster scale, from specification through bring-up and high-volume production deployment.
- Experience reviewing partner designs and holding vendors to specifications; ability to evaluate trade-offs across adjacent domains.
- Track record of technical leadership and a degree in EE, CE, ME, CS, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Experience with hyperscale, HPC, AI/ML, or high-end networking platforms; AI accelerator systems and scale-up/scale-out fabrics.
- Chip-package-system co-design, relevant domain expertise, or experience establishing engineering functions or practices.
Pay
$195K – $285K USD base salary
Tools
SerDes, PCIe, CXL, optics, BMC, firmware, 48V/HVDC, liquid cooling
AI focus
Builds AI inference infrastructure; the role aligns hardware architecture with AI/ML performance and workload needs and may establish AI-assisted workflows.
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