Physical Hardware Engineering Director

What you'll do

• Lead physical hardware roadmap development across compute, networking, storage, and supporting data center hardware.
• Drive mechanical, cooling, and robotics solutions through production and deployment; anticipate and resolve fleet-wide challenges.
• Guide suppliers and cross-functional teams, set system-level technical direction, and mentor senior engineers.

What they ask for

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience working in the computing hardware industry.
• 10 years of experience in technical leadership and engineering management.
• Experience architecting and shipping hyperscale compute, telecom infrastructure, or high-reliability physical hardware products directly to the data center.

Nice to have

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Knowledge of data center hardware physical development, mechanical and product design, or related manufacturing and supply chain areas.

Pay

$275000 - $382000 (USD) base salary

Tools

ML TPU, GPU, Networking, Server compute, Storage, Robotics/automation, backplanes, cables/interconnects

AI focus

Leads physical delivery and enclosure transformation for AI hardware, including mechanical, cooling, and robotics solutions supporting ML TPUs and GPUs.