Meta
Hardware Systems Engineer, NPI AI
$118K–$170K
Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in hardware systems engineering, silicon validation, firmware validation, or system-level bring-up for AI servers, GPUs, TPUs, or AI accelerator platforms.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
About the job
Validates and brings AI and HPC hardware systems from early development through production readiness for large-scale data center deployments.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute system validation, bring-up, characterization, and debugging for AI hardware platforms.
- Define test specifications and acceptance criteria, triage defects, and improve validation coverage and automation.
- Partner across engineering teams and vendors to investigate failures, track readiness, and report hardware quality trends.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; degree must be completed before joining.
- Experience in at least one listed area: ASIC bring-up and characterization, board-level debug, firmware validation, or large-scale data center system validation.
- Experience developing validation procedures and debugging system-level failures across hardware, firmware, and software.
- Proficiency in Linux and server management tools; experience with high-speed interconnects or memory subsystems in AI or HPC validation.
Pay
$118,000/year to $170,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Linux, PCIe, NVLink, DRAM, DDR5, HBM, JTAG, GDB
AI focus
System validation and production readiness for AI accelerators, GPU clusters, and AI data center infrastructure.
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