AI Data Center Testbed Technical Lead - San Jose, CA, United States
$155,000 - $210,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
Seeking a Technical Lead for our AI Data Center Testbed.
About the role
This role involves leading the operation of an AI Data Center Testbed.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize system architecture for 1~5MW class AI Data Center Testbed.
- Conduct technical validation and comparative assessment of hardware/software solutions from various partners.
- Analyze trade-offs between compute, memory, networking, and storage; optimize system-level performance and thermal efficiency.
- Build automated test infrastructure and benchmark environments.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external solution partners to validate integration and performance.
What you'll need
- Master degree or higher in Computer Engineering or related field.
- 15+ years of experience in distributed systems, cluster computing, and cloud infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of GPGPU technologies and related frameworks (OpenCL, CUDA).
- Linux platform and system-level programming experience.
- Technical skills including System Architecture & Design, Distributed/Cluster Computing, Cloud Infrastructure & Virtualization, Resource Allocation & Task Scheduling, Network Topology & Monitoring, Storage Systems, and Automation & Test Infrastructure.
- Programming experience in C/C++, Python, Perl, Java.
Nice to have
- HPC (High Performance Computing) data center operation experience.
- AI/ML workload optimization experience.
- Thermal management and power efficiency optimization experience.
- Solution vendor evaluation and partnership management experience.
- Publications in relevant technical conferences/journals.
Skills: AI/HPC systems, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, GPGPU, Linux platform, system architecture
This role has been open 17 days — well below the 53-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
923
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | SK Hynix America | All employers we track in this specialty (923 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 923 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 7 | 6035 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 17 d | 53 d (−36 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: AI/HPC systems, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, GPGPU, Linux platform, system architecture
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 255 open roles · median 48 d
- Qualcomm · 60 open roles · median 60 d
- AMD · 51 open roles · median 30 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 86 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 76 d
- Intel Corporation · 36 open roles · median 15 d
How we counted: 923 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.