Rack and Chassis Design Mechanical Engineer (Server, Server Infrastructure) - TX, Austin_Research Park, United States
$92,400 - $158,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 16 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Rack and Chassis Design Mechanical Engineer, you will design and integrate mechanical systems for server products spanning early-stage concept development through product commercialization. Your focus includes mechanical architecture for server and GPU products, rack-level integration, and liquid cooling solutions.
What you'll do
- Define, design, and integrate mechanical systems for server/compute products in collaboration with global teams. - Lead mechanical development across server design, system architecture, rack-level integration, and cooling solutions. - Perform mechanical modeling in Creo, tolerance analysis, and system-level mechanical design. - Contribute to post-silicon development through test planning, characterization, data analysis, and support of customer/reference systems. - Provide technical direction and mentorship to junior engineers while serving as a decision-maker in design reviews. - Drive continuous improvement of mechanical design processes and workflows.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or a related field. - Proficiency in Creo for mechanical modeling. - Experience with mechanical modeling, tolerance analysis, and system-level mechanical design for semiconductor products. - Experience contributing to post-silicon development, test planning, characterization, and data analysis. - Background in mechanical design and system integration at the server and datacenter levels.
Nice to have
- Experience in sheet metal design, enclosure and chassis development, fabrication processes, tooling design, and DFM/DFA through high-volume production. - Experience in server and switch development, server infrastructure design, and the integration of silicon into high-performance computing/server environments. - Working knowledge of statistical analysis, structural analysis, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA). - Background with thermal management and cooling systems.
This role has been open 96 days — well above the 51-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
992
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$154k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (992 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 46 | 992 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 407 | 6279 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 52 d | 51 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $154k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 76 open roles · median 33 d
- KLA Corporation · 63 open roles · median 47 d
- Teradyne · 57 open roles · median 33 d
- NVIDIA · 52 open roles · median 68 d
- Applied Materials · 51 open roles · median 69 d
- AMD (this employer) · 47 open roles · median 53 d
How we counted: 992 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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.