Senior MGX Ecosystem Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$168,000 - $258,750 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Senior MGX Ecosystem Engineer supports the development and growth of the MGX hardware ecosystem through technical partner enablement with OEMs, ODMs, and component suppliers. The role provides system-level engineering expertise across electrical, mechanical, and thermal domains to support integration into MGX platform specifications.
What you'll do
- Serve as the primary technical interface to MGX ecosystem partners, including OEMs, ODMs, and component suppliers. - Enable partners to develop hardware solutions aligned with MGX platform specifications across compute, networking, power delivery, cooling, and mechanical subsystems. - Lead technical discussions, product reviews, and ecosystem readiness assessments. - Provide system-level engineering guidance across electrical, mechanical, and thermal domains. - Define and accomplish validation strategies for ecosystem hardware solutions while delivering technical training and workshops. - Collaborate with product management, engineering, operations, manufacturing, and business development teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience). - 6+ years of demonstrated ability in hardware platform engineering, systems engineering, ecosystem engineering, or technical partner management. - Knowledge of server, data center, AI infrastructure, networking, storage, or high-performance computing platforms. - Demonstrated expertise in at least two of the following fields and working knowledge of all three: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, thermal engineering. - Solid grasp of the hardware development lifecycle from initial concept through to mass production. - Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25–40%.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering or related technical field. - Experience with AI server platforms, GPU-based systems, high-density compute infrastructure, or hyperscale data center deployments. - Familiarity with thermal simulation tools, CAD platforms, and hardware validation methodologies. - Experience with liquid cooling technologies and rack-level cooling architectures. - Understanding of industry standards and certifications related to server and data center infrastructure.
Skills: MGX hardware ecosystem, hardware platform engineering, electrical, mechanical, and thermal domains, compute, networking, power delivery, cooling, AI server platforms
This role has been open 88 days — well above the 59-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
104
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$206k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (104 roles · 28 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 16 | 104 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 984 | 6166 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 78 d | 59 d (+19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $206k |
Skills observed across this category: MGX hardware ecosystem, hardware platform engineering, electrical, mechanical, and thermal domains, compute, networking, power delivery, cooling, AI server platforms
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 28 open roles · median 59 d
- Qualcomm · 21 open roles · median 47 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 16 open roles · median 78 d
- Intel Corporation · 6 open roles · median 46 d
- Mobileye · 5 open roles · median 26 d
- Apple · 3 open roles · median 18 d
How we counted: 104 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 28 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.