Senior Systems Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 14 April 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 8 October 2026.
About the role
Provide operational, diagnostic, and engineering support for Graphcore’s Arm-based hardware platforms across lab and data center environments. The scope focuses on hardware bring-up, validation, and troubleshooting of server blades, racks, and rack-scale infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Lead break-fix troubleshooting for server blades, motherboards, power systems, and rack-scale infrastructure. - Support engineering bring-up activities, including component validation and firmware interaction testing. - Diagnose system-level failures involving thermal behavior, power anomalies, network configuration, and BIOS/BMC issues. - Collaborate with server engineering teams to perform root cause analysis and propose corrective actions or design improvements. - Support deployment and rollout of hardware platforms through structured validation and qualification cycles. - Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs), troubleshooting guides, and validation documentation while mentoring technicians and engineers.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline. - 7+ years of experience with server hardware architectures and board-level debugging. - Experience analyzing system logs, hardware telemetry, and power/thermal metrics to isolate hardware failures. - Hands-on experience with HPC systems, AI compute platforms, or rack-scale infrastructure.
Skills: server hardware architectures, board-level debugging, HPC systems, AI compute platforms, rack-scale infrastructure
This role has been open 127 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
1003
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$155k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Graphcore | All employers we track in this specialty (1003 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 1003 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 107 | 6291 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 58 d | 51 d (+7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $155k |
Skills observed across this category: server hardware architectures, board-level debugging, HPC systems, AI compute platforms, rack-scale infrastructure
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 72 open roles · median 34 d
- KLA Corporation · 63 open roles · median 48 d
- Teradyne · 61 open roles · median 34 d
- NVIDIA · 53 open roles · median 72 d
- Applied Materials · 51 open roles · median 70 d
- AMD · 46 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 1003 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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.