Hardware Engineering Architect- Remote

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Hardware Engineering Architect for Server/AI Products to lead architecture concept work during the early design phase. This role focuses on translating customer use cases and technical trends into viable, scalable server architectures to support RFQ/RFI and new business engagements. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders (e.g., CTO, BU, Marketing) to define system-level strategy, high-level configurations, and functional requirements for next-generation server/AI platforms. ** This role can be Remote/Hybrid.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead system-level architecture planning for Server/AI platforms, including product configuration definition, functional partitioning, and mechanical/thermal/power/cooling feasibility alignment.

• Drive the definition of system requirements, interface specifications, and early configuration options (e.g., GPU, accelerator, storage, and compute servers).

• Conduct architectural trade-off analysis balancing performance, cost, power, scalability, and manufacturability.

• Collaborate with EE, thermal, mechanical, BMC, and firmware architects to form a complete product-level concept package.

• Work with Architecture and BU teams to evaluate RFQ/RFI requirements and generate competitive architecture proposals.

• Define and propose system topologies, mechanical footprints, airflow design, I/O mappings, and cabling options.

• Interface with customers and internal stakeholders to align design intent and value proposition during the concept phase.

• Present and document concept proposals that include block diagrams, design strategy, trade-off summary, and risk evaluation.

• Drive internal and customer-facing design reviews for architecture alignment and requirement sign-off

Technical Skills

• Ability to research and explore unfamiliar technologies and concepts with an eye towards feasibility.

• Familiarity with the Intel, AMD, Nvidia or ARM CPU/GPU architectures. Specifically, an understanding of how to optimize performance, IO, thermals, real-estate and/or power. Direct experience with at least some of the above is preferred.

• Familiarity with PCB board materials and construction techniques. Specifically, an understanding of trade-offs and optimizations around insertion loss, via construction, stack-ups and sizing of power planes and shapes.

• High-level understanding of voltage regulators related to types of VR architectures, trade-offs, efficiency, thermals, and critical VR components.

• Ability to use industry standard ECAD tools to review layouts and schematics is required.

• Fluency in the mechanical, firmware, software and thermal domain. Specifically, an understanding of basics nomenclature, concepts and tools used by your architectural teammates.

Desired Traits & Skills

• Strategic thinker with system-level ownership mindset

• Familiarity with system-level architecture

• Strong leadership and cross-functional coordination skills

• Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional, global teams

• Proactive, self-driven, with high adaptability

• Clear technical communicator, able to present trade-offs and justify proposals

• Capable of NRE estimation and abstract requirement hardening

• Fluent in English; able to work with global teams and customers

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred)

• 15+ years of experience in data center system/server architecture

• Demonstrated experience leading concept-phase architecture for AI/server products