Compute Tech Lead, R&D

Fluidstack

$120K — $150K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in hardware validation or systems engineering
  • Experience qualifying early hardware or first-run systems
  • Proven track record of building effective test automation
  • Deep analytical skills for root cause failure analysis
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers
  • Bonus: Knowledge in accelerator architecture and vendor engineering

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction for compute qualification methods and standards
  • Take ownership of challenging qualifications, including first silicon
  • Develop automation tools like test harnesses and data pipelines
  • Act as the technical liaison with vendors regarding hardware readiness
  • Provide insights on lab findings to influence engineering decisions

Benefits

  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency
  • Support for exceptional candidates beyond the stated qualifications
  • Collaboration with a team of experienced engineers
  • Opportunities for professional growth and mentoring dynamics
Full Job Description
Role Scope
  • Set the technical direction for compute qualification: methods, tooling, and the standards the lab holds hardware to.
  • Own the hardest qualifications yourself: first silicon, new platforms, and the failures nobody can explain.
  • Build the automation: test harnesses and data pipelines that multiply the lab's throughput.
  • Represent Labs to vendors and the fleet: the technical voice on what's ready and what isn't.
What We're Looking For
  • The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've been the senior technical voice in hardware validation or systems engineering.
  • You've qualified early hardware, engineering samples or first-run systems, and shipped the findings.
  • You've built test automation others still use.
  • Your failure analyses go to root cause, not to plausible.
  • You mentor engineers up the debugging stack.
  • Bonus: Accelerator architecture depth. Signal and power integrity exposure. Large-scale burn-in design. Vendor engineering relationships.


We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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