Hardware Lead Engineer, Hyperscale Line of Business

Santa Clara · USD 217,000-326,000 / year · Onsite · Posted Sep 23, 2026

At a glance

Drive the hardware engineering lifecycle for Everpure’s Hyperscale Line of Business, shaping high-performance, energy-efficient storage architectures tailored directly to hyperscale partners.
Serve as the technical lead bridging customer requirements and internal engineering execution, ensuring custom hardware solutions meet exacting performance and total cost of ownership benchmarks.
Lead hardware qualification projects, solve critical escalations, and advance system robustness with direct ownership over the hardware powering next-generation data infrastructure.

Plan, execute, and automate comprehensive x86 hardware validation cycles including electrical, signal integrity, and protocol testing.
Partner with operations, manufacturing test, and software diagnostic teams to transition custom storage subsystems into full-scale production.
Establish clear test coverage and automated validation workflows.
Perform root-cause analysis on complex hardware failures and field escalations.
Use advanced tools like high-speed oscilloscopes and bus analyzers to trace and rectify system-level anomalies.
Evaluate and select critical hardware components such as CPU subsystems, DDR4/5 memory, PCIe devices, BMCs, and power distribution modules.
Optimize energy efficiency and system performance.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering peers.
Refine qualification processes and stress-testing methodologies using tools like PTU, Mprime, and Iometer.

Advanced technical mastery in x86 architectures, enterprise storage systems, subcomponent selection, and high-speed bus interfaces.
Proven ability to design, automate, and execute hardware qualification frameworks using scripting languages alongside industry-standard stress and diagnostic tools.
Hands-on proficiency analyzing device- and system-level power regulators, cooling, and high-speed signal integrity utilizing oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers.
Demonstrated success leading technical projects autonomously in fast-paced environments, collaborating across engineering and manufacturing disciplines, and mentoring team members.

Primarily an in-office environment expected to work from the Santa Clara office in compliance with company policies.

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