Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MatX develops vertically integrated silicon, hardware, and software for large-scale machine-learning workloads. The Hardware System Diagnostic Engineer owns end-to-end diagnostics for accelerator boards and racks, supporting manufacturing, debugging, and deployment of MatX’s rack-scale AI data center product.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end diagnostics test suite for accelerator boards and racks
- Develop diagnostic tools covering the AI chip, PCIe, HBM, power, and thermal
- Define test coverage and pass/fail criteria for manufacturing screening
- Enable JDM/ODM partners with documentation, tooling, and hands-on debug support
- Support partners technically through NPI and production ramp phases
- Triage and root-cause manufacturing test escapes and field failures
- Build and maintain CI/CD infrastructure for the diagnostics software stack
- Track quality metrics — yield, test coverage, defect density — and report out
Skills
- 7+ years in systems diagnostics, hardware validation, or manufacturing test
- Expert in Python and C/C++ for test automation and low-level device programming
- Deep knowledge of PCIe, memory hierarchies, power management, and I/O
- Proven experience managing test relationships with ODM/JDM or CM partners
- Experienced building and scaling test automation frameworks from the ground up
- Proficient with Linux system tools for hardware interrogation and fault analysis
- Self-directed and effective in a fast-moving, low-overhead startup environment
- Strong communicator across engineering, manufacturing, and executive audiences
- Experience with AI accelerator, GPU, or custom ASIC diagnostics
- Familiarity with HBM or advanced packaging (2.5D/3D) test considerations
- Exposure to rack-scale management: BMC, PDU, IPMI, or Redfish
- Experience writing diagnostics that run at bare-metal or pre-OS environments
- Familiarity with error injection frameworks and fault coverage analysis
- Prior NPI experience at a semiconductor or early-stage hardware startup
- Familiarity with Linux drivers, PCIe enumeration, or register-level programming
Benefits
- 4 weeks PTO (accrued) + 12 company Holidays + up to 3 weeks remote work
- Company-subsidized Medical (Kaiser or Anthem) for employees & dependents
- Guardian Dental and Vision insurances for employee & dependents
- Life insurance (employee only)
- HSA and FSA offerings via Lively
- Choose from Roth or pre-tax 401K (or both) with a 5% company contribution (even if you don't contribute)
- 100% company-paid life insurance (up to $300K)
- Long-term disability and travel insurance
- $1500 per year Professional Development Budget
- MatX provides onsite team lunch & dinner Monday - Friday, with your choice of ordering via WeBox, Specialty’s or via our reimbursement system
- We pay 100% for your daily commute. Commute via our company rideshare account, reimburse public transportation, or get a Fasttrak card (or all three)
- $50/mo to use on the perk you value most
- $35/mo for cellular and $40/mo for wifi
- Use our Amazon business account for up to $1000 in office setup purchases
- 100% paid mental health benefit via SpringHealth and Guardian EAP
- Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave regardless of path to parenthood
- 10 weeks pregnancy disability leave
- Flexible return-to-work hours
- A $6K Family Fund to cover fertility, surrogacy, adoption, menopausal health, preservation, family counseling and more
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