MatX

AI

HardwareSystemDiagnosticEngineer

Mountain View, California, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Hardware System Diagnostic Engineer at MatX. Skills: Systems diagnostics, Hardware validation, Manufacturing test, Python, C/C++. Define diagnostics test suite. Design diagnostics test suite”

What You'll Achieve.

delivering performant and functionally accurate silicon; ensure high manufacturing yield; robust products from manufacturing to customer deployment; high manufacturing yield; robust products; Track quality metrics — yield; test coverage; defect density

Industry & Context.

AI
Problems you'll solve

debugging; root-cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays-Thursdays, Requires access to information subject to U. S. export controls, Capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U. S. export control laws without obtaining a license

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years in systems diagnostics, hardware validation, manufacturing test, Expert in Python, Expert in C/C++, Deep knowledge of PCIe, memory hierarchies, power management, I/O, Proven experience managing test relationships with ODM/JDM or CM partners, Experienced building and scaling test automation frameworks, Proficient with Linux system tools, Self-directed, effective in a fast-moving, low-overhead startup environment, communicator across engineering, manufacturing, and executive audiences, authorized to work in the United States, capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U. S. export control laws

Nice to Have

Experience with AI accelerator, GPU, custom ASIC diagnostics, Familiarity with HBM, 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, fault coverage analysis, Prior NPI experience at a semiconductor or early-stage hardware startup, Familiarity with Linux drivers, PCIe enumeration, register-level programming

What You'll Do.

Define diagnostics test suite

Design diagnostics test suite

Own diagnostics test suite

Develop diagnostic tools

Define pass/fail criteria

Enable JDM/ODM partners

Support partners technically

Triage manufacturing test escapes

Root-cause manufacturing test escapes

Triage field failures

Root-cause field failures

Build CI/CD infrastructure

Maintain CI/CD infrastructure

Track quality metrics

Report out quality metrics

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborating with JDM; Enable JDM/ODM partners with documentation; Enable JDM/ODM partners with tooling; Enable JDM/ODM partners with hands-on debug support; Support partners technically; communicator across engineering; communicator across manufacturing; communicator across executive audiences

Communication Scope

communicator across engineering; communicator across manufacturing; communicator across executive audiences

Full Job Description

What MatX Is Building MatX is on a mission to be the compute platform for AGI. We are developing vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems including hardware and software to train and run the largest ML workloads for AGI. MatX is seeking silicon micro-architects and design engineers to join our team as we create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. Successful candidates for these roles will be responsible for delivering performant and functionally accurate silicon for MatX products across compute, memory management. High-speed connectivity and other key technologies. We are looking for a Diagnostic Engineer to join our Hardware System team. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining, designing, and owning the end-to-end diagnostics test suite for manufacturing, debugging and deployment of our rack-scale AI data center product. This role is crucial for collaborating with JDM to ensure high manufacturing yield and robust products from manufacturing to customer deployment. What You'll Do Here 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 Who You Are 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

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