Senior Hardware Engineer - GPU & AI Infrastructure

Roblox
San Mateo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 242,100 - 293,800 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Python","Go","C++","Linux","HBM","DDR5","NVMe","PCIe","NVLink","InfiniBand","Grafana","Prometheus"]

Lead GPU and AI accelerator hardware initiatives for Roblox, owning full lifecycle from architectural evaluation to fleet integration. Drive performance tuning, firmware qualification, and observability, ensuring real-time rendering and AI inference workloads run on optimized, reliable hardware in a high-scale data center environment.

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Roblox
Roblox
8 months ago

Senior Hardware Engineer - GPU & AI Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Lead GPU and AI accelerator hardware initiatives for Roblox, owning full lifecycle from architectural evaluation to fleet integration. Drive performance tuning, firmware qualification, and observability, ensuring real-time rendering and AI inference workloads run on optimized, reliable hardware in a high-scale data center environment.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect & Prototype: Prototype next-generation GPU-accelerated hardware platforms, ensuring seamless integration between high-density compute nodes, high-speed interconnects (NVLink/PCIe Gen5/6), and system firmware.
  • •GPU Optimization: Drive the integration, performance testing, and debugging of GPUs in our fleet, focusing specifically on hardware-level optimizations, driver tuning, and thermal/power management.
  • •Validation & Certification: Develop and execute rigorous evaluation and stress-testing strategies for GPU-heavy server platforms to ensure they meet Roblox’s unique demands for real-time rendering and low-latency AI inference.
  • •Firmware & Systems: Lead firmware qualification (BIOS/BMC) and troubleshooting, implementing automation systems to manage GPU health, firmware updates.
  • •Vendor Collaboration: Provide technical guidance and deep-dive feedback to hardware vendors. Lead critical investigations into component-level failures, triaging issues across the hardware, driver, and kernel layers.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 242,100 - 293,800 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •BA/BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with equivalent practical experience.
  • •5+ years of hardware engineering experience with a specific focus on GPU architecture (NVIDIA HGX/MGX platforms preferred), AI accelerators, or high-performance compute (HPC) systems.
  • •Deep understanding of PCIe fabric, NVLink, InfiniBand, and liquid cooling systems for high-TDP hardware.
  • •Hands-on experience testing and validating CPU, Memory (HBM/DDR5), Storage (NVMe), and high-speed networking subsystems in a Linux environment.
  • •Proficiency in Python, Go, or C++ for developing hardware validation tools and automation scripts.
Experience:5+ yearsGPUHPCData centerAI hardware
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:PythonGoC++LinuxHBMDDR5NVMePCIeNVLinkInfiniBandGrafanaPrometheus
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonGoC++GrafanaPrometheusNVIDIAHGXMGXPCIeNVLinkInfiniBandLiquid coolingHBMDDR5NVMeLinux

Company Brief

Roblox
Operates an online platform for user-generated games and virtual experiences, enabling creators to build, publish, and monetize interactive 3D experiences for a global community of players.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2004
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