Junior System Engineer

AMAX•Fremont, CA
•$80,000 - $95,000

About The Position

AMAX is seeking a highly motivated System Engineer to join its Engineering team. The role focuses on designing, deploying, validating, and troubleshooting high-performance computing systems and server platforms. The successful candidate will work with Linux environments, GPU-based computing systems, and enterprise server hardware to solve technical challenges and support AMAX solutions. The position involves system design and deployment, hardware and software validation, performance testing, technical support for sales activities, customer deployments, and collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and support teams. It also supports evaluation of new technologies and architectures, system documentation, and verification of customer orders and configurations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Fresh graduate or 1 year of experience working with server hardware, HPC systems, or data center infrastructure.
  • Strong experience with Linux operating systems such as Ubuntu, CentOS, or RHEL.
  • Experience working with GPU platforms, preferably NVIDIA, and accelerator-based computing systems.
  • Familiarity with server components such as CPUs, memory, storage, networking, and PCIe devices.
  • Experience troubleshooting hardware and system-level issues.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced engineering environment.

Nice To Haves

  • Knowledge of cluster environments, networking, and distributed computing.
  • Scripting experience with Bash, Python, or similar.
  • Experience with AI/ML infrastructure or GPU clusters.
  • Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
  • Experience with system validation, burn-in testing, or failure analysis.
  • Exposure to high-speed networking technologies such as InfiniBand and RDMA.

Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, and deploy server and HPC systems, including GPU- and AI-based computing platforms.
  • Install, configure, and maintain Linux-based operating systems and related system software.
  • Perform system bring-up, validation, and performance testing for new hardware platforms.
  • Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and operating system issues across server and cluster environments.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to define system specifications and evaluate hardware-software interfaces against operational and performance requirements.
  • Analyze technical data to recommend and plan system layouts.
  • Provide technical support for sales activities, including configuration development.
  • Review and approve quotations and assist in resolving technical issues promptly.
  • Work with engineering, manufacturing, and support teams to resolve system integration challenges.
  • Develop and maintain system documentation, installation procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
  • Support customer deployments, system integrations, and proof-of-concept testing as needed.
  • Monitor system performance and recommend improvements to stability, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Assist in evaluating technologies, components, and system architectures to improve AMAX solutions.
  • Review customer system orders to verify and confirm configurations and system requirements.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible spending account.
  • Health savings account.
  • 401(k) match.
  • Commuter benefits.
  • Life and accidental insurance.
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance.
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