Sr. HPC Deployment and Cable Validation Engineer
About The Position
The Sr. HPC Deployment and Cable Validation Engineer executes and coordinates rack-level deployment of compute, network, and storage infrastructure for AI and HPC environments. The role validates rack elevations, port and cable maps, power distribution, labeling, and physical connectivity before cluster handoff, and performs detailed cable validation across Ethernet, InfiniBand, management, and storage interconnects. The engineer identifies and resolves cabling defects, supports hardware bring-up, and partners with network and Linux teams during cluster turn-up to distinguish physical-layer from logical-layer failures. The role also creates deployment checklists, as-built documentation, and production acceptance criteria, and leads structured remediation during expansions, re-cabling, or failed build events.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience in data center deployment, HPC infrastructure installation, or large-scale hardware integration.
- Strong practical knowledge of structured cabling, optics, transceivers, breakout schemes, and rack-level physical validation.
- Experience reading and validating rack diagrams, patch plans, cable matrices, and topology documentation.
- Strong troubleshooting skills for Layer 1 issues that manifest as network instability, missing hosts, degraded performance, or failed cluster readiness checks.
- Experience with asset tracking, labeling discipline, and deployment quality control.
- Ability to work across physical infrastructure, server hardware, and network operations teams while maintaining attention to detail.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in GPU cluster deployment or AI factory buildouts.
- Familiarity with automated cable validation or DCIM-integrated deployment workflows.
- Working knowledge of host provisioning and network validation sufficient to accelerate multi-team turn-up.
Responsibilities
- Execute and coordinate rack-level deployment of compute, network, and storage infrastructure for AI and HPC environments.
- Validate rack elevations, port maps, cable maps, power distribution, labeling, and physical connectivity before cluster handoff.
- Perform detailed cable validation across Ethernet, InfiniBand, management, and storage interconnects.
- Detect and resolve cabling defects, including polarity issues, incorrect port destinations, unsupported optics pairings, breakout errors, damaged media, and inconsistent labeling.
- Support hardware bring-up by validating BIOS baselines, BMC reachability, inventory accuracy, and initial connectivity tests.
- Partner with network and Linux teams during cluster turn-up to isolate physical-layer versus logical-layer failures.
- Create deployment checklists, as-built documentation, and signoff criteria for production acceptance.
- Drive structured remediation during expansion, re-cabling, or failed build events.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
