DVT Technical Lead (AI Hardware)

Location: On-site in Sunnyvale, California, United States

Salary: $175,000–$275,000 annually, plus potential bonus and equity

Company

hirify.global builds large-scale AI chips and computing systems designed to deliver high-speed model training and inference.

What you will do

• Own board and subassembly DVT from first power-on through design sign-off.
• Define risk-based validation strategies, test plans, procedures, reports, stage gates, and readiness reviews.
• Build repeatable benchtop and rack-level validation setups covering power delivery, clocking, high-speed I/O, system management interfaces, and environmental stress.
• Lead system integration validation across electrical, mechanical, thermal, optics, reliability, and manufacturing considerations.
• Drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, design changes, re-testing, and data-based closure of validation failures.
• Improve DVT throughput through scripting, standardized test stages, data capture, reporting, and automation.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8–15+ years of hardware validation or DVT experience with complex board- and system-level products.
• Hands-on experience with board bring-up, instrumentation, test planning, debugging, and closure.
• Strong experience validating power delivery, including sequencing, margining, droop, ripple/noise, and IR drop.
• Strong experience validating and debugging high-speed I/O such as PCIe- or Ethernet-class links.
• Proficiency with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies or analyzers, and DC electronic loads.

Nice to have

• Experience with rack-scale or liquid-cooled systems and environmental chambers.
• Experience supporting compliance, safety, or EMC efforts during DVT readiness.
• Python or similar programming experience for test automation and data analysis, including dashboards or CI workflows.
• Experience mentoring engineers or technicians as an informal technical leader.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on an AI platform designed to extend beyond GPU constraints.
• Opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge AI research and open-source releases.
• Work on high-performance AI computing systems.
• Startup vitality combined with job stability.
• Non-corporate culture focused on individual beliefs, continuous learning, growth, and support.