Senior Hardware Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Leading the integration of DPU hardware and software into Akamai's compute and GPU server platforms, encompassing PCIe, networking, storage, and manageability interfaces.

• Strategizing and executing validation for DPU platforms, which includes conducting functional, performance, interoperability, stress, and reliability testing for data-center scale applications.

• Implementing and validating networking and offload features such as RDMA/RoCE, L2/L3/L4 Ethernet/IP forwarding, SR-IOV/virtio-net/vDPA, overlay networks, and behaviors related to congestion control.

• Creating automation, scripts, and test tools to operate DPUs, gather telemetry at scale, and convert results into actionable requirements.

• Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to transform workload and service-level objective (SLO) requirements into configurations and test plans.

• Partnering with vendors to assess new DPU generations, firmware and feature updates, and to evaluate trade-offs among performance, efficiency, supply continuity, and total cost of ownership (TCO).

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience along with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or a related field.

• Proficiency with data center SmartNICs or DPUs, including integration into x86/ARM servers, and knowledge of PCIe, SR-IOV, and virtualization concepts.

• Familiarity with DPU frameworks and programming languages such as NVIDIA DOCA/DPL, P4, DPDK, etc.

• A solid understanding of networking fundamentals, as well as familiarity with technologies related to congestion control and load balancing in data centers.

• Experience in platform validation, PCIe/NVMe and networking qualification, and system-level stress testing.

• Strong Linux skills and proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash for automation and data analysis.

• Ability to work across hardware, firmware, and software boundaries, collaborating with teams to diagnose issues in the data path, control plane, and management stack.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the capacity to convey information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• Healthcare

• 401K savings plan

• Company holidays

• Vacation (in the form of PTO)

• Sick time

• Family-friendly benefits including parental leave

• Employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness