Groq
Staff Hardware Systems Infrastructure Engineer
About Groq
Groq delivers fast, efficient AI inference. Our LPU-based system powers GroqCloud™, giving businesses and developers the speed and scale they need. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we are on a mission to make high performance AI compute more accessible and affordable. When real-time AI is within reach, anything is possible. Build fast.
Staff Hardware Systems Infrastructure Engineer
Mission: The Hardware Infrastructure team in Groq is responsible for architecting and supporting a world class pre- and post-silicon ASIC development and verification environments that optimizes the productivity of our hardware and software engineering teams.
Responsibilities & outcomes:
- Work closely with our systems engineering team to bring up and deploy new hardware product platforms including integrating those new platforms into established build, delivery, and verification frameworks.
- Automate and integrate flows into Groq’s overall infrastructure (including package management, CI/CD, analytics, dashboards) to streamline our development cycle.
- Collaborate with software teams to work towards an integrated hardware/software development flow.
- Collaborate with software and hardware teams to create system-level tests (SLTs) to validate new hardware platforms.
Ideal candidates have/are:
- Bachelor/Master degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
- At least 7 years of professional experience in hardware or software development. Previous experience in ASIC design, verification, or CAD would be an asset.
- Experience coding in Python, tcl, and make.
- Working knowledge of standardized build systems (Bazel/Ninja), CI/CD pipelines, job scheduling tools (e.g. slurm/lsf) and container frameworks (e.g. Kubernetes/docker) would be an asset.
- Experience with database development and analytics and reporting frameworks (e.g. Grafana).
- Nix/Haskell knowledge would be an asset.
- Strong team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Attributes of a Groqster:
- Humility - Egos are checked at the door
- Collaborative & Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room, together
- Growth & Giver Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
- Curious & Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
- Passion, Grit, & Boldness - no limit thinking, fueling informed risk taking
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
Compensation: At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $220,000 - $335,000, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.
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Location: Some roles may require being located near or on our primary sites, as indicated in the job description.
At Groq: Our goal is to hire and promote an exceptional workforce as diverse as the global populations we serve. Groq is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our organization. We value and celebrate diversity in thought, beliefs, talent, expression, and backgrounds. We know that our individual differences make us better.
Groq is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We also take affirmative action to offer employment opportunities to minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.
Groq is committed to working with qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants who would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or who need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us at: talent@groq.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only. Evaluation of requests for reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
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