System Architect - Server Hardware

ByteDance ByteDance · Big Tech · San Jose, CA · R&D

This role focuses on architecting, designing, and building server and storage systems for high performance and low cost. It involves evaluating new technologies, collaborating with various engineering teams (EE, ME, Thermal, Hardware, Network, IDC), analyzing application workloads, and working with industry partners and consortiums. The goal is to integrate cutting-edge technologies into their infrastructure and improve the cost-effectiveness and performance of their hardware systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Evaluate the newly emerged technology in the industry, set up and test with POC system, and integrate the technology into our infrastructure.
  2. Work with EE\ME\Thermal team on high-level designing of Server system.
  3. Collaborate with our application teams to analyze the workload character of the application. Help the application teams to innovate, improve performance and lower cost of their infrastructure resources.
  4. Collaborate with Hardware, Network and IDC teams to work out the new high level design of our hardware system. Make sure the system is competitive in cost, performance and easy to operate.
  5. Work with industry consortiums and open standard committees to investigate the newly emerged standards or technologies, and contribute our research results and points of view to the industry.

Skills

Required

  • Master’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related majors
  • Deep understanding of computer system architecture
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the design principles and applications of CPU, memory, SSD and network parts
  • Understand the implementation of virtualization technology, database, distributed storage system and deep learning architecture
  • Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively in cross-functional teams

Nice to have

  • Experienced in hardware/software performance and power optimization is preferred
  • 3 years of experience in Circuit Board Design, System debugging, Power/Signal Integrity, and Thermal solutions
  • 3 years experience in server or storage system architecture design or software-hardware co-design