Sr. Technical Staff

HeadquartersFullTime$250k–$275kPosted May 8, 2026

 Cerebras Systems Inc. has multiple openings for Sr. Technical Staff.

Title: Sr. Technical Staff

Job Duties:

  • Post silicon validation of Cerebras Wafer Scale Engines. Test and debug issues on new silicon. 

  • Test, analyze, and characterize high-speed serial interfaces to verify compliance with hardware specifications, record performance data, and recommend design modifications to optimize functionality.

  • Work with the silicon and operations team to test, bring-up and run burn-in on wafers scale systems.

  • Support manufacturing operations to utilize the wafer bring up flow. Perform wafer bring-ups, diagnose and debug problems encountered.

  • Develop and implement hardware to ensure compliance with design specifications.

  • Collaborate with hardware design engineers and system software engineers to review specifications and to recommend changes that will improve the quality and verifiability of the hardware designs.

  • Create and maintain automated regression test scripts, using Python and/or bash, that ensure that all tests are run and pass after each change to the design, testbench, tests, or reference model.

  • Work with system team members to diagnose system related failures. Understand the key system interfaces to FPGA’s, power and cooling, and apply that knowledge to the debug of silicon features.

  • Development of debug tools in Python to program and analyze the behavior of the Wafer Scale Engine.

  • Development of wafer bring up flow utilizing Python and shell scripts to capture the steps required to bring up a wafer in a logical easy to use flow.

  • Documentation of issues found, tools and flow.

Minimum Requirements:

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of experience as Application Engineer, Sr. Technical Staff, Hardware Engineer, or a related occupation required.

Required Skills:

  • Electrical Signal Integrity Analysis;

  • Hardware Bring-up & Debug;

  • Functional and Electrical characterization;

  • Test automation using scripting language; and

  • High Speed Interfaces & Protocols including Ethernet, CPRI, or Interlaken.

Additional Information:

Employer’s name: Cerebras Systems Inc. 

Job site : 1237 E Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Telecommuting permitted.

Salary Range: $250,000.00 per year to $275,000.00 per year

If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply online on this web page or mail resume to HR at Cerebras Systems Inc., 1237 E Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Please reference Job # 145 on resume or cover letter.

Want jobs like this matched to you?

Swoopd scores fresh postings against your résumé so you only see the matches that matter.

Get started free