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[Remote] Systems Engineer, Platform

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Panasas is redefining high-performance data infrastructure for AI, HPC, and data-intensive workloads. They are seeking a Senior System Engineer to lead the specification, selection, and qualification of server, storage, and networking platforms for VDURA parallel file system solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own system architectures for VDURA parallel file system solutions, including compute, storage, and networking components
  • Specify, evaluate, and select server, storage, and networking platforms from OEMs and technology partners for current and next-generation products
  • Lead hardware bring-up, qualification, and validation efforts in collaboration with software, QA, and lab teams
  • Recommend continuous improvement changes to the platform definition based on vendor roadmaps and customer feedback
  • Develop build and test instructions for integration and manufacturing partners
  • Drive performance characterization of platforms, including throughput, latency, IOPS, failover behavior, and scalability under real-world workloads
  • Partner with software teams to ensure optimal alignment between hardware capabilities and PanFS datapath and control planes
  • Work directly with OEMs, IHVs, and component vendors on roadmap alignment, issue resolution, and joint qualification efforts
  • Support customer engagements by providing platform guidance, configuration recommendations, and technical deep dives as needed
  • Contribute to lab infrastructure planning and ensure test environments reflect future customer-facing configurations

Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (Master's preferred)
  • 10+ years of experience in hardware engineering, systems engineering, or platform architecture roles
  • Strong hands-on experience specifying, benchmarking and qualifying servers, storage systems, and high-performance networking platforms
  • Engineering experience with: x86 server architectures, Storage – SAS, SATA, NVMe, Networking – Ethernet, InfiniBand, RDMA, TCP, UDP, Multicore – NUMA, memory management, caching, PCIe Gen5/6, Hypervisor technologies – particularly KVM
  • Experience working with HPC, AI, or large-scale storage systems
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with software, QA, and product teams
  • Comfortable working with vendors and partners at both technical and roadmap levels
  • Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills
  • Experience with parallel file systems, distributed storage, or scale-out data platforms
  • Familiarity with GPU-accelerated systems and AI infrastructure requirements
  • Experience with storage benchmarking tools and workload characterization
  • Prior exposure to customer-facing technical roles or field engineering support
  • Experience building or managing lab environments for system qualification

Company Overview

  • Panasas delivers software-defined storage solutions that redefine the industry standards for reliability, simplicity, and scalability in AI and HPC storage by eliminating downtime, data loss, and complexity. It was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in Milpitas, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.vdura.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Panasas has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2026, 2 in 2024. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.