System Architect

About us:

Accton Technology Corporation, founded in 1988, is a leading networking hardware and solution provider. With more than three decades of experience, Accton specializes in the design and manufacturing of high-performance Ethernet switches, routers, and data center networking systems for top-tier global customers. Accton works closely with hyperscale and enterprise customers, providing deep engineering collaboration from early design through high-volume manufacturing.

In the global AI race, computing power is no longer limited by silicon alone, it is highly defined by thermal management. As power density skyrockets, the ability to integrate advanced liquid cooling and optimize power consumption has become the ultimate competitive advantage for the world’s leading data centers.

As a global leader in AI networking and open Infrastructure, Accton architects the high-performance cooling solutions that make Hyperscale AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) a reality. We are looking for visionary engineers to join our San Jose team at the bleeding edge of system Integration, solving the thermal bottlenecks that empower the next generation of AI innovation.

Role Overview

We are seeking a System Architect to lead the engineering teams for data center equipment hardware development. A systems architect is a technology expert who develops and implements computer systems or networks for projects. He or she represents the architecture of a system to fulfill specific requirements. Defining the architecture could mean cutting down the system into components, setting component communications and interfaces, and settling on the technologies and resources to be used in the design.

This position serves as a key technical interface between Accton’s internal engineering teams and the R&D leadership teams, leading the system- and rack-level liquid cooling solutions, and other spear-heading the leading technologies from concept to reality.

Responsibilities

A system architect role can be divided into five areas:

·    Understand the wanted business or strategy and outcome

·    Decide on the best architecture to achieve what they have defined

·    Break down those outcomes into determined parts, including products, processes, and functions

·    Advise project teams on implementing their suggested solutions

·    Understand software, hardware, and user communications, integrations, and interfaces

The hardware architect will normally interface with customer’s engineering design leaders, manager or client stakeholders as well as our engineering team senior leadership team. The hardware systems architect must be prepared to interface directly with the client stakeholders and coordinate with our own cross-functional leadership teams in order to determine their (evolving) needs to be realized in hardware. The hardware architect may also need to interface directly with a software architect or engineer(s), or with other mechanical or electrical engineers.

Generating the highest level of hardware requirements and execution plan based on engineer’s needs and other constraints such as cost and schedule. Ensuring that this set of high-level requirements is consistent, complete, correct, and operationally defined. Performing cost–benefit analyses to determine the best methods or approaches for meeting the hardware requirements; making maximum use of commercial off-the-shelf or already developed components.

Partition the tasks to allocate all present and foreseeable (hardware) requirements into discrete hardware partitions. Partitioning large hardware systems into (successive layers of) subsystems and components each of which can be handled by a single hardware engineer or team of engineers.

Ensuring that maximally robust hardware architecture is developed. Generating a set of acceptance test requirements, together with the designers, test engineers, and the user, which determine that all of the high-level hardware requirements have been met, especially for the computer-human-interface.

Work with project or customer account leaders fill in the spot potential issues during execution phase to meet or exceed the customer’s expectation on product quality. Generating products such as sketches, models, an early user's manual, and prototypes to keep the user and the engineers constantly up to date and in agreement on the system to be provided as it is evolving.

Serve as front-end customer interface and work closely with project leaders to facilitate any engineering issues raised and came up throughout the NPI phase.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) in Electrical Engineering, preferably with a focus on system level architecture in computing and/or networking equipment disciplines
• Solid understanding of thermal engineering fundamentals, including:
• Network equipment development
• Computing servers
• Electrical/Optical transceivers
• Power distribution
• Signal integrity and SerDes
• Thermal cooling
• Ability to understand and work with complex systems (e.g., racks, CDU, liquid cooling loops)
• Familiarity with lab environments and system level and thermal/fluid testing
• Strong engineering problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes using theory, test data, and observations
• Exposure to or experience with liquid cooling systems (component or system level) is a plus
• Rack integration experience is a plus, but not required
• Self-motivated, customer-oriented, and comfortable working in on-site environments
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
• Team players who are able to work with people from diverse backgrounds
• Fluent in English

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life, AD&D, Short Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• HSA, Health Care FSA
• Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Resources, Caregiver Support, Commuter Benefits
• Adoption Assistance
• Training & Development Online Courses
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• Paid holidays
• Perks at Work