Electrical Engineer
US$210,000 – US$240,000 / yr base salary
Posted 19 Feb 2026
Advertised as “Senior Staff Electrical Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$210,000 – US$240,000 / yr |
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Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services.
This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.
Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.
Cerebras is seeking an exceptional Senior Staff Electrical Engineer to drive our system hardware development. This role is focusing on defining and driving system architecture and strategy for high-performance compute, AI/ML accelerators and advanced ASIC platforms.
Responsibilities
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Lead system architecture and hardware design from concept to production release.
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Own hardware development, system specification, schematic and layout design, bring up, debug, validation and system integration.
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Drive future technology development with internal and industry partners.
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Collaborate with various design and operations teams: manufacturing operations & test engineering, supply chain, ASIC, mechanical, signal integrity, power delivery, layout, embedded & diagnostic, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
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B.S.c, M.S.c, or Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent experience.
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Minimum 10 years of experience as a board design engineer (exceptional candidates with other experience levels will also be considered).
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Experience with system design, digital circuits, power delivery, voltage regulators, and high-speed signal integrity.
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System-level understanding and familiarity with production environment.
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Proficiency with lab/test scripting SW (e.g., Python).
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Personal skills: self-instruction, multi-disciplined, multi-tasking and good interpersonal relationship.
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Experience working on server hardware, AI accelerators, hardware accelerator, datacenter, AI Hardware, enterprise product, GPU, CPU, TPU, server platform etc.
Preferred Qualifications
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Demonstrated expertise in enterprise and data center products.