engineering
Posted Nov 10, 2025Datacenter Hardware Engineer, HPC
at Mistral AI
Paris, FranceOn-site
Responsibilities
- Diagnose & operate core server/cluster components - Investigate and handle compute/storage hardware issues (CPU, memory, drives, NICs, GPUs, PSUs) and interconnect problems (switches, cables, transceivers; Ethernet/InfiniBand).
- Perform safe interventions (power-off/lockout, ESD) to replace, re-seat, or recable components and restore service.
Requirements
- About Mistral At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time, and enhance learning and creativity.
- We democratize AI through high-performance, optimized, open-source and cutting-edge models, products and solutions.
- Our comprehensive AI platform is designed to meet enterprise needs, whether on-premises or in cloud environments.
- Our offerings include le Chat, the AI assistant for life and work.
- We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society.
- Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI.
- See more about our culture on https://mistral.ai/careers.
- We’re hiring a Datacenter HW Engineer to maintain, troubleshoot, and scale our GPU/CPU clusters safely and reliably.
- You’ll execute hands-on hardware work in our Paris-area datacenter and partner with hardware owners, DC operations, and vendors to keep one of France’s largest GPU clusters healthy.
- Direct impact on scale: your work keeps one of France’s largest AI clusters healthy as we grow to unprecedented scale.
- Enable breakthrough AI: you unlock our science & engineering teams to deliver groundbreaking AI solutions. What you will do
- First-line diagnostics - Triage using LEDs, POST, beep codes and basic tests; capture evidence (photos, serials, results); open/update/close tickets with clear notes.
- Hands-on mindset in datacenters/server hardware: you can install/re-seat/swap GPU/PCIe cards, NICs, PSUs, drives, and work cleanly in racks (rails, cabling, labeling).
- We also welcome candidates with strong Linux fundamentals (boot/check, logs) and scripting (Python/Bash) who are eager to learn hardware; you’ll be trained and mentored by a senior hardware engineer.
- Practical electrical basics: power-off, PPE, short-circuit risk awareness.