[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Cerebras Systems jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cerebras-systems/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Cerebras Systems · United States and Canada # Engineering Manager, Kernel Reliability United States and Canada Full-time Manager or lead Operations Listed on Cerebras Systems’s official careers site. Posted January 8, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Cerebras Systems’s careers site →](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cerebras/13eec2f8-b308-40b4-8194-f3c133ccb3bc) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Cerebras Systems](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cerebras-systems/) / Engineering Manager, Kernel Reliability ## Job description 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 [https://openai.com/index/cerebras-partnership/](https://openai.com/index/cerebras-partnership/) with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference. ### About The Role We're looking for a deeply technical, hands-on engineering leader for our on-field Kernel Reliability team. You will lead a high performing team to tackle a critical challenge: improving the reliability of our advanced compute clusters and the underlying inference, training, and internal production services. In this role, you'll set the technical vision while staying close to the code and designing solutions that will scale to our exponentially growing system production and software service offerings. If you have proven expertise in software or hardware reliability, diagnostic tool building, or failure analysis and debugging, we want to hear from you. ### Responsibilities - Provide hands-on technical leadership, owning the technical vision and roadmap for the kernel-centric reliability of our internal and customer-facing systems - Assist System and Cluster Operations teams on reducing system and service downtime after failure by providing tooling and manual intervention for failure analysis and diagnostic - Work with the Debug Team to enhance debug tools with the goal of speeding up failure analysis - Collaborate with SW teams to improve the software stack, including Kernels, to improve on-field debugging and failure analysis - Work with the ASIC an HW architecture teams to codesign the next generation architectures with reliability and ease of debug in mind - Lead, mentor, and grow a high-caliber team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and rapid execution. Skills & Qualifications - 6+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years leading teams in SW/HW reliability, debug, diagnostic, failure analysis or related fields - Expertise in parallel and distributed programming (message passing, multicore, GPU, embeded, etc.), debug and diagnostic tool development or expert usage (debuggers, core dump handling, code sanitizers, etc.), experience debugging distributed and parallel applications (deadlocks, livelocks, race conditions, etc.), deep understanding of computer architectures (instruction pipelining, multithreading, networking, etc.) ### Operations & Monitoring - Strong background in monitoring and reliability engineering (incident response, post-mortem analysis, etc.) ### Leadership & Collaboration - Demonstrated ability to recruit and retain high-performing teams, mentor engineers, and partner cross-functionally to deliver customer-facing products. Why Join Cerebras People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras: - Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU. - Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research. - Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world. - Enjoy job stability with startup vitality. - Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs. Find out more about what it's like to work at Cerebras here [https://www.cerebras.ai/join-us](https://www.cerebras.ai/join-us)! Apply today and become part of the forefront of groundbreaking advancements in AI! Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them. This website or its third-party tools process personal data. For more details, click here [https://www.cerebras.net/privacy/](https://www.cerebras.net/privacy/) to review our CCPA disclosure notice. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Jan 8, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Jul 12, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 283 days - Location: United States and Canada - Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Cerebras Systems’s careers site →](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cerebras/13eec2f8-b308-40b4-8194-f3c133ccb3bc) ## More jobs at Cerebras Systems ### [Kernel Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cerebras-systems/jobs/c5a774024458d73b5c50/) United States and Canada ### [ML Systems Performance Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cerebras-systems/jobs/868170842122fd46595e/) United States and Canada ### [Senior Runtime Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cerebras-systems/jobs/78f282d67374059a9cbb/) United States and Canada ### [Site Reliability Engineer - Ops & Automation](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cerebras-systems/jobs/06f978d6a97b77675da2/) United States and Canada ### [AI Inference Core - Software Integration Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cerebras-systems/jobs/0b4ab03a54715ad92d46/) United States and Canada ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Software Engineering Intern - Kernel Maintainers team (Brno, Czech Republic)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/jobs/9f6684e2fbd1eee7e718/) IBM · Brno - Tech Park Brno - C ### [Sr. Engineer Reliability Engineering XI](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/vertiv-holdings/jobs/9ad3400b377f505a201a/) Vertiv Holdings · Pune, India ### [Well Control Equipment Reliability Engineer France France ENGINEERING / DESIGN STUDIES / METHODS ENGINEERING / DESIGN STUDIES / METHODS](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/vinci/jobs/65a52f8ba02f27c53dc2/) VINCI · France ### [Reliability Engineering Co-Op](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/a6ab62eb9b32efbfd4c4/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Whitby, Ontario, Canada ### [Senior Engineer, Product Quality & Reliability Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sandisk/jobs/bad839fbf9ef58f34ad5/) Sandisk OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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