Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Core
Lead end-to-end hardware designs for advanced networking systems, focusing on signal integrity, power integrity, and system-level performance.
Role type
Senior Hardware Design Engineer (Networking)
Builds
High-speed networking boards and subsystems (switches, routers, network appliances)
Domain
Networking hardware / High-speed digital design
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
High-speed board-level hardware design, Signal integrity, Power distribution networks, System-level mechanical-thermal considerations, Networking hardware platforms (switches/routers), Cadence PCB tools (Concept/OrCAD/Allegro), High-speed interfaces (DDR4/5, PCIe, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, SGMII, XAUI), SerDes technologies (NRZ, PAM4), Lab equipment usage (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, BERTs)
Preferred skills
Power over Ethernet (PoE), CPU subsystem integration (ARM, Intel x86, AMD x86), Bootloaders/BIOS/Linux environments
Technologies
Cadence Allegro, Cadence OrCAD, Cadence Concept, DDR4, DDR5, PCIe, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, SGMII, XAUI, TDR oscilloscopes, Logic analyzers, JTAG, Spectrum analyzers, BERTs
Responsibilities
Lead and own complex hardware designs end-to-end (specifications, component selection, schematic capture, bring-up, debug, validation), Drive high-speed digital design decisions (timing, margins, reliability), Perform deep root-cause analysis and empirical testing on system-level issues, Mentor junior engineers, Partner with cross-functional teams (PCB, SI/PI, validation, mechanical, thermal, EMC, manufacturing, firmware, software)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership
