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Sr. Electrical Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-21 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead electrical design execution at system level for compute, storage, networking, and accelerator-based hardware systems, ensuring functionality, performance, and reliability across the product development lifecycle.

Role type

Senior IC electrical engineer (server/cloud infrastructure hardware)

Builds

High-speed and high-power hardware systems for datacenter operations

Domain

Datacenter infrastructure, server hardware, cloud computing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

System-level electrical design, board-level bring-up, validation and functional test planning, complex hardware troubleshooting, high-speed interface design (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet), hardware/software security integration, cross-functional collaboration with firmware/software teams

Preferred skills

Experience with large-scale datacenter operations, knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Linux) and system firmware (BIOS, BMC), high-volume manufacturing experience

Technologies

PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, BIOS, BMC, Windows, Linux

Responsibilities

Lead detailed design specifications and design reviews (schematics, BOM, DFT, DFM), define and execute board and system-level bring-up and test plans, troubleshoot and drive resolution of hardware issues, collaborate with internal and external partners on design implementation and validation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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## About the role - Understand customer requirements and high-level architectural design, lead electrical design execution at system level, responsible for detailed design specifications. - Collaborate with internal design team (thermal, mechanical, firmware, OS) and external partner (ODM/OEM) for design implementation, ensure product functionality, performance, quality and reliability. - Responsible for complete and deep design review, including schematics, board files, BOM, DFT, DFM, etc. - Define board level bring-up and electrical test requirements, ensure complete coverage, execute or guarantee execution. - Work with partner teams to create system level bring-up and end-to-end validation test plans, ensure complete coverage, guarantee execution. - Troubleshooting, issue triage, leading hardware related debug efforts with partner teams, drive resolution and bug reports. ## Requirements - Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. - 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering compute, storage, networking, or accelerator-based hardware systems across the product development lifecycle, including high-speed and high-power designs. - 5+ years of experience developing and executing board-level and system-level bring-up, validation, and functional test plans, and diagnosing complex hardware issues in server or cloud infrastructure environments. - 5+ years of experience collaborating across hardware, firmware, software, and infrastructure engineering teams to evaluate design tradeoffs, identify technical risks, and drive resolution of system-level challenges. - Experience with high-volume server hardware manufacturing and production. - Knowledge of large-scale datacenter operations and infrastructure. - Experience with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, and Ethernet. - Experience with operating systems (Windows, Linux), system firmware (BIOS, BMC), and hardware/software security technologies. - Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills. ## Nice to have - (None specified in the original text) ## What we offer - (None specified in the original text) ## About us - (None specified in the original text)
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