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Senior Compute HW Engineer

US - California - San Diego💼 Full-time💰 $129,400–$129,400🗓 2026-06-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Designing next-generation DNA sequencers by owning subsystem-level hardware design for compute, memory, I/O, and networking in edge-deployed systems.

Role type

Senior IC hardware engineer (embedded/edge compute)

Builds

Edge-deployed DNA sequencers for genomic technology

Domain

Genomics / Hardware engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Embedded/edge compute platform design, x86 CPUs, DDR/LPDDR memory, PCIe, Ethernet PHYs/switches, Linux device drivers, device tree, bootloaders (U-Boot, UEFI), PCB/PCA design, high-speed signal integrity, power delivery, thermal design

Preferred skills

Root cause analysis across hardware/firmware/Linux stacks, board bring-up, DVT planning, V&V documentation

Technologies

x86, DDR, LPDDR, PCIe, Ethernet, U-Boot, UEFI, Linux kernel, perf, ftrace, ethtool, tcpdump

Responsibilities

Define hardware requirements and specifications for assigned subsystems; Evaluate and validate compute technologies and vendor solutions; Implement networking subsystems for edge use cases; Debug hardware and hardware/software issues across Linux kernel and firmware; Lead board bring-up and contribute to DVT plans; Design for remote deployment including secure boot and OTA updates

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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