CareerPlan

Staff Electrical Design Engineer

Mountain View, CAFull-time$186k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead board and system solutions for silicon photonics-based AI accelerators and interconnect products, enabling advanced machine learning and large-scale interconnect platforms.

Role type

Staff Electrical Design Engineer (System-level IC/Hardware)

Builds

Next-generation silicon photonics AI accelerators and interconnect products

Domain

AI Data Center Infrastructure / Silicon Photonics / High-Speed Interconnects

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

System-level electrical design, Analog and digital circuit design, PCB layout design, High-speed SERDES, PCIe/Ethernet/QSPI/I3C/I2C interfaces, VRM design, Thermal solutions for ICs, Lab experimentation and debugging, Cross-functional team leadership, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Component qualification and selection

Preferred skills

Networking industry experience, IC layout design, Carrier PCBA design, Systems Engineering principles, 3D Mechanical CAD (Solidworks/AutoCAD)

Technologies

Cadence, Mentor, Altium, Oracle Agile, Arena, Omnify PLM, Solidworks, AutoCAD

Responsibilities

Define system-level hardware requirements and specs; Design power, memory, and interconnect circuits; Develop conceptual designs and physical modeling of chip-modules; Oversee and review PCB layout designs; Ensure manufacturability and high yield; Perform laboratory validation; Lead integration with mechanical, software, and IC teams; Support contract manufacturing; Research new components and technologies

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC