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Sr Director, Hardware Engineering - Sydney

Sydney, NSW, au💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead cross-functional teams in the design, verification, and manufacturing of high-density, high-bandwidth Cloud Networking Ethernet switches.

Role type

Senior Director, Hardware Engineering (Management)

Builds

Networking Ethernet switches for data center, campus, and routing environments

Domain

Networking hardware / Enterprise market

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Hardware engineering leadership, high-layer-count PCB design, high-speed design (Ethernet, PCIe, POE, PTP), DFM, vendor roadmap management, embedded system design (x86/ARM), FPGA design, signal/power integrity analysis, project management

Preferred skills

Scripting and software development, schematic design, CAD collaboration

Technologies

Ethernet, SMBus, SPI, PCIe, POE, PTP, MDIO, x86, ARM, FPGA

Responsibilities

Scale and grow the Sydney hardware organization; Manage and mentor diverse hardware teams; Establish Sydney hardware labs; Drive vendor roadmaps for key components; Provide technical guidance on complex bring-up problems; Translate product direction into executable system designs; Ensure high first-pass yields at manufacturing; Act as point of contact for customer escalations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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