How You’ll Make an Impact
As a Senior Hardware Design Engineer, you will play a key technical leadership role within a highly experienced R&D organization, contributing across the entire hardware development lifecycle.
What You Will Do
Lead and own complex hardware designs end‑to‑end, including: Functional specifications, Component selection, Schematic capture, participate architecture decision making, Hardware bring‑up, debug, and validation
Drive high‑speed digital design decisions, addressing: Signal integrity and channel performance, Power distribution and sequencing, Timing, design margins, reliability, trade‑off decisions.
Serve as the technical owner for complete boards or major subsystems within networking products.
Partner closely with cross‑functional and multi‑site teams—including PCB layout, SI/PI, validation, mechanical, thermal, EMC, manufacturing, firmware, and software—to deliver production‑ready designs.
Influence design feasibility, COGS, margins, and long‑term reliability through upfront analysis and hands‑on lab validation.
Perform deep root‑cause analysis and empirical testing on complex hardware and system‑level issues, driving corrective and preventive actions.
Contribute to and help drive design methodologies, best practices, and engineering standards.
Mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance, thorough design reviews, and coaching.
What You Need to Bring
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics / Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
12–15 years of experience in complex hardware and system‑level design, with products shipped to production.
Technical Expertise
Proven ownership of high‑speed board‑level hardware designs.
Deep understanding of: Signal integrity, Power distribution networks, System level mechanical - thermal considerations
Strong experience with networking hardware platforms, such as switches, routers, or network appliances.
Proficiency using Cadence PCB design tools (Concept / OrCAD, Allegro).
Strong working knowledge of common interfaces and protocols, including: DDR (DDR4 / DDR5), PCIe, USB, SPI, I²C, UART, SGMII, XAUI
Experience with Ethernet PHY, MDI, and switching designs, including: Gigabit, Multi‑Gig, and 10GBASE‑T
Solid understanding of SerDes technologies, including: NRZ (10G, 25G), PAM4 (50G / 100G)
Experience with Power over Ethernet (PoE) technologies (PSE/PD, PoE+/++) is desirable.
Experience integrating CPU subsystems (ARM, Intel x86, AMD x86).
Working knowledge of bootloaders, BIOS, and Linux/OS environments.
Lab & Debug Skills
Hands‑on expertise using lab equipment such as: High‑bandwidth real‑time and TDR oscilloscopes, Logic analyzers, JTAG tools, Spectrum analyzers, BERTs, or DCA etc.
Demonstrated ability to debug complex board‑ and system‑level failures.
Additional Preferred Abilities
Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working across global, cross‑functional teams.
Ability to make sound, autonomous technical decisions in ambiguous and complex situations.
Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to: Present design proposals and trade‑offs, Explain complex technical topics, Influence design decisions without formal authority
What We Can Offer You
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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