Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 15+ years of hardware design, development, and validation experience for high-speed networking or compute systems.
• 7+ years of board and system design experience supporting high-speed platforms with 25G NRZ to 112G/224G PAM4 SerDes.
• Strong experience owning the complete board design lifecycle, including architecture, schematic design, layout guidance, board bring-up, and validation.
• Experience developing and delivering hardware reference designs for customer or internal platform adoption.
• Expertise in:
  • High-speed PCB stack-up and material selection
  • Power architecture for high-current ASICs (PDN, sequencing, decoupling, tolerance analysis)
  • Thermal design and mechanical integration
  • Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI)
• Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, root-cause analysis, and lab equipment.
• Strong knowledge of high-speed interfaces including Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, and modern SerDes technologies.
• Experience with Design for Reliability (DFR), Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Testability (DFT).
• Customer-facing experience supporting technical engagements and resolving deployment issues.
• Excellent communication and technical presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ethernet switch platforms and AI networking/fabric architectures.
• Experience designing platforms for hyperscale or megascale data centers.
• Knowledge of ODM/CM manufacturing, qualification, and reliability testing.
• Experience with advanced cooling technologies (liquid or immersion cooling).
• Hands-on experience with Cadence Allegro/Sigrity or Mentor/Siemens Xpedition/HyperLynx.
• Proven ability to influence product roadmaps and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead board and system hardware design for high-speed networking and AI platforms.
• Drive architecture, schematic development, PCB layout reviews, hardware validation, and board bring-up.
• Collaborate with silicon, firmware, and systems engineering teams to optimize platform performance.
• Review SI/PI analysis and support customer design reviews.
• Provide technical leadership during customer engagements and platform deployment.
• Develop technical documentation and deliver engineering training.
• Serve as the technical bridge between customers, hardware engineering, and silicon development teams