Hardware Engineer

Hardware Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA Duration: Full-time/Perm

Overview

Client Labs Inc., a leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions for data-centric systems, is seeking a Sr. Hardware Engineer in Santa Clara, CA with experience in development and design of circuit boards around semiconductor products which employ high-speed communication protocols like PCIe, Ethernet, InfiniBand, DDR, NVMe, USB, etc.

Job Description

As an client Labs Sr. Hardware Engineer, you will be part of a team that designs boards featuring client Labs' portfolio of connectivity products used in the world's leading cloud service providers, server and network OEMs. In this role, you will need to create hardware specifications to showcase cutting-edge SoC performance, carry board designs from concept through bring-up, and drive innovation by providing insightful feedback to other internal teams to continuously improve products and processes. There are opportunities to interact with key customers directly to both solicit form factor input and propose complete board products.

Basic Qualifications

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. At minimum, a Bachelor's in EE is required, Master's is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in system level board design, from component selection and schematic capture through board bring-up, debug, optimization, and validation.
• Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind!

Required Experience

• A strong background in high-speed board design techniques and methodologies, preferably in the enterprise and data center system space, such as PCIe add-in cards, servers, JBOGs/JBODs, networking switches/routers/interconnects, etc.
• Knowledge of schematic capture and PCB layout tools from Cadence, Altium, and others.
• Low/mid-voltage circuit design (48V or 12V/3.3V bus) including DC/DC POL converters, low speed serial interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART), glue logic, and general analog design.
• Designing systems with high speed NRZ/PAM4 SerDes-based protocols such as PCIe (3.0 and above), Ethernet (25G and above), etc. and/or memory interfaces such as (LP)DDR4/5.
• Silicon/PCB bring-up and debug experience.

Preferred Experience

• Working with mechanical and thermal teams to create achievable system design specifications.
• Hardware design around FPGAs and/or MCUs, including pin mapping and evaluation of different SKUs against a list of hardware requirements.
• Designing complete high-speed channels which may include IC sockets, connectors, and cables.
• Working with silicon characterization/validation teams to ensure device performance is readily achievable in customer systems.
• Technical writing skills to generate clear, precise documentation such as hardware specifications and user's guides for internal and customer-facing audiences.

About Us:

InterSources Inc, a Certified Diverse Corporation, was founded in 2007, to offer innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 14 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our Employees, Vendor and our Clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees, and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.