Principal Hardware Engineer

Broadcom Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Broadcom Inc. is seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer in Ottawa, Ontario, to design and deliver ultra high-performance electronic products. You will take ownership of EE hardware design, ensuring collaboration with various engineering disciplines.

The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of experience, a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, and expertise in large SOCs and high-speed signaling. Join our dynamic team where innovation thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of related experience in hardware engineering.
• Ability to handle large, high-powered SOCs and related technologies.
• Experience with customer trials and product sustaining.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver ultra high-performance electronic products.
• Provide technical leadership to a small design team.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary engineers for product development.

Skills

Large high-powered SOCs

Precision Scopes

Power and Thermal issues on PCBs

High-speed signaling with SerDes rates of 112G+

Lifecycle product ownership

Cross-functional team participation

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Development & validation tools

Job description

As a Principal Hardware Engineer, you will design, develop, and deliver Ultra High-performance electronic products. In addition, you may provide technical leadership to a small design team.

We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, start-up-like environment. We believe in small teams of highly experienced engineers. As such, we have a One Person One Board development culture, so you will own all aspects of EE hardware design, including BOM creation, participation with vendor negotiators, circuit/board design, development, and validation. Our Cradle to Grave lifecycle product development means ownership does not end at product ship. You will help with customer trials, field issues, and product sustaining. You will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of Hardware, ASIC, Signal, Mechanical, Thermal, Diagnostic, Packaging, and Manufacturing engineers. In addition, Joint development programs may require extensive interaction with partner engineering teams.

Key Qualifications & Experience

• Large high-powered SOCs based on advanced silicon and packaging process technologies, including 2D, 2.5D, and 2.5D with 3D memories.
• Precision Scopes, Analyzers, development & validation tools.
• Power and Thermal issues associated with PCBs with 1kW+ footprints.
• High-speed & High-density signaling with SerDes rates of 112G+.
• Demonstrate lifecycle product ownership of complex products.
• Participating in a cross-functional team from product inception to volume production.
• Work with support groups, including Sales, Marketing, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Customer Support, Compliance, Safety, and Sustainability.
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and 12+ years of related experience.

Beneficial Experience

• Small Team Lead or proven technical mentor of High Speed Hardware designers.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.