Hardware Engineer

Salience Labs; Abingdon; Vor Ort; GBP 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Salience Labs is building optical infrastructure for AI datacenters and seeks a Hardware Engineer to design and test electronics for hybrid photonic-electronic systems. You will contribute to system bring-up, PCB design, and lab qualification at our Oxford office, working with photonics, firmware and test teams.

As an early team member, you will shape hardware implementations, diagnose issues, and ensure performance aligns with photonic components and mechanical/thermal requirements.

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years in high-speed digital or analogue design.
• Proven experience bringing up electronic systems.
• Strong diagnostic and hands-on rework skills.
• Ability to work independently and in small teams.
• PCB layout experience and vendor coordination.

Aufgaben

• Carry out hardware design from specification to schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Bring up and test hardware in lab, interfacing with photonic elements.
• Diagnose issues during bring-up and testing and iterate designs.
• Characterise mechanical and thermal behaviour and pack for production.
• Collaborate with photonics, firmware and test teams to deliver working hardware.

Kenntnisse

High-speed digital design

High-speed analogue design

FPGAs (high-performance)

PCB layout

Diagnostics and hands-on rework

Independent work in small teams

Tools

Altium

Jobbeschreibung

About Us

Salience Labs is building the optical infrastructure that will power the next generation of AI. Our photonic switching technology delivers the high-speed, ultra-low latency networking fabrics AI datacenters need and can’t get anywhere else. We’re a multi-disciplinary team of physicists, engineers, and machine learning specialists on a mission to remove the bottlenecks holding AI infrastructure back.

About Us

Salience Labs is building the optical infrastructure that will power the next generation of AI. Our photonic switching technology delivers the high-speed, ultra-low latency networking fabrics AI datacenters need and can’t get anywhere else. We’re a multi-disciplinary team of physicists, engineers, and machine learning specialists on a mission to remove the bottlenecks holding AI infrastructure back.

Job Overview

As a Hardware Engineer at Salience Labs, you will play a crucial role in designing and testing the electronics that power our hybrid photonic-electronic systems. As an early member of the team, you will contribute directly to our mission of bringing photonic products to high-performance compute systems, particularly those used for AI. The role offers a varied mix of system design, PCB design, system bring-up and qualification, with a significant share of hands‑on lab work at our Oxford office.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Carry out detailed hardware design, including specification, simulation, schematic capture (using Altium) and component selection. PCB layout experience is a strong advantage
• Bring up and test new hardware in the lab, focusing on the electronics and how they interact with photonic elements
• Diagnose and resolve issues during hardware bring‑up and testing
• Characterise new electronic systems and their integration with photonic components
• Characterise the mechanical and thermal properties of our systems and their impact on photonic performance
• Qualify electronic systems for production, working with external test houses as needed
• Work closely with photonics, firmware and test colleagues to turn system requirements into hardware that works first time

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in high-speed digital or analogue design, including high-speed discrete analogue-to-digital conversion, high-performance FPGAs and high-speed digital interfaces (including Ethernet and DDR)
• 3+ years of experience bringing up and testing new electronic systems
• Strong diagnostic skills, including hands‑on rework
• Comfort working both independently and within small, multidisciplinary teams
• Strong technical, organisational and time management skills, with the ability to translate requirements into successful hardware implementations
• Drive, motivation and flexibility to thrive in a fast‑paced start‑up environment
• Experience with PCB layout
• Experience working with external vendors for layout, manufacturing, assembly and qualification
• Experience characterising the mechanical and thermal properties of electronic systems

This is an "on -site" role with 4/5 days in the office required.

Salience Labs Limited

Salience Labs Limited is a leader in photonic solutions targeting connectivity for AI datacenter infrastructure. Backed by over a decade of research from the University of Oxford in the UK and the University of Münster in Germany, Salience’s innovative developments in photonic switching technology enable high-speed, ultra-low latency networking fabrics that remove infrastructure bottlenecks for AI workloads.