Hardware Design Engineer

ACL Digital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

ACL Digital is seeking a Systems Debug Engineer in Bengaluru, India, who will focus on platform level debugging of PC systems. Candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree and significant experience in hardware design and debugging.

The role requires strong knowledge of CPU architecture, BIOS interactions, and various industry-standard tools. Excellent communication skills are essential for supporting customers, and travel may be necessary.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience or a Master's degree with 3 years in relevant field.
• Experience as a Hardware Designer or Systems Debug Engineer.
• Support development, validation, and release to production.

Responsibilities

• Debugging PC systems with a focus on platform level.
• Perform root cause analysis and support design teams.
• Travel as needed to support the customer.

Skills

Debugging PC systems

Understanding of PC industry standard busses

BIOS, OS, and driver interactions

Knowledge of x86 CPU architecture

Communication skills

Education

Bachelors plus 8-10 years experience or Masters plus 3 years experience

Tools

Jtag debuggers

Logic analyzers

SATA and USB analyzers

Job description

• Debugging PC systems with an emphasis on platform level debug.
• A thorough understanding of PC industry standard busses, such as HT, PCI, PCIe, LPC, USB, and SATA is required in addition to detailed knowledge of high speed digital design and signal integrity.
• Further requirements include a strong understanding of BIOS, OS and driver interactions at the system level as well as a proficient understanding of x86 CPU architecture and functionality.
• A good familiarity with switching power supplies would also be helpful, as a typical CPU board will have several local power supplies to power the various chips.
• During development or sustaining engineering, the debug engineer is expected to provide root cause analysis and guidance to internal and customer design teams to help close any gating issues.
• This position may require some travel as needed to support the customer.
• The role is required to be a self starter and be able to deal with a high level of ambiguity.

Preferred Experience and Education

• Bachelors plus 8-10 years of experience, or Masters plus 3 years of experience is desired;Experience as a Hardware Designer or Systems Debug Engineer with experience at a computer hardare company working on at least 2 projects from development, through bring-up and validation and supported through the release to production.
• Strong knowledge of x86 and chipset architectures and DDR 2/3 memory interface desired;Expert use of tools such as Jtag debuggers, logic analyszers, SATA, USB, and PCIe business analyzers is required
• Familiarity with tools such as schematics capture, PLD, PCB layout, signal integrity and simulation is an added bonus
• Excellent communication skills are required in the role of supporting customers