Platform Hardware Design Engineer

Intel Corporation; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel Corporation in Penang, Malaysia seeks an experienced hardware design engineer to lead the development of platform boards, ensuring SI/PI, signal integrity, power delivery, and manufacturability are met. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive bring-up, validation, and debugging of complex PCB solutions.

The role requires 7+ years in platform hardware design, proficiency in Cadence Allegro/OrCAD and Mentor Graphics, and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 7+ years of platform hardware design, board design, electrical engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Independently design and develop complex platform hardware solutions including schematic capture, component selection, board-level architecture, and subsystem integration.
• Translate platform requirements into detailed electrical specifications, schematics, placement constraints, routing requirements, and implementation guidelines.
• Develop and review high-speed interface implementations including DDR, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, CXL, and other high-speed interfaces.
• Define PCB stack-up requirements, impedance control, return path optimization, power delivery implementation, and routing constraints.
• Review and approve schematics, components, and layouts to meet electrical requirements.
• Lead PCB layout and routing reviews to improve signal integrity and manufacturability.
• Generate platform design guidelines, routing rules, electrical specs, and best practices.
• Perform system-level electrical analysis including SI/PI, timing, and margins.
• Collaborate with layout, packaging, firmware, validation, and manufacturing teams for bring-up.
• Lead board bring-up, electrical validation, root cause analysis, and debugging.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB design

High-speed interfaces

Signal Integrity

Power Integrity

Board bring-up

Root cause analysis

Debugging

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

OrCAD

Mentor Graphics

Job description

Job Details

Designs, develops, and delivers complex platform hardware solutions for Intel validation and product development platforms. Translates system and platform requirements into board-level electrical designs and drives implementation from architecture definition through board bring-up, validation, and debug. Responsible for leading the design and development of high-speed printed circuit boards (PCB), subsystems, and platform solutions while ensuring compliance with electrical, mechanical, thermal, manufacturability, and cost objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Independently design and develop complex platform hardware solutions including schematic capture, component selection, board-level architecture, and subsystem integration.


• Translate platform requirements into detailed electrical specifications, schematics, placement constraints, routing requirements, and implementation guidelines.


• Develop and review high-speed interface implementations including DDR, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, CXL, and other high-speed communication interfaces.


• Define PCB stack-up requirements, impedance control strategies, return path optimization, power delivery implementation, and routing constraints.


• Review and approve schematics, component selections, and board-level implementations to ensure compliance with platform electrical requirements.


• Conduct PCB layout and routing reviews, providing recommendations to improve signal integrity, power integrity, manufacturability, and overall design quality.


• Generate and maintain platform design guidelines, routing rules, electrical specifications, and implementation best practices.


• Perform system-level electrical analysis including Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI), timing analysis, and design margin assessments.


• Collaborate with PCB layout engineers, package engineers, architects, firmware developers, validation teams, and manufacturing partners to ensure successful platform implementation.


• Lead board bring-up, electrical validation, root cause analysis, and debugging activities using advanced lab equipment.


• Drive issue resolution for complex hardware problems and recommend corrective actions.


• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance during design reviews and debug activities.


• Contribute to continuous improvement of platform design methodologies, validation processes, and engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.


• Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience in platform hardware design, board design, electrical engineering, or related disciplines.


• Strong experience in schematic capture and complex PCB design.


• Strong knowledge of digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuit design.


• Experience developing and reviewing high-speed board-level implementations.


• Working knowledge of Signal Integrity and Power Integrity principles.


• Experience performing board bring-up, validation, and hardware debugging.


• Strong understanding of high-speed interfaces and platform architectures.


• Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and related laboratory equipment.


• Intermediate to advanced English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with PCB design tools such as Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, or Mentor Graphics.


• Experience defining routing constraints and PCB design guidelines.


• Experience reviewing and approving schematics and PCB layouts.


• Strong understanding of: PCIe Gen4/Gen5/Gen6 DDR4/DDR5 USB4 Ethernet High-speed SerDes interfaces


• Experience performing SI/PI simulations using tools such as: Cadence Sigrity Ansys HFSS SIwave SPICE-based simulators


• Knowledge of EMI/EMC design techniques and compliance requirements.


• Familiarity with FPGA, CPLD, ASIC, and Intel platform architectures.


• Experience with DFM, DFT, and reliability methodologies.


• Knowledge of Python, automation scripting, or design workflow automation.


• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical design reviews.

Job Type: Experienced Hire Shift: Shift 1 (Malaysia) Primary Location: Malaysia, Penang Additional Locations:

Posting Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust N/A

Work Model for this Role This role will require an on-site presence.

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