Senior/ Staff Hardware Design Engineer (HPS)

Celestica; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in Penang is seeking a Senior/Staff Hardware Design Engineer. This role involves troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, participating in technical meetings, and supporting manufacturing processes. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in Network, Storage, or Server products, along with a BEng. in Electronics. Proficiency in various test equipment is essential. The position demands strong electrical design skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in Network, Storage or Server products.
• Strong understanding of design validation and system validation processes.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Identify technical issues and resolve them with R&D and Manufacturing teams.
• Participate in customer technical meetings and training.
• Support Engineers on troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

Skills

Electrical design and debug skills

Proficient in test and measurement equipment

Familiar with PCIe, NVMe, SAS

Working knowledge of Windows & Linux

Education

BEng. (Hons.) in Electronics or similar

Tools

Orcad Schematics

Allegro PCB layout tools

Job description

Senior/ Staff Hardware Design Engineer (HPS)

The successful candidate will be a self-starter who likes to take responsibility and works best with little supervision. Likes to perform a variety of tasks and have the ability to handle multiple priorities and has previously performed in a similar position. This is a 'hands‑on' role requiring a strong technical background and product development experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify technical issues, troubleshoot and resolve them by coordinating with R&D, Manufacturing and Field teams
• Participate in customer technical meetings and prepare training programs for internal subordinates.
• Hardware validation of Networking, Storage, Server products against customer’s infield issues, requirements and Mfg. issues during NPI or RMA
• System validation including DVT (Design Validation Trial), SPIT (Signal, Power, Integrity & Timing) environmental & regulatory approval.
• Qualify alternative components for compatibility, cost effectiveness and benchmarking.
• Support Manufacturing Engineering and Test Engineers on troubleshooting and resolving technical issues and root cause analysis.
• Work with software teams to identify root cause of system failure.
• Ability to install software such as Linux based Operating Systems, ONIE, BIOS, BMC, SES.
• Proficient in using various test and measurement equipment including but not limited to Oscilloscope, Impedance analyzer, Power meter, Signal analyzer, Spectrum

Qualifications

• Candidates should have 8+ years' experience in either Network, Storage or Server products.
• At least BEng. (Hons.) in Electronics or similar.
• Strong electrical design and debug skills.
• Familiar with PCIe, NVMe, SAS, SATA, I2C, SPI, DDR buses.
• SDRAM timing and integrity analysis for clocks, strobes, S&H, Power bounce, temp stability.
• Hands‑on design knowledge of latest peripheral chipsets for Gigabit Ethernet, SCSI, SATA, SAS, USB, Ethernet, & PCI cards etc.
• High performance RISC / X86 CPUs and architecture including Intel, AMD, MRVL.
• Proficient in using various test and measurement equipment including but not limited to Oscilloscope, Impedance analyzer, Power meter, Signal analyzer, Spectrum analyzer.
• Qualify alternative components for compatibility, cost effectiveness and benchmarking.
• System validation including DVT (Design Validation Trial), SPIT (Signal, Power, Integrity & Timing) environmental & regulatory approval.
• Work with software teams to identify root cause of system failure.
• Working knowledge of Windows & Linux configuration, installation procedure, network configuration, driver configuration etc.
• Working knowledge of Diag, ONIE, BIOS, BMC, Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Knowledge of medium sized multidisciplinary development teams, Ethernet Switches, Server, Storage products.
• Experience with Orcad Schematics & Allegro PCB layout tools.

Personal Attributes

The successful candidate will be a self‑motivated individual capable of working with a minimum level of supervision in a dynamic team environment. Good interpersonal skills. Be able to communicate effectively (both verbal and written) with members of other teams, departments and clients; a high degree of liaison is needed.