Lead High-Speed Hardware Design Engineer

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google’s Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team in Sunnyvale is seeking a hardware design engineer to own end-to-end board-level electrical design, from concept and schematic capture through layout, lab bring-up, and high-volume manufacturing.

You will shape the foundation of Google's data-center computing and AI infrastructure, collaborating with Silicon/ASIC, Mechanical, Thermal, Firmware, Diagnostics, and Safety teams to deliver integrated solutions and meet manufacturing challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in hardware development, board-level electrical design, and multilayer PCBA implementation.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout review using industry-standard tools (e.g., Cadence Concept, OrCAD, Allegro, or Altium).
• Experience in lab bring-up, hardware debugging, and electrical validation using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end board-level electrical design, including component selection, detailed schematic capture, bill of materials creation, and circuit analysis.
• Define PCB stackup requirements, layout placement guidelines, and routing constraints in close partnership with PCB layout engineers.
• Collaborate with signal integrity and power integrity engineers to implement high-speed serial/parallel buses and power delivery networks.
• Lead board bring-up, functional validation, hardware debugging, and electrical characterization in the lab using high-speed test equipment.
• Work cross-functionally with Silicon/ASIC, Mechanical, Thermal, Firmware, Diagnostics, and Safety teams to deliver integrated system solutions. Partner with contract manufacturers and suppliers to resolve design for manufacturing and design for test challenges during NPI builds.

Skills

Hardware design

Schematic capture

Lab debugging

PCB layout review

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/Physics

Master's or PhD in EE/CE/Physics (preferred)

Tools

Cadence Concept

OrCAD

Allegro

Altium

Job description

Google’s Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team in Sunnyvale is seeking a hardware design engineer to own end-to-end board-level electrical design, from concept and schematic capture through layout, lab bring-up, and high-volume manufacturing.

You will shape the foundation of Google's data-center computing and AI infrastructure, collaborating with Silicon/ASIC, Mechanical, Thermal, Firmware, Diagnostics, and Safety teams to deliver integrated solutions and meet manufacturing challenges.