Principal Hardware Engineer

InterSources Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

InterSources Inc. in San Jose, CA seeks an accomplished hardware engineer with 10+ years of experience to drive complex board designs.

The role requires hands-on schematic capture, PCB layout, signal integrity, and familiarity with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR4/5, USB, and networking protocols. Proficiency with Cadence Orcad and Allegro is essential, along with lab bring-up, debugging, and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years in hardware engineering.
• Hands-on board design and schematic capture experience.
• Deep knowledge of PCB layout and signal integrity.

Skills

Hardware engineering

Board design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Signal integrity

Debugging

Communication skills

Linux

Tools

Cadence Orcad

Allegro

Job description

• Seeking at least 10+ years of Hardware engineering experience
• Hands on board design knowledge, schematic capture, PCB layout instructions, signal integrity
• Familiarity with design tools including Cadence Orcad and Allegro
• Thorough knowledge of basic interfaces such as I2C, SMBUS, SPI, UART, USB
• Knowledge of high speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR4&5, Display and Network interfaces
• Knowledge of DC-DC step down converter design.
• Experience with x86/Arm Servers and their subsystems
• Hands on experience with lab equipment and bring up and design validation on products
• Excellency in debug of issues, analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Added desirable knowledge of familiarity with FW, Linux and scripting languages