Senior Hardware Design Engineer

R CUBE CREATIVE CONSULTING INC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

R CUBE CREATIVE CONSULTING INC in San Jose, CA seeks a Sr. Architect (Hardware Design) to lead advanced server-board projects for HPC/datacenter applications, spanning analog, mixed-signal, and digital domains.

You will own end-to-end design, bring-up and validation of high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen5/6, LPDDR5/6, USB 3.x, Ethernet), ensure signal and power integrity, and collaborate across engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-performance hardware.

Qualifications

• Experience in HPC/datacenter or Open Compute Platform (OCP).
• Expertise in custom silicon spanning analog, mixed-signal and digital domains.
• Strong understanding of electronics, SI, PI and server architecture.
• Hands-on server-class board design including high-power/high-speed signals.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development from requirements to release for server-class boards.
• Design and validate high-speed interfaces such as PCIe Gen5/6 and LPDDR5/6.
• Perform board bring-up, testing, debugging and failure analysis.
• Develop detailed schematics and documentation for hardware designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on power/thermal management.

Skills

High-speed server board design

Signal integrity

Power integrity

HPC/datacenter experience

OCP exposure

End-to-end hardware engineering

Schematic capture & PCB design

Tools

Orcad

Dx Designer

CAD Tools

PCB layout software

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Signal generators

Job description

Position: Sr. Architect (Hardware Design)

Location: San Jose, USA

Key skills: Server Board design, Digital&Power Electronics, Microcontroller, Signal integrity, Power Integrity, Hardware design, Digital System Design, EDA tools, CAD Tools, Orcad, Dx Designer, schematics, oscilloscopes, multi-meters, signal generators, PCIe Gen5/6, LPDDR5/6

• Experience in High-performance computing (HPC) ,datacenter application or OCP (open computing platform)
• Experinece in custom silicon, spanning analog, mixed-signal, and digital domains.
• Strong understanding of electronics, signal integrity (SI), power management, and server architecture .
• Good hands on experience on server class of board design consisting of NPU, GPU ,custom hardware blocks with high power and high speed signals.
• Worked on end-to end ecosystem of projects from requirement to final product release (circuit design, prototyping and testing) and maintenance.
• Hands on designing experience in high-speed interface standards PCIe Gen5 or Gen6 , LPDDR5 , USB 3.x, ethernet ,M.2, U.2, CSI,DSI, MCIO’s HSIO‘s
• Proficient in schematic preparation, PCB layout design, and design validation
• Strong understanding of application-specific customization and multi-chip architectures. Focus on chip efficiency, including performance and power optimization.
• Strong knowledge of PCB stack-up definition, controlled impedance routing guidelines for complex stack-ups and topologies
• Hand on experience in board bring up and validation of high speed interfaces. circuit validation, board debugging functional testing , trouble shooting, Failure analysis
• Good hands on experience in instruments like high end oscilloscopes , DMM, power supply , FG, electronic loads etc.)
• Experience in developing detailed schematics and schematic capture using CAD tools
• Expertise on PCB design process, Technical document writing
• Good Communication and interpersonal skills