Senior Hardware Engineer - High-Speed Interconnects

Amphenol ICC; Nashua (NH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol ICC in Nashua, NH is seeking an experienced Hardware Engineer to design, develop, and validate hardware platforms supporting Ethernet and PCIe interconnect products, including AEC, optical transceivers, and LPOs. You will lead schematic capture, PCB stack-ups, and power architecture while collaborating with cross-functional teams through production.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in high-speed hardware design, SI/PI expertise, and experience with optical networking products,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in hardware design and development of high-speed networking or communication products.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, and high-speed design principles.
• Experience with optical networking products, AI infrastructure, cloud networking, or hyperscale data center platforms.
• Working knowledge of Ethernet standards, PCIe specifications, and high-speed networking architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop hardware platforms for Ethernet and PCIe interconnect products such as AEC, optical transceiver, and LPO products.
• Develop schematics, component selection, and hardware design documentation.
• Define PCB stack-ups, layer assignments, and component placement requirements.
• Work closely with PCB layout engineers to optimize routing, manufacturability, and performance.
• Support design reviews and product qualification activities.
• Integrate DSPs, retimers, and SerDes devices into high-speed interconnect product test platforms.
• Collaborate with SI engineers to optimize channel performance and equalization.
• Support device bring-up, configuration, characterization, and validation.
• Develop and review high-speed channel architectures for copper and optical products.
• Support CMIS-compliant management architectures and low-speed control interfaces.
• Collaborate with optical, firmware, SI, and mechanical engineering teams.
• Define power architectures including PMICs, DC-DC converters, LDOs, sequencing, and monitoring circuits.
• Support power integrity and analysis activities.
• Collaborate with thermal and mechanical teams to optimize cooling solutions, including direct module cooling and cold-plate architectures.
• Evaluate power consumption and thermal performance for high-density networking products.

Skills

Signal integrity

Power integrity

High-speed design

Ethernet standards

PCIe specifications

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Job description

Amphenol ICC in Nashua, NH is seeking an experienced Hardware Engineer to design, develop, and validate hardware platforms supporting Ethernet and PCIe interconnect products, including AEC, optical transceivers, and LPOs. You will lead schematic capture, PCB stack-ups, and power architecture while collaborating with cross-functional teams through production.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in high-speed hardware design, SI/PI expertise, and experience with optical networking products,