Signal Integrity Engineer

Futureshaper.com; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking experienced signal integrity system design engineers to enhance AI system solutions in San Francisco. This role requires strong expertise in system-level design and collaboration with hardware teams, targeting innovations in high-speed applications. The hybrid work model and relocation assistance make this an exciting opportunity within a dynamic industry environment.

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience in hardware system design.
• Proficient in high-speed interfaces.
• Experience in system design and board-level signal integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead SI design for AI systems.
• Collaborate with partners for innovative solutions.
• Conduct filtering and simulations for design challenges.

Skills

Signal Integrity

System-Level Design

High-Speed Interfaces

Proactive Problem Solving

Continuous Learning

Tools

PCB Design

Cable Design

Connector Design

Job description

About the Team

The Compute team designs advanced AI systems, working across workload modeling and hardware co-design. We collaborate closely with partners to integrate system and data center design and are seeking engineers to help create solutions for data center applications. This team works with partners to optimize hardware for AI workloads, evaluate emerging technologies, and bring hardware platforms into production. If you’re excited to work at the intersection of deep learning and large-scale system design, this role is for you!

About the Role

We’re looking for signal integrity (SI) system design engineers with deep expertise in SI and strong system-level design experience. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We follow a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Lead SI design for AI systems supporting large-scale applications.

• Collaborate with hardware, system, and design partners to develop innovative interconnect and high-speed solutions.

• Identify and evaluate new technologies and methods to enhance signal and power integrity in product design.

• Conduct simulations and modeling to address SI challenges.

• Lead interconnect design, system bring-up, and qualification.

• Contribute to shaping technology roadmaps in collaboration with partners.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have at least 10 years of experience in hardware system design, including work on high-speed interfaces.

• Bring a proactive, solution-oriented approach to challenges.

• Have experience across board level and system-level SI design.

• Are familiar with PCB, connector, and cable design.

• Are driven to continuously learn and share knowledge with teammates.

• Can navigate ambiguity and fast-evolving environments effectively.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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