Sr. Principal Hardware Engineer - Santa Clara, CA - Hybrid

Gigamon; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a Senior Principal Hardware Engineer to join their innovative team. This role involves board-level circuit design, validation, and collaboration with mechanical engineering for product development. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in networking and optical products, and will thrive in a fast-paced environment. With a commitment to excellence and a focus on customer satisfaction, this company offers a dynamic workplace where your contributions will make a significant impact on cutting-edge technology solutions. Join a team that values creativity and collaboration in shaping the future of visibility and analytics.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of design experience in networking, embedded, or optical products.
• Strong skills in board-level debugging and validation.

Responsibilities

• Define high-level system design specifications and create HW functional specifications.
• Coordinate prototype builds and environmental testing.

Skills

Board-level debugging and validation skills

High-speed board design

Low-noise, high-efficiency power regulator design

Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities

Experience writing product specifications

Cross-functional team collaboration

Problem recognition and data gathering

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

OrCAD

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Test scripts (Tera term, Shell, Python)

Job description

Gigamon, recently certified as a Great Place to Work, helps the world’s leading organizations run fast, stay secure, and innovate. We provide the industry’s first elastic visibility and analytics fabric, which closes the cloud visibility gap by enabling cloud tools to see the network and network tools to see the cloud. With visibility across their hybrid cloud network, organizations can improve customer experience, eliminate security blind spots, and reduce cost and complexity. Gigamon has been awarded over 90 technology patents and enjoys world-class customer satisfaction with over 4,000 organizations, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 100 and hundreds of governments and educational organizations worldwide.

Gigamon is seeking a senior principal Hardware Engineer to perform board-level circuit design, bring-up, and validation and coordinate JDM/ODM/OEM projects. The candidate will be part of a small, dynamic team and must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

1. Help define high-level system design specifications.
2. Create HW functional specifications.
3. Board-level digital circuit design using OrCAD or similar tools, bring-up and validation.
4. Work with mechanical engineering on mechanical and thermal solutions, system assembly, and integration.
5. Understand optical communications technologies and drive the qualification of new and sustaining existing optics, including transceivers and passive splitters.
6. Responsible for the design of new products as well as the support of existing products.
7. Responsible for components selection and qualification.
8. Support and coordinate prototype builds and validation at contract manufacturers and/or JDM/ODM partners.
9. Support and coordinate environmental and compliance testing, manage certifications and reports, and support customers for compliance questions and requests.

Qualifications:

1. BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
2. 8+ years of design experience in networking, embedded, or optical products.
3. Experience with high-speed board design.
4. Experience with low-noise, high-efficiency, on-board power regulator design.
5. Board-level debugging and validation skills.
6. Experience using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
7. Experience writing product specifications, test plans, and test procedures.
8. Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities effectively to meet deadlines.
9. Ability to recognize problems, gather data, and draw valid conclusions.
10. Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including platform and application software teams and manufacturing.

Bonus:

1. Test scripts (Tera term, Shell, or Python).

The base salary compensation range targeted for this role based out of Gigamon’s Santa Clara, CA, Headquarters office is $190,500 - $275,000, with an opportunity to earn an annual bonus or commission (subject to the plan's terms and conditions). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.