Systems and Hardware Enabling Engineer

Intel; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 142,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Intel's Networking Solutions Group is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to help design and support next‑generation IPUs for leading cloud customers. You will contribute to design, bring‑up, validation, and debugging across server platforms, working closely with cross‑functional teams to accelerate time to market.

The role emphasizes customer enablement, tools development, and producing technical collateral while aligning with product and system teams to optimize performance, security, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of industry experience in hardware design or related field
• 3+ years hardware design, board bring up, and testing on Intel or ARM architectures
• 2+ years experience with modern computer networking architectures and products
• Experience working in a lab environment with oscilloscope and multimeter
• Experience with schematics and layout files
• Experience with Python programming

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customers for solutions involving Intel Ethernet products and technologies.
• Deliver board/platform bring up, validation, debug and issue resolution for IPU hardware across development, testing, and production phases.
• Evaluates and develops new tools/software to debug/improve overall efficiency that optimize product quality and performance.
• Develop application notes, user guides, white papers, and other technical collaterals to streamline customer adoption of Intel products.
• Analyze customer designs and voice-of-customer data to provide actionable feedback to PAE, Engineering, and Planning teams.
• Partner with stakeholders across engineering, marketing, and program management to integrate customer requirements, support product ramps, deliver training, and ensure product health with rapid technical support and continuous improvement.

Skills

Hardware design

Board bring up

Python

Networking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Schematic/PCB tools

Job description

Job Details

Job Description:

Join a passionate team of engineers in Intel's Networking Solutions Group (NSG) focused on enabling next generation programmable Infrastructure Processing Units (IPUs) with our lead customers as part of the Customer Experience Support (CES) organization. Intel brings decades of leadership in networking, virtualization, packet processing, storage, and security to a new class of IPU products that accelerate host networking functions and support emerging use cases such as security, virtualization, storage, load balancing, and data path optimization.

Working closely with major cloud service providers and Intel development teams, you will help deliver customized IPU based solutions that enhance isolation, security, performance, and system management for our customers.

Projects And Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Provide technical support to customers for solutions that incorporate one or more Intel Ethernet products and technologies, helping customers to deliver quality design, accelerating overall design cycle and time to market readiness
• Deliver board/platform bring up, validation, debug and issue resolution support for IPU hardware across development, testing, and production phases for both Intel and customer designs.
• Evaluates and develops new tools/ software to debug/improve overall efficiency that optimize product quality and performance.
• Develop application notes, user guides, white papers, and other technical collaterals to streamline customer adoption of Intel products.
• Analyze customer designs and voice-of-customer data to provide actionable feedback to PAE, Engineering, and Planning teams for current and future products.
• Partner with stakeholders across engineering, marketing, and program management to integrate customer requirements, support product ramps, deliver training, and ensure product health with rapid technical support and continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field of study with 5+ years of industry experience,
• 3+ years of experience in hardware design, board level debugging, bring up, and testing on Intel or ARM architectures.
• 2+ years of experience with modern computer networking architectures, protocols, topologies, and networking products.
• Experience working in a lab environment with lab tools such as oscilloscopes, and multimeters.
• Experience with schematics and layout files.
• Experience with programming and scripting (e.g., Python).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field of study
• Demonstrated experience enabling new products directly with customers.
• Experience in system level server or network debugging across hardware, firmware, and software.
• Knowledge of Ethernet products and ecosystem for Enterprise and Data center
• Knowledge of operating systems, firmware, BIOS, device drivers, databases, system administration, network administration, application administration, and embedded software/firmware tools.
• Understanding system and board-level design tradeoffs for high performance NIC integration (thermal, power, signal integrity, BMC, BIOS integration).
• System admin or network admin-level experience with scaled datacenter workloads (e.g., databases, load balancers, web servers, switch configuration) is a plus.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams across multiple time zones, with a strong customer-focused mindset.

Job Type

Experienced Hire

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location

US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Additional Locations

US, California, Santa Clara

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $141,910.00 - 200,340.00 USD

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Work Model for this Role

This role will require an on-site presence. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

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