Hardware Engineering Manager
$200,000 - $250,000 USD yearly
About the role
The Hardware Engineering Manager owns the product lifecycle and system-level deployment of the Zeus GPU platform across PCIe Gen 5/6 accelerator cards and 2U HPC server configurations. The role bridges silicon architecture, system hardware design, and tier-1 ODM/EMS delivery for a RISC-V controlled GPU architecture targeting advanced physics simulation (FP64) and real-time path tracing.
What you'll do
- Own the PRD and hardware requirements for single/dual-chiplet PCIe accelerator form factors and multi-chip 2U rack-mount server architectures.
- Drive product requirements for expandable memory subsystems combining on-board LPDDR5X with user-upgradable DDR5 SO-DIMM/DIMM slots.
- Define roadmap requirements for native 400GbE / 800GbE interfaces integrated directly into the accelerator.
- Collaborate with firmware and platform teams to support standalone Linux subsystems running on embedded RISC-V control processors, including integrated BMC and IPMI.
- Manage system power targets ranging from 120W single-slot boards to 500W multi-chip server configurations, balancing air-cooled density and data center deployment.
- Drive cross-functional execution from chip tape-out through hardware validation, system-level NPI, mass production, and ODM component sourcing to optimize BOM costs.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of experience defining or engineering high-performance PCIe-based add-in cards (AIC) or complex server systems, with deep knowledge of PCIe Gen 5.0 / 6.0 electrical integrity and signal routing.
- Technical literacy in memory architectures (DDR5, LPDDR5X, or HBM) and memory scaling for FP64 scientific simulations and path tracing.
- Familiarity with embedded processors (RISC-V/ARM), Linux-based system architectures, and network fabrics operating at 400Gbps+.
- Proven track record taking complex silicon or hardware products from post-tape-out validation into full production.
- Experience developing data-driven Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models comparing power and cost metrics against legacy server clusters.
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related hardware field.
Nice to have
- Direct experience working on high-performance compute accelerators, GPUs, or server motherboards designed for render farms and HPC centers.
- Experience navigating the hardware ecosystem transition from x86/Arm host controllers to alternative open architectures like RISC-V.
- Familiarity with the mechanical and thermal constraints of fitting high-density, multi-slot accelerator boards into standard data center rack infrastructure.
- An MBA degree.
Skills: product manager, PCIe accelerators, server infrastructure, graphics processors, semiconductor
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This role has been open 165 days — well above the 37-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
44
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Median days open
37 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$228k
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| Metric | Bolt Graphics | All employers we track in this specialty (44 roles · 16 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 44 |
| Median days open | 165 d | 37 d (+128 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $228k |
Skills observed across this category: product manager, PCIe accelerators, server infrastructure, graphics processors, semiconductor
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 12 open roles · median 40 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 25 d
- NVIDIA · 6 open roles · median 23 d
- GlobalFoundries · 3 open roles · median 37 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 2 open roles · median 102 d
- Silicon Labs · 2 open roles · median 6 d
How we counted: 44 open Product Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 16 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.