Hardware Systems Electrical Engineer - Mountain View, CA, United States
$275,000 - $600,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Hardware Systems Electrical Engineer, you will take full ownership of defining, designing, and validating compute trays, boards, and interconnects for a rack-scale AI data center platform. Your scope spans control plane, data plane, and management plane functionality, driving power efficiency, scalability, reliability, and system performance at scale.
What you'll do
- Take full ownership of board design, specifications, schematic design, verification, and reliability test plans for AI compute boards. - Design and capture schematics, working closely with layout engineers to release Gerber files. - Bring up boards and debug hardware issues in the lab, supporting platform and manufacturing tests. - Collaborate with JDM partners and cross-functional teams including thermal, mechanical, SIPI, ASIC, platform software, and manufacturing diagnostic software.
What you'll need
- At least 10 years of experience in system-level development, preferably within the server, computer, or network industries. - Proficiency in DC/DC PoL and multi-phase VRM designs and verifications with 48V and 12V bus. - Experience with BMC and DC-SCM designs. - Experience with 100G+ Ethernet, high-speed SerDes interfaces, PCIe Gen5/6, as well as SPI, I2C, UART, and USB. - Hands-on experience with board design using schematic capture tools and Allegro, along with criteria for critical component selection. - Hands-on experience with lab equipment including real-time scopes, logic analyzers, PCIe exercisers, and analyzers for lab bring-up and design validation. - Proven track record of delivering shipped products.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-power AI server design. - Familiarity with OCP ORV3 HPR, VHDC, and IEC standards.
Skills: board design, DC/DC PoL, PCIe Gen5/6, SerDes, lab debug
This role has been open 142 days — well above the 52-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
104
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$203k
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| Metric | MatX | All employers we track in this specialty (104 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 104 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 35 | 6297 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 142 d | 52 d (+90 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $203k |
Skills observed across this category: board design, DC/DC PoL, PCIe Gen5/6, SerDes, lab debug
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 29 open roles · median 64 d
- Qualcomm · 22 open roles · median 52 d
- NVIDIA · 13 open roles · median 78 d
- Intel Corporation · 6 open roles · median 51 d
- Mobileye · 5 open roles · median 31 d
- Renesas Electronics · 4 open roles · median 3 d
How we counted: 104 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.