High-Speed Interconnect Architect
$124,000 - $241,500 USD yearly
Develop technical expertise in high-speed cables and connectors operating at ≥100Gbps per lane.
Originally posted 30 October 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 31 October 2026.
About the role
This role joins the High-Speed Interconnect team onsite in Santa Clara, CA, supporting the design and development of high-speed cables and connectors. Technical scope covers physical interconnect engineering at data rates of ≥100Gbps per lane across electrical and mechanical domains.
What you'll do
- Support the development and documentation of product requirements for high-speed cables and connectors.
- Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to translate customer requirements into design inputs.
- Assist in mechanical and signal integrity analysis, navigating electrical and mechanical tradeoffs.
- Participate in root cause analysis for mating and mechanical issues, refining designs for manufacturability and reliability.
- Support prototyping efforts, track development cycles, and work with vendors and internal R&D teams.
- Travel occasionally (~10%) to vendors, manufacturers, or customer sites.
What you'll need
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of experience in hardware engineering, with exposure to connectors, cables, or high-speed signal design.
- Basic understanding of signal integrity or mechanical design principles.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical ideas clearly.
Skills: high-speed cables, connectors, signal integrity analysis, mechanical analysis, interconnects
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This role has been open 140 days — well above the 108-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
90
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Median days open
108 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$197k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (90 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 19 | 90 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1117 | 6358 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 140 d | 108 d (+32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $197k |
Skills observed across this category: high-speed cables, connectors, signal integrity analysis, mechanical analysis, interconnects
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 13 open roles · median 74 d
- Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 181 d
- AMD · 5 open roles · median 137 d
- Intel Corporation · 5 open roles · median 18 d
- Astera Labs · 4 open roles · median 44 d
- Keysight Technologies · 4 open roles · median 158 d
How we counted: 90 open Hardware Systems Engineering (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 31 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.