Senior Hardware Engineer / Hardware Architect – High-Speed Board Design
About the role
Lead the end-to-end design of advanced high-speed boards from concept and architecture through production and mass manufacturing. The role focuses on board implementations supporting 224G SerDes, PCIe Gen7, and DDR5 interfaces.
What you'll do
- Own the full hardware lifecycle across system concept, architecture, schematic capture, layout, bring-up, validation, and production.
- Deliver high-speed board designs supporting 224G SerDes, PCIe Gen7, and DDR5 (RDIMM, SODIMM, and soldered down).
- Drive schematic and layout execution using Cadence OrCAD Capture and Cadence Allegro PCB Designer.
- Architect and review power delivery solutions, including VRM selection, power sequencing, inrush control, transient response, and efficiency analysis.
- Partner with Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) teams on channel budgeting, insertion loss, crosstalk, return loss, and jitter.
- Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, FPGA, and validation teams, and direct ODM and EMS partners on DFM, DFA, DFT, and bring-up.
What you'll need
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
- 10+ years of hands-on high-speed board design experience, including work on DC switch systems.
- Proven track record of taking complex boards from initial concept through mass production.
- Deep technical knowledge of high-speed interfaces (PCIe, SerDes, DDR) alongside multi-rail power architectures and VRMs.
- Proficiency in Cadence OrCAD Capture and Cadence Allegro PCB Designer.
- Solid understanding of high-speed routing constraints, PCB stack-up design, materials, and SI/PI validation fundamentals.
- Practical experience managing technical delivery with ODM and manufacturing partners.
Nice to have
- Experience with 224G, 112G, or 56G SerDes board designs.
- PCIe Gen5 through Gen7 enablement or pre-compliance validation experience.
- Hands-on experience with Intel (Altera) FPGA platforms, including high-speed transceivers and memory interfaces.
- Background in networking or data-center hardware design.
- Experience with compliance testing and high-speed lab equipment.
More semiconductor jobs: Hardware design jobs
First seen in our index 6 days ago, well below the 47-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
1150
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Median days since first seen
47 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$148k
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| Metric | Xsight Labs | All employers we track in this specialty (1150 roles · 109 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 1150 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 4 | 6558 · 157 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 6 d | 47 d (+41 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $148k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 90 open roles · median 34 d
- KLA Corporation · 68 open roles · median 61 d
- NVIDIA · 61 open roles · median 74 d
- Teradyne · 59 open roles · median 53 d
- Applied Materials · 58 open roles · median 46 d
- ASML · 57 open roles · median 20 d
How we counted: 1150 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 109 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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, and is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.