Senior or Staff Hardware Design Engineer - Chandler, AZ, United States
$150,000 - $200,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior or Staff Hardware Design Engineer, you will develop hardware systems for internal usage and collaborate with customers on AI/Datacenter motherboard design to enable the adoption of Powerlattice's power chiplets. This role covers the end-to-end hardware lifecycle, from initial schematic entry to complex PCB design and system bring-up.
What you'll do
- Define and drive overall hardware system architecture and top-level specifications.
- Lead hardware system design and system integration.
- Perform high-level feasibility analysis and risk assessment.
- Conduct schematic design, simulation, analysis, and optimization to meet performance targets.
- Provide PCB layout guidance and collaborate with PCB layout engineers to ensure design intent is met.
- Participate in silicon bring-up, characterization, and debugging.
What you'll need
- M.S. or Ph.D. in electrical engineering or related fields.
- 5+ years of hands-on hardware system design experience.
- Proven experience as a technical lead or system lead.
- Experience in working with supply chain vendors.
- Demonstrated leadership and mentorship capabilities.
Nice to have
- Experience in server motherboard design.
- Familiarity with power delivery design and component choice for high performance server system.
This role has been open 60 days — well above the 50-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
966
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$156k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | PowerLattice | All employers we track in this specialty (966 roles · 102 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 966 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 2 | 6157 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 60 d | 50 d (+10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $156k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 74 open roles · median 35 d
- KLA Corporation · 65 open roles · median 43 d
- Teradyne · 57 open roles · median 29 d
- NVIDIA · 52 open roles · median 67 d
- Applied Materials · 50 open roles · median 65 d
- AMD · 47 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 966 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 102 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.