Senior/Staff Hardware Design Engineer - Bedok

Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a global powerhouse in integrated manufacturing solutions serving the fastest growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. We are a global engine providing the end-to-end manufacturing backbone for the world's most essential and innovative brands. Whether it's autonomous vehicles, life-saving medical tech, next-gen aerospace, or AI/cloud infrastructure - our integrated solutions don't just meet standards-they redefine them.

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior/Staff Hardware Design Engineer to lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and validation of next-generation, high-performance enterprise server motherboards, compute/storage blades, and custom hardware accelerators. In this role, you will take full ownership across the entire hardware lifecycle-from initial feasibility studies and schematic capture to board bring-up, high-speed interface validation, and mass-production deployment with ODM/CM manufacturing partners. Working across cross-functional engineering disciplines, you will solve complex signal and power integrity challenges, direct PCB layout strategies, guide design verification testing (DVT), and balance critical system trade-offs to deliver robust data-center-class hardware solutions on schedule and within budget.

What You'll Do

• Architect, design, test, and bring up high-performance enterprise server motherboards, compute/storage blades, and custom hardware accelerators.

• Conduct comprehensive product feasibility studies, define system hardware architectures, partition functional design blocks, and identify and mitigate technical design risks.

• Perform detailed schematic capture for server main logic boards, power distribution boards, backplanes, and companion/add-on cards.

• Establish strict layout design constraints and provide hands-on technical guidance to PCB layout engineers.

• Execute signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) simulations, execute board bring-up, and conduct component-to-system level debugging using advanced lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers).

• Validate high-speed digital and enterprise server interfaces-including PCIe (Gen 5/6), DDR memory, 100-GbE+ Ethernet, USB, I²C/SMBus, SPI, and UART-to verify product performance and compliance.

• Partner closely with mechanical, thermal/cooling, power, firmware, software, silicon, reliability, and manufacturing (ODM/CM) teams to balance multidisciplinary engineering trade-offs.

• Support factory prototype and production builds, component qualifications, and mass-production issue resolution, including vendor and factory site visits as needed.

• Author and maintain functional specifications, Bills of Materials (BOMs), test procedures, and design verification testing (DVT) reports.

• Provide senior technical mentorship, design reviews, and consultation to peer engineering teams.

• Manage project milestones and deliverables to consistently meet demanding development schedules and budget allocations.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on hardware design or system engineering experience with a proven track record delivering data-center-class server platforms, GPU acceleration systems, or enterprise storage solutions.

• Comprehensive technical foundation in digital, analog, and power circuit design, paired with computer architecture fundamentals (x86 CPU/GPU platforms, SoCs, BMC, NVLink, DDR4/DDR5, high-speed networking, or FPGA design/coding).

• Proven track record troubleshooting complex high-speed signaling, power delivery networks (PDN), and thermal management issues.

• Hands-on proficiency with electronic design automation (EDA) and CAD tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro, System Capture, Mentor Graphics).

• Experience with SI/PI simulation software (e.g., ANSYS HFSS, SIwave) and bench validation tools such as high-bandwidth oscilloscopes and Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) is an added advantage.

• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management systems and standard engineering documentation controls.

• Strong collaborative mindset, clear written and verbal technical communication skills, and the resilience to deliver under tight development schedules.

How to Stand Out

The ideal candidate unites hands-on expertise architecting high-bandwidth enterprise interfaces (PCIe Gen 5/6, DDR5, 100G+ Ethernet, NVLink) with advanced simulation proficiency (HFSS, SIwave) to conquer complex channel loss, crosstalk, and power delivery challenges. You stand out through extensive bench experience isolating and resolving root-cause hardware failures down to the component level using high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, VNAs, and protocol analyzers through DVT, combined with a track record of driving designs through all NPI phases (EVT/DVT/PVT) into high-volume manufacturing alongside global ODM/CM partners.