Job Description
Staff Engineer (Hardware Design)
Job Responsibilities
Hyperscale Server Design Engineer is responsible for designing, validating, and optimizing high-performance server hardware, racks, and infrastructure systems to support massive-scale cloud computing environments. Responsibilities include:
- Conduct server feasibility studies, define and maintain hardware architectures and solutions, and create execution plan.
- Design schematic, create BOM, support prototype/engineering build.
- Guide and work with PCB engineers on layout and placement.
- Design, deploy, and operate large-scale GPU-based compute environments, including optimizing network topologies like InfiniBand and Ethernet.
- Lead server validation and bringing up complex systems, including lab validation, SI/PI (Signal Integrity/Power Integrity) analysis, and debugging.
- Partner with software, datacenter engineering, mechanical and thermal, and vendor teams to ensure seamless hardware/software integration. Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Apply advanced knowledge of server energy efficiency and power redundancy to optimize for performance and cost.
- Work with manufacturing teams to resolve issues and to support NPI and production builds.
- Provide technical expertise and consultation to peers.
- Maintain consistent high quality of engineering design work to develop robust, high performance and cost effective designs and products.
Job Requirements
- Degree/Master in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in computer architecture, server design or hardware validation.
- Strong design experience and knowledge in any of the following:
- Knowledge of GPU/CPU architectures, high-speed interfaces (QSFP-DD/OSFP) and memory interfaces such as DDRx DRAM, NAND/NOR/SPI Flash.
- High speed interfaces including PCIe, NVLink, GbE, SAS, USB.
- BMC implementations.
- High DC voltage power designs and distribution, and thermal management.
- High-speed Ethernet networking.
- Experience with liquid cooling is an advantage.
- Understanding integration of software and hardware.
- NPI project execution experience and familiarity with Product Development Life Cycle will be desirable.
- Experience using CAD tools (e.g. Cadence Allegro, Mentor PAD).
- Experience with SI/PI simulation (e.g. ANSYS HFSS/SIWave) and lab equipment like high-speed oscilloscopes and VNAs are added advantage.
- Familiar with ISO9001.
- Troubleshooting skills in high-speed signaling, thermal or power delivery.
- Self motivated and willing to learn new technology and skills who works well under pressure.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
