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The Hardware System Design Engineer, Senior or Staff joins the ASICS Engineering group to build high-performance FPGA-based emulation platforms. This role involves owning the board design lifecycle, including schematic capture, PCB stack-up for 26+ layers, layout, BOM management, and design verification testing. You will drive system-level architecture, perform power and signal integrity simulations for 10 Gbps+ SERDES and high-speed I/O, and lead FPGA board designs for Xilinx and Altera systems with DDR3/DDR4/DDR5 memory. Key technologies include Vivado, Quartus, HyperLynx, Sigrity, ADS, Ansys HFSS, and SPICE, alongside protocols like PCIe, I2C, and JTAG. You will collaborate with software and manufacturing teams to solve complex hardware integration problems, perform root-cause debug in a lab environment, and ensure designs meet manufacturability and reliability standards.
Own the board design lifecycle including schematic capture, PCB stack-up, layout, and BOM management.
Drive system-level architecture in collaboration with customers, software, and firmware development teams.
Perform power and signal integrity simulations for 10 Gbps+ SERDES and high-speed I/O.
Lead FPGA board design for Xilinx and Altera platforms including DDR3/DDR4/DDR5 memory subsystems.
Direct lab technicians through system installation, bring-up, and root-cause debug of complex issues.
Collaborate with manufacturing and mechanical teams to ensure designs meet DFM and reliability standards.
Author and maintain technical design documentation, pinout tables, and design review packages.
Support factory production builds and new product introduction (NPI) activities.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience in system architecture, hardware board design, and signal integrity simulations (10+ years typically expected for Staff level).
Experience with the board design process including schematic capture, PCB stack-up (26+ layers), PCB layout, BOM management, and design verification testing.
Experience with FPGA board design (Xilinx and/or Altera), FPGA HDL coding, and DDR3/DDR4/DDR5 discrete memory subsystems.
Experience performing power and signal integrity simulations for 10 Gbps+ SERDES and high-speed I/O using established methodologies.
Familiarity with I2C, JTAG, UART, SPI, SD Card, PCIe, and eMMC protocols, as well as test equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
Experience with board- and system-level bring-up, debug, and basic Linux/Unix environments.
Power supply design experience (preferred); IPC Certified Interconnect Designer (CID) or equivalent certification (preferred).
PCB Design
Hardware Design
Signal Integrity
Power Integrity
System Architecture
PCIe
DDR
Ethernet
USB
SAS/SATA
System Bring-up
Simulation
Power Delivery Architecture