Hardware Systems Design Engineer, Circuit Board

Amd

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Secaucus, NJ
Salary
$138,000–$207,000 / yr
Posted
38 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Aug 26, 2027

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $195k
This role $172k
$126k most similar roles pay here $254k

This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $166,400–$223,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $172k versus about $195k for comparable roles.

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About Amd

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company that develops high-performance processors, graphics cards, and adaptive computing solutions for gaming, data centers, and embedded markets. Industry: Semiconductors

Amd currently has 498 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,400–$249,600 across 498 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Hardware Systems Design Engineer, Circuit Board

As a Hardware Systems Design Engineer - Circuit Board within the Data Center Platform Engineering Group, you will lead the architecture, design, validation, and debug of advanced server platforms and complex PCB designs from concept through production. You will be responsible for developing specifications, schematics, BOMs, and design documentation while mentoring engineers and overseeing work from contractors and external partners. Your daily work involves driving PCB layout, simulation, signal and power integrity analysis, and system bring-up to resolve hardware issues. The role requires expertise in analog, digital, and high-speed hardware design, specifically involving PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, USB, and SAS/SATA interfaces. You will solve technical challenges related to power delivery architectures for server CPU and GPU platforms while balancing performance, cost, and reliability requirements within the cloud-scale server solution domain.

What you'll do

  • Lead the architecture, hardware design, and board-level implementation for server platforms.
  • Develop technical specifications, schematics, bills of materials (BOMs), and design documentation.
  • Drive PCB layout, design validation, simulation, and signal/power integrity analysis.
  • Lead system bring-up, validation, debugging, and resolution of hardware issues.
  • Mentor engineers and oversee work from contractors and external design partners.
  • Partner with suppliers and manufacturing teams to ensure products meet cost, performance, and reliability goals.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • Experience leading architecture, design, validation, and debug of advanced server platforms and complex PCB designs.
  • Ability to develop specifications, schematics, BOMs, and design documentation.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and overseeing work from contractors and external partners.
  • Expertise in analog, digital, and high-speed hardware design (preferred).
  • Experience with high-speed interfaces including PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, USB, and SAS/SATA (preferred).
  • Knowledge of high-speed PCB design, layout, and signal integrity principles (preferred).
  • Understanding of power delivery architectures and server CPU/GPU platforms (preferred).

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