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The Sr. Staff Hardware Design Engineer joins the Data Center AI Hardware Engineering team to design and develop motherboards, add-in cards, and modules for new AI System On Chip and System In Package products. This role involves leading schematics design, PCB layouts, component selections, and thermal designs while collaborating with cross-functional teams and ODMs to execute projects from concept to production. You will build rack-level inference solutions, managing power delivery, signal integrity, and high-speed interfaces like PCIe Gen5/6 and 400/800 GbE. Key technical skills include proficiency in Cadence Allegro, Mentor Expedition, SPICE, and various lab equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. The work focuses on solving complex hardware integration challenges for enterprise-class AI infrastructure, ensuring performance across systems, cards, and rack-level architectures.