Senior Hardware Engineer

Play Station isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work. Today, we're recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing the Play Station family of products and services including Play Station 5, Play Station 4, Play Station VR, Play Station Plus, acclaimed Play Station software titles from Play Station Studios, and more.

Play Station also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The Play Station brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Aliso Viejo, CA

Sony Interactive Entertainment's Cloud Gaming Engineering and Infrastructure (CGEI) division is leading the Cloud Gaming revolution, putting console‑quality video games on any device, from TVs to consoles to mobile devices and beyond.

Our Hardware & Systems Engineering team is looking for a Senior Hardware Engineer to join an innovative team of hardware engineers specialized in custom scale‑out computing development. The ideal candidate complements this team and brings technical leadership to team members and partners.

• Work with local and remote partners to create custom computing hardware by owning the design cycles for scale‑out gaming hardware
• Work with external partners and suppliers to design and execute to hardware specifications
• Work with developers in partner software and firmware departments to create system‑level solutions that integrate with existing and novel rack‑, datacenter, and global‑level system architectures.
• End‑to‑end PCBA design, including schematic‑ and VHDL‑based design and layout oversight
• Hands‑on laboratory work, including new hardware bringup and laboratory management

• BSEE required, MSEE or PhD preferred
• 5+ years of proven hardware design and technical leadership
• Experience with Jira and Confluence in both waterfall and Agile environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to articulate technical information in a clear and concise manner at all levels, from executive staff to engineers
• Strong cross‑team collaboration and interpersonal skills with a variety of roles including engineering, product management, and support
• Strong understanding of digital electrical design
• Deep knowledge of high‑speed protocols, including PCIe link and transport, DDR5/6, Ethernet, USB4
• Proven experience with broadly‑used electrical design tools
• Experience building, debugging, and troubleshooting novel high‑performance hardware systems

• Experience with FPGA/CPLD design, including commensurate knowledge of standard and vendor‑specific tooling
• Working experience in Perl, TCL, Python, Linux environments and/or C/C++
• Understanding of computer architecture, interconnects, FPGAs and storage technology
• Experience developing test code (firmware, software test code) for prototypes and early validation platforms and commensurate knowledge of integrated development environments (IDEs)
• Experience leading technical work in small work groups

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, religion, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

Play Station is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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