Principle Hardware Engineer

The Principal Hardware Engineer serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the design, architecture, development, and full lifecycle ownership of advanced high-speed hardware products. This role focuses on driving hardware engineering excellence, leading complex product development initiatives, and enhancing existing high-speed communications solutions. The engineer will provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers while guiding architecture decisions and influencing cross-functional teams.

The position emphasizes deep, hands-on hardware expertise and technical leadership rather than formal people management responsibilities.

• Lead the end-to-end design and development of advanced hardware products, with a focus on high-speed communications systems using PCIe and Ethernet-based architectures.

• Own the full hardware product lifecycle from concept and architecture through detailed design, development, qualification testing, validation, and product release.

• Define and drive hardware architecture decisions for complex mixed-signal systems, including analog, digital, and high-speed interfaces.

• Provide technical leadership across projects, setting direction for hardware design approaches and ensuring engineering best practices.

• Mentor junior and mid-level hardware engineers, offering guidance on design methodologies, troubleshooting, and product development processes.

• Influence cross-functional teams by collaborating closely with other engineering disciplines and stakeholders to ensure successful product delivery.

• Design hardware for high-speed digital systems and address the specific design challenges associated with PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and higher-speed networking architectures.

• Lead EMI and EMC-related product design activities, including designing for EMI compliance, performing EMC troubleshooting, and implementing mitigation strategies.

• Oversee and participate in product qualification testing activities to ensure compliance with performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.

• Ensure robust hardware designs that meet product requirements for signal integrity, power integrity, reliability, and manufacturability.

• Continuously improve existing hardware platforms by driving enhancements to performance, reliability, and feature sets.

• Serve as a recognized engineering leader within project teams, championing sound technical decisions and high-quality hardware engineering standards.

• 15+ years of hardware engineering experience, with a strong preference for 1520+ years and multiple complete product development cycles.

• Demonstrated progression into sr technical leadership roles, including leading technical direction and architecture for complex hardware products.

• Extensive experience designing high-speed communications hardware that utilizes PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and higher-speed networking architectures.

• Deep understanding of the design challenges associated with high-speed digital systems, including signal integrity and timing considerations.

• Proven technical leadership experience, including mentoring junior and mid-level engineers and influencing cross-functional engineering teams.

• Hands-on EMI and EMC product design experience, including designing for EMI compliance, EMC troubleshooting, and mitigation activities.

• Comprehensive full product development lifecycle experience, demonstrating ownership from concept and architecture through design, development, qualification testing, validation, and product release.

• Strong experience in complex hardware development, with direct responsibility and ownership of product-level designs.

• Experience with product qualification testing and compliance activities for hardware products.

• High-speed networking hardware experience, specifically in Ethernet-based products and PCIe-based systems.

• Mixed-signal design experience, including analog design, digital design, and mixed-signal architectures, expected for principal-level candidates.

• Experience in telecommunications, networking, industrial electronics, or commercial hardware products environments.

• Exposure to embedded software is viewed positively, particularly when combined with strong hardware expertise, although it is not required.

• Familiarity with FPGA technologies is beneficial, provided the primary strength remains in hardware design and product…