Hardware Design Engineer

Hardware Design Engineer – Onsite

This role is located in the HPE Sunnyvale office and requires onsite presence at least 2 days a week. The position focuses on designing, analyzing, developing, modifying, and evaluating electrical/electronic parts, components, sub-systems, algorithms, or integrated circuitry for electrical/electronic equipment and other hardware systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in product feasibility and definition.
• Ownership of hardware design and hardware test, including specifications, schematics, BOMs, prototype lab bring‑up and maintenance, and hardware test plans and reports.
• Collaborate with hardware engineering teams: signal integrity, power, thermal, PCB design, mechanical, DFM/DFT, and lab technicians.
• Review and approve test reports and support EDVT, MDVT, NEBS, HALT, Safety, and EMC teams.
• Participate in defining diagnostics tests for manufacturing and development.
• Train and support manufacturing, customer support, and sustaining teams.
• Collaborate with software, test, and diagnostics engineering.
• Work with program manager and engineering lead to provide project status.
• Work with component engineering and commodity managers on external component selection and qualification.
• Interface with external component suppliers on implementation and debug.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• At least 4 years of experience with board design.
• Solid proficiency in electrical circuit and schematic design.
• Knowledge of systems design considerations from angles such as software, firmware, BIOS, PCB layout, signal integrity, mechanical, thermal, power, EMI compliance, manufacturability, testability, MTBF, and COGS.
• Awareness of PCB stackup techniques for multiple‑layer, high‑speed printed circuit boards.
• Experience with design and debug of boards with interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and clocks.
• Hands‑on experience and debugging proficiency using lab measurement equipment (high‑speed oscilloscope).
• Strong passion for building hardware projects and solving challenging problems.
• Excellent communication skills in a cross‑functional team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with high‑speed Ser Des and high‑speed memory interfaces.
• Experience with embedded CPU and SoC subsystems.
• Strong Python programming and scripting skills.
• Understanding of routing, switching, and pluggable optics (QSFP‑DD, OSFP).
• Experience using Cadence Allegro PCB Designer and Cadence System Capture.
• Familiarity with FPGA operation, debug, and Verilog.
• Hands‑on experience testing complex L2/L3 products with Ethernet packet generators such as Keysight/Ixia or Viavi/Spirent.
• Experience in a Unix/Linux environment.

Location:

Sunnyvale, California.

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Veterans, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ employer. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business need.