Principal Hardware Design Engineer

Overview

Lead the development of advanced hardware solutions for high-performance electronic systems, driving complex electrical subsystems from concept through production release. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, architecture input, and design expertise across hardware development projects.

What you'll do

• Act as a technical authority, independently determining methods and procedures for new or complex assignments.
• Lead system-level hardware design for new products, including architecture definition, functional specifications, and requirements development.
• Drive design for manufacturability, testability, and reliability across all phases of development.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies to enhance existing products and guide new product directions.
• Oversee and mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and review work to ensure quality and efficiency.
• Conduct internal and external technical presentations and disseminate knowledge within the Hardware Development Team.
• Develop and maintain schedules for deliverables, ensuring timely and high-quality documentation and testing.
• Interface with suppliers and manufacturing partners for validation and issue resolution.
• Author and implement designs for programmable logic devices (CPLDs) using Verilog HDL when required.
• Support sustaining engineering for legacy products and assist in manufacturing training for new designs.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of design processes and standards.
• Uphold F5’s Business Code of Ethics and promptly report violations of the Code or other company policies.

What you'll need

• Understand and comply with F5 internal processes and requirements.
• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent required.
• 10+ years of experience in electrical hardware design for high-speed digital, analog, and mixed-signal systems.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills at board and system levels.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, and thermal considerations.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and hardware design tools – Cadence, Altium, Mentor Graphics.
• Proficiency with Verilog HDL programming for CPLD design.
• Extensive experience with Intel or AMD x86 motherboard design.
• Extensive experience with high-speed serial interfaces – DDR4/5, USB2/3, PCIe Gen5, Ethernet (100G+ SerDes).
• Extensive experience with electrical design for Network Switches.
• Extensive experience with electrical design for Altera and Xilinx FPGAs.
• Extensive experience with CPU multi-phase VR power supply design and validation.
• Extensive experience with memory/storage technologies – NAND/NOR, SRAM, DRAM, HBM, SATA, NVMe.
• Extensive experience with signal integrity modeling, simulation, and validation.
• Extensive experience with power integrity modeling, simulation, and validation.
• Extensive experience with system-level integration, including chassis and backplane designs.
• Expertise with SI simulation tools – Hyperlynx SI/PI, HSPICE, Ansys HFSS, Agilent ADS, Sisoft QCD.
• Familiarity with low-level FW/SW components, processes, and standards – BIOS, BMC, Secure Boot, IPMI, Redfish, authentication, encryption.
• Familiarity with relevant industry standards and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• MS in Electrical Engineering is desirable.
• Experience with regulatory compliance (UL, CE, FCC) and reliability testing.

Details

• Location: Bangalore (Non-SEZ).