Sr Staff Engineer - Hardware Design

Overview

Design and develop motherboards, add-in cards and modules for Qualcomm's new AI SoC/SiP, and support rack-level design and integration of cards, servers and networking switches for next-generation liquid-cooled data centers.

What you'll do

• Develop basic features and components of hardware designs in line with product proposals or roadmaps, under the supervision of more experienced engineers.
• Apply basic design rules and processes for electronic hardware, equipment, and/or integrated circuitry with minimal supervision from more experienced engineers.
• Read device specification sheets and interpret basic details required to design various hardware features with minimal guidance from more experienced engineers.
• Evaluate devices and document performance over various operating conditions and configurations.
• Assist in the assessment of common design features to identify potential flaws (electrical, mechanical, hardware), compatibility issues, and/or compliance issues under the supervision of more experienced engineers.
• Document basic details about materials, components, chipsets, and assemblies for a device, and record important changes to design with minimal supervision from more experienced engineers.
• Troubleshoot basic issues with product designs.
• Provide a reasonable schedule for own tasks to the project lead.
• Develop understanding of Qualcomm products.
• Work with ODMs on joint design, address technical issues and support mass production.
• Seek basic knowledge of industry trends, competitor products, and advances in various engineering fields from publicly available information; consult more experienced engineers to understand and apply advanced concepts.
• Work with cross-functional teams (mechanical, thermal, SI, PTE, regulatory, validation, manufacturing, etc.) to execute projects from concept to production.
• Support rack-level design and integration of cards, servers and networking switches.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3 to 15 years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• 3 to 15 years of experience in HW board design and System design.
• System/card/rack-level development, including architecture, design, validation, and deployment of enterprise-class hardware platforms.
• Strengths in any of the following areas: rack-level system integration (chassis, backplane, cabling, airflow, thermal management across multiple cards/modules).
• Familiarity with rack-scale power delivery, including PDUs, VRMs, PMICs, and power budgeting across multiple boards.
• Experience with rack-level diagnostics and bring-up, including debug of interconnects, signal integrity across long traces/cables, and system-level validation.
• Understanding of rack-level mechanical constraints, EMI shielding, and compliance with data center deployment standards.
• Collaboration with ODMs/OEMs on rack-level design and manufacturing, including review of mechanical drawings, thermal simulations, and compliance testing.
• Deep knowledge of PCIe cards, motherboards, daughtercards, and backplane signal and power delivery.
• Expertise in chassis design, airflow optimization, and thermal management.
• Solid understanding of system software operation from bootloader to OS and application layers.
• Experience qualifying PMICs, voltage regulators (VRs), clock buffers, flash memory, and connectors for use in complex card and rack-level designs.
• Hands-on experience in dense, high-layer count PCB designs (8–20+ layers).
• Skilled in PCIe add-in card/module design, debugging in high-performance systems (x86 and ARM).
• Familiarity with JTAG tools for bring-up and debug.
• Experience with networking switches and high speed ethernet interfaces.
• Knowledge of high-speed serial I/O (6–10+ Gbps), PCIe Gen5/6, LPDDR4x/5x, DDR4/5, 200/400/800 GbE.
• Experience with long PCB/cable topologies (0.35–1.5 meter), signal integrity, and compliance with current standards.
• Ability to debug at packet/protocol level across link, transport, transaction, and command layers.
• Experience with LPDDR4x memory technologies, DIMM layout and validation.
• Expertise in clock distribution, power distribution, SMBus, PMBus, SPI, PWM/Tach, and BMC integration.
• Proficient in schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Cadence Allegro, Mentor Expedition).
• Experience with circuit simulation tools (SPICE), signal/power integrity analysis.
• Skilled in using lab equipment: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, SMBus, serial debuggers.
• Strong collaboration with ODMs on joint designs, schematic/layout reviews, and compliance to Qualcomm design guidelines.
• Good understanding of x86 FW/SW stack and firmware architecture.
• Experience with BMC hardware/software integration and management.
• Familiarity with regulatory, environmental, and compliance testing for rack-level systems.

Nice to have

• 3 to 15 years hardware engineering/Systems development experience or related work experience.
• 3 to 15 years of experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).
• 3 to 15 years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
• 3 to 15 years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, debug tools, etc.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.