HARDWARE DESIGN ENGINEER

$80,800 - $169,000/Yr

Capgemini - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Jose, CA

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Hardware Design Engineer (High Speed) role at Capgemini involves designing and validating high-speed electronic systems. The position requires strong lab skills and experience in high-speed design, with a focus on collaboration with various teams to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues. The engineer will be responsible for hands-on testing and validation of hardware components, ensuring they meet performance standards.

Responsibilities

• Read schematics and PCB designs and layouts.
• Work with ODMs, IP Silicon vendors, memory vendors, and internal design teams to triage, debug, and resolve issues.
• Utilize lab equipment for electrical validation and characterization.
• Define and manage ODM production testing.
• Automate tests, log parsing, and data collection through scripting.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (EE / CE).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with high-speed design and system validation.
• Expertise in high-speed design, power design, and validation.
• Experience with high-speed network interfaces (10G/25G/100G/400G), PCIe, DDR4, USB 3.2, 10G Ethernet, SPI, UART, I2C.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed board bring-up and using high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, BERT, VNA, and spectrum analyzers.
• Experience with network switches and routers.
• Demonstrated experience working with ODMs and overseas multi-functional teams.
• Ability to interface with cross-functional teams including CAD, FPGA, Power, Mechanical, Signal integrity, and Manufacturing teams.
• Familiarity with design tools including Cadence Concept and Allegro.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with lab bring-up and design validation.
• Experience with board debug and failure analysis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief