Hardware Engineer

Meta - Austin, TX

Full-time

Austin, TX

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About the position

Meta is seeking a versatile Hardware Engineer to join our Compute Hardware team. Our mission is backed by a massive hardware infrastructure, and we face big, complex, and consistently evolving computational challenges. Your work has the potential to shape the compute hardware going into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting billions of users. As a Hardware Engineer, you will collaborate with local and remote teams and suppliers to define the product roadmap and program. You will specify, design, and develop CPU/GPU/ASIC based compute hardware solutions, as well as ASIC enabling hardware. Your role will also involve leading the bring-up, validation, and launch of hardware systems, supporting hyper-scale deployment, and obtaining learnings for next-generation designs. Additionally, you will collaborate with the open-source hardware community to drive innovation for large-scale infrastructure. In this position, you will be expected to work closely with various teams to ensure the successful development and deployment of hardware solutions. You will be responsible for analyzing and resolving system hardware issues, ensuring that the hardware meets the necessary specifications and performance standards. Your contributions will be critical in advancing Meta's hardware capabilities and supporting the company's mission to connect people and communities through innovative technology.

Responsibilities

• Work with local and remote teams and suppliers to define product roadmap and program.
• Specify, design, and develop CPU/GPU/ASIC based compute hardware solutions, and ASIC enabling hardware.
• Lead the bring-up, validation, and launch of hardware systems.
• Support hyper-scale deployment and obtain learning for next generation design.
• Collaborate with open source hardware community to drive innovation for large scale infrastructure.

Requirements

• Experience with development and bring-up of data center system equipment, or complex consumer devices.
• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or related Engineering Degree, with 3+ years of industry experience or equivalent experience.
• Experience in working with peers.
• 3+ years of experience with PCB design with both integrated and discrete circuits, and high-speed interfaces.
• Experience with analyzing and resolving system hardware issues.

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years of industry experience.
• 5+ years of experience with end-to-end enabling, design, and deployment cycle of multiple generations of products.
• M.S. in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
• Experience with owning and delivering a complete hardware enclosure as technical lead with other cross functional teams in engineering, program, and operation.
• Familiar with server system architecture of one of major CPU/GPU suppliers.
• Experience with design and troubleshoot data buses used in server such as PCIe, CXL, DDR, SAS, SATA, I2C.
• Experience with industry standard EDA tools for developing and reviewing PCB designs.
• Experience with using high speed scope, logic analyzer, and other validation methods in validating and troubleshooting server data bus (e.g. PCIe, SAS, SATA).
• Knowledge of using Linux for hardware validation and troubleshooting.
• Experience with working with thermal, mechanical, management firmware, system firmware, and software teams during product development.
• Experience with designing ASIC verification & bring up hardware.