Description and Requirements
Job Responsibilities
- Design and develop electrical hardware for x86 server products, including system architecture, schematic design, component selection, layout review, hardware bring-up, and functional validation.
- Participate in new product hardware architecture planning, feasibility studies, and design reviews.
- Perform hardware debugging and validation throughout EVT, DVT, PVT, NPI, and mass production stages, identifying root causes and resolving issues found during testing, manufacturing, and field operation.
- Support the design, validation, and troubleshooting of high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, USB, and Ethernet.
- Collaborate with BIOS/BMC, Firmware, Mechanical, Thermal, SI/PI, Validation, and Manufacturing teams on system integration and issue resolution.
- Work with CPU, chipset, memory, NIC, and other key component vendors on component selection, technical evaluation, and troubleshooting.
- Conduct hardware failure analysis, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting, and drive corrective actions through closure.
- Prepare and maintain hardware design specifications, technical documentation, validation reports, and failure analysis reports.
- Support product certification, validation, NPI, pilot build, and mass production activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on hardware/electrical engineering experience.
- Experience in server, PC, workstation, or other x86-based system hardware development.
- Solid knowledge of digital circuit design, schematic design, PCB layout review, hardware bring-up, and debugging.
- Familiarity with x86 system architecture and high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, USB, and Ethernet.
- Hands-on experience with hardware debugging and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters.
- Strong hardware failure analysis, root cause analysis, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience supporting products through development stages such as EVT, DVT, PVT, NPI, and mass production.
- Good cross-functional communication skills and the ability to work effectively with BIOS/BMC, Firmware, SI/PI, Mechanical, Thermal, Validation, and Manufacturing teams.
- Good English communication skills for working with global teams, customers, and suppliers.
Preferred Qualifications
- x86 server or data center hardware development experience.
- Experience with Intel or AMD server platforms.
- Knowledge of server motherboard architecture, CPU, DIMM, PCIe, NIC, storage, or power-related design.
- ODM/OEM server product development and NPI experience.
