Senior Electrical Engineer

General Overview

Functional Area:  Engineering        
Career Stream:  Design Engineering Hardware    
SAP Short Name:  SLE-ENG-DHW
Job Level:  Level 09
IC/MGR: Individual Contributor        
Direct/Indirect Indicator:  Indirect    

Summary

The Senior Lead Engineer, Hardware Design works with cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations. Provide support throughout the manufacturing process of the electrical/mechanical system that they have designed.
The Senior Lead Engineer, Hardware Design (Electrical) develops new electrical systems/circuits for various applications.  Research system ideas and draw up plans for these systems, and capture them in schematics and system specifications. Test, simulate, validate and qualify their systems and make adjustments as needed 
The Senior Lead Engineer, Hardware Design (Mechanical) develops new mechanical systems/modules and maintains existing designs. Research mechanical concepts and create system solutions using 3D modeling and simulation software. Complete calculations and test, validate, and qualify their systems and make adjustments as needed.

Detailed Description

Job Responsibilities:
1.    Following R&D product design process to implement the hardware design. Ability to communicate clearly with team members and teamwork skills.
2.    Cooperate with a cross-functional team of Engineers (EE, software, Thermal, mechanical, CAD, DFX, Test, etc.) and others in the development and support of new product introductions.
3.    Serve as the senior technical advisor for the product line for the end-to-end life cycle of the product. Ensure operations technical readiness for all phases of the introduction cycle.
4.    Identify, prioritize and manage key technical changes and risks of a given product; ensure all technical risks associated with a product are identified and closed or mitigated to enable the quality ramp of a product.
5.    Review and submit all equipment requirement plans, along with an assessment of the robustness of the solution to meet the requirements of the operation, and the implementation of any additional solutions to mitigate any risks to the plan.
6.    Deriving the functional specification and architecture for a subsystem or circuit pack based on system requirement.
7.    Component selection/qualification; interacting with electrical/optical component vendors.
8.    Documenting all technical design files.
9.    Logic thinking and communication with customers

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Qualification:
1.    A university degree in EE/CS, or a master’s degree is preferred.
2.    With 8+ years relevant experience, preferable in communication product design and applications, such as datacenter switch, router, carrier switch, etc.
3.    Experience with key switch silicon, such as Broadcom, Marvell, Cavium, etc.
4.    Experience in communication interface, such as XAUL/GMII/SGMII /XFI/PCI/PCI-E/ buses required
5.    Knowledge on high-speed design, 25G SERDES is preferred
6.    Experience in product testing, certification.
7.    Excellent understanding of digital hardware design, power design, and high speed interfaces, timing analysis and signal integrity issues.

Physical Demands

• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• Above 8 years in a similar role or industry.

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.