Senior Hardware Engineer New
Role details
Job location
Tech stack
Job description
- Work with local and remote partners to create custom computing hardware by owning the design cycles for scale-out gaming hardware
- Work with external partners and suppliers to design and execute to hardware specifications
- Work with developers in partner software and firmware departments to create system-level solutions that integrate with existing and novel rack-, datacenter, and global-level system architectures.
- End-to-end PCBA design, including schematic- and VHDL-based design and layout oversight
- Hands-on laboratory work, including new hardware bringup and laboratory management
Requirements
- BSEE required, MSEE or PhD preferred
- 5+ years of proven hardware design and technical leadership
- Experience with Jira and Confluence in both waterfall and Agile environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to articulate technical information in a clear and concise manner at all levels, from executive staff to engineers
- Strong cross-team collaboration and interpersonal skills with a variety of roles including engineering, product management, and support
- Strong understanding of digital electrical design
- Deep knowledge of high-speed protocols, including PCIe link and transport, DDR5/6, Ethernet, USB4
- Proven experience with broadly-used electrical design tools
- Experience building, debugging, and troubleshooting novel high-performance hardware systems
Skills & Knowledge
- Experience with FPGA/CPLD design, including commensurate knowledge of standard and vendor-specific tooling
- Working experience in Perl, TCL, Python, Linux environments and/or C/C++
- Understanding of computer architecture, interconnects, FPGAs and storage technology
- Experience developing test code (firmware, software test code) for prototypes and early validation platforms and commensurate knowledge of integrated development environments (IDEs)
- Experience leading technical work in small workgroups
Benefits & conditions
At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE's top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$177,300 - $265,900 USD
Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.
