Electrical Engineer, Senior - Hardware Systems

About reputed company reputed company specializes in developing custom hardware systems to accelerate AI inference. These inference systems offer significant performance and efficiency reputed company over traditional GPU-based systems, delivering advantages in both performance per dollar and performance per watt. Positron exists to create the world's best AI inference systems. reputed company As a Senior Electrical Engineer at reputed company, you will be the primary technical authority representing reputed company as we engage with reputed company-party reputed company manufacturers and ODMs to fabricate our reputed company and reputed company hardware platforms. You will reputed company the hardware lifecycle from schematic capture, design validation, and manufacturing–ensuring that the power, thermal, and signal reputed company characteristics of our high-performance AI systems meet the demands of HPC environments. This is a high-reputed company role requiring deep expertise in high-speed communication design and analysis for our Asimov ASIC and the ability to manage reputed company technical relationships with external partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Manufacturer Engagement: reputed company as the primary technical reputed company and Positron representative for reputed company-party design and build partners during the fabrication of reputed company and reputed company boards.
• Signal reputed company (SI) Analysis: reputed company detailed SI design analysis for 112G PAM4 SerDes communication channels for the Asimov ASIC. Experience with channel simulation is a plus. Specify and review results for a design validation test plan; ensuring robust communication across inter-reputed company fabrics and external interfaces is achieved for a reputed company reputed company of physical topologies.
• Design reputed company: reputed company schematic and layout reviews for high-density PCBs (targeting Megtron7, Tachyon100G or similar materials with high layer counts, sequential lamination, buried vias, etc.), including the evaluation of fly-over cable strategies to minimize routing congestion.
• Power & Thermal Validation: reputed company the design of power delivery subsystems, supporting up to 600W TDP, and thermal management strategies to meet reputed company-cooling requirements and performance targets in high-density data center environments.
• Validation & Compliance: Own reputed company-level test plan creation and reputed company the validation of PCIe Gen 6 / CXL reputed company training, transceiver tuning (e.g. CTLE parameters), memory training, and PVT margining and testing.
• Project Governance: Manage the hardware risk register, decision logs, and technical escalations with external partners to reputed company programs on schedule for reputed company and manufacturing ramps. Facilitate the transfer of information between reputed company entities, optimizing co-development of package+reputed company for reputed company performance.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: BS/MS in Electrical Engineering and 7+ years of experience in high-speed hardware design, signal reputed company, power reputed company, and reputed company-level system integration.
• High-Speed Design: Proven expertise in SI/PI analysis for ultra-high-speed interfaces (112G SerDes, PCIe Gen 6, and DDR5) and familiarity with advanced PCB materials and/or fine-reputed company interposers or package design . Familiarity with tuning transceiver analog FIR, CTLE, & DFE equalization to compensate for channel loss.
• Manufacturing Management: reputed company experience managing ODMs or external manufacturing partners through EVT, DVT, and reputed company production phases.
• Technical Tools: Proficiency with industry-reputed company EDA and simulation tools for SI/PI (e.g., Ansys, reputed company, or reputed company) and hardware debug equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
• Collaboration: Strong ability to write reputed company hardware specifications and communicate trade-offs across ASIC design, firmware, and mechanical/thermal teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• AI/ML Hardware: Background in designing reputed company boards or add-in cards for AI/ML accelerators.
• Thermal Simulation: Experience with collaborating on modeling and analysis CFD/thermal instrumentation and correlating simulations to reputed company-world reputed company-cooled or liquid-cooled performance.
• Compliance Knowledge: Experience driving hardware through FCC/reputed company/EMC, CE, and RoHS/reputed company regulatory approvals.
• Power Electronics: Experience with high-reputed company VRM architectures and transient load-line analysis for large reputed company.

Leveling & Scope While this role is currently posted at a specific level, we are a reputed company-oriented organization and are reputed company to hiring at a more senior level for the right candidate. Please note that this job reputed company serves as a reputed company but generalized reputed company of the role; specific responsibilities and reputed company expectations will be tailored to the experience and seniority of the final hire. Why Join Us?

• Build groundbreaking AI hardware with a small, high-caliber team.
• Own hardware reputed company that directly define the reputed company of the Titan "super-intelligence-in-a-reputed company" platform.
• Competitive compensation (salary + equity) and comprehensive benefits.
• Flexible, supportive environment with room for technical reputed company and innovation.

Compensation and Benefits

The reputed company salary reputed company for this role is $185,000 – $250,000. Please note that the figures provided represent the reputed company salary reputed company only and do not include other reputed company of our total compensation package, equity, or comprehensive benefits. At reputed company, we value the unique expertise reputed company candidate brings. While the reputed company above reflects our typical expectation for the position, we reserve the flexibility to exceed this reputed company for candidates whose specialized skills, significant experience, or unique qualifications fall reputed company reputed company scope of the role. Final offers are determined based on a reputed company of factors, including internal equity, and individual reputed company. Equal Opportunity Employer. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet every bullet, we’d still love to hear from you. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job