Platform Hardware Design Engineer

About the Role

As a Platform Hardware Design Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing and developing cutting-edge platform hardware solutions. Your work will directly contribute to delivering high-quality boards and systems that meet multidisciplinary requirements, ensuring compatibility and reliability across hardware and software components. You will be joining Intel Corporation, a global leader in technology innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate platform-level requirements into circuit and component-level specifications.
• Design, develop, modify, and evaluate electronic parts, components, PCBs, and integrated circuitry for hardware platforms.
• Conduct logical design of printed circuit boards, including component definition, schematic capture, and circuit trace routing rules.
• Manage board layout activities from feasibility studies to tape out while meeting multidisciplinary platform requirements.
• Assess BOM cost and availability data, balancing design trade-offs at the board and system levels.
• Collaborate with architects, design engineers, verification engineers, and technicians to lead platform hardware power-on and debug activities.
• Incorporate feedback from verification, validation, manufacturing, and customers to enhance development methods.
• Perform design research, verification, testing, and utilization of components, materials, thermal solutions, and packaging for platform hardware.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficiency in electrical schematic capture and PCB layout tools.
• Hands-on experience designing PCBs, integrated circuitry, and other electronic components.
• Demonstrated expertise in logical design and component definition.
• Familiarity with BOM cost analysis and trade-offs at board and system levels.
• Cadence Concept HDL
• BOM Cost Analysis, BOM Optimization
• Vendor Interaction & ODM interaction
• High Speed Board design, TBT, LPDDR5

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field with 4+ years of hands-on experience in hardware systems design OR Master's degree in a related field with 3+ years of experience OR PhD with no prior professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Hands-on AI tool and experience on HW design.
• Experience collaborating with validation, verification, and manufacturing teams.
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex hardware systems.