Board Design Engineer

Job Description

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R & R for MTS level Design engineer:

- Own complete design of the x86 motherboard design and complete the schematics on time.
- Ensure the design calculations and simulations wherever applicable are completed and validated by the Platform Lead.
- Drive cross functional meetings(BIO/FW/Validation/SW) to close on Implementation of Platform Features.
- Drive discussions with external vendors and eco-system for Design choice of components, Design reviews, Stackup related vendor discussions, BOM checks and optimization, Identification of alternate components and timely closure of library requests.
- Support Debug and Triage of Platform issues and provide consultation to the other cross-functional members for any clarification or help required by them on Platform Hardware.
- Make sure the BOM updates and releases are meeting the required milestones internally and track them to a proper and timely closure.
- Working with SI/PI and Layout teams to execute the Platform Design with great robustness and bring out First Time Right Designs.
- Providing appropriate Guidance for Platform Manufacturing and Assembly Quality Checks and help the Board Operations team in verifying the boards for any Manufacturing or Assembly defects.
- Perform Platform related verification and measurements for new products, maintain test plans, Platform Design checklists and risk callouts.

Individual requirements:

- 10+Yrs Strong Board Design Fundamentals pertaining to Mixed signal design, High Speed board design, and Power Design and good understanding of x86 microarchitecture.
- Hands-on with debug, triage, and validation procedures for all the interfaces and subsystems of a platform.
- Strong and hands-on knowledge on EMI/EMC, SI/PI, PCB stackup, Crosstalk mitigation, Effective noise mitigation techniques.
- Good experience on Clocks, resets, level translators, glue logic, etc.
- Adept in using EDA tools for Schematics/Layout and Signal Integrity (Cadence, Mentor, Orcad, Sigrity, ADS)
- Experienced with simulation tools like PSPICE/HSPICE/MATLAB and processor load emulators.
- Fair knowledge of HW development life-cycle end to end from Design Conception, Execution, Fabrication & Assembly, board Bring-up, Test & Validation, Reporting and Customer support.
- Preferred experience working with cross-functional teams like BIOS/FW/Thermal/Mechanical/ SW.
- Expertise in High Speed I/Os like PCIe (preferably Gen4 and above), Memory (DDR4/DDR5.LPDDR4/LPDDR5), USB4.0/3.2/3.1, USB PD, USB Type C, Display interfaces and Ethernet and high-speed interconnects.
- Experience in Analog and Digital circuits design and analysis.
- Experience in Power Management, Power Delivery, and Power Measurements.
- Hands-on high speed and board measurement techniques in using high end equipment like Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Debugger tools, Raspberry PI, Network analyzers, etc.
- Preferred experience with scripting using TCL, Python
- Electrical design, SI and Layout analysis and basic soldering & rework skills.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, team playing and influencing skills.

Key responsibilities:

- Error free and timely delivery of HW design - Schematics, Design analysis, Design calculations.
- Synergize with the Platform Leads for proper interception of milestones and risk callouts.
- Drive discussions with cross-functional teams for Platform feature related discussions.
- Actively involved in Debug & Triage of the Platform HW.
- Maintenance of the quality of Lab equipment and responsible for helping the junior team members in Design/Debug activities

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