Intel
Hardware Engineer
$122K–$232K
US, California, Santa Clara · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum combinations: 4+ years with a Bachelor’s degree, 3+ years with a Master’s degree, or 0 years with a PhD; also 3+ years in specified hardware design areas.
- Education
- Electrical Engineering or similar STEM field; Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD as specified.
About the job
Designs and verifies optical transceiver hardware and evaluation boards, from product requirements and schematic/layout work through bring-up and performance optimization.
What you'll do
- Own PCBA design execution, including schematic, layout, simulation, design verification, and EVT/DVT activities.
- Coordinate high-speed signal and power integrity design, collaborate across engineering and supply-chain teams, and resolve board or transceiver issues.
- Maintain design documentation, lead design reviews, and communicate risks and mitigation plans.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree plus 4+ years, Master’s degree plus 3+ years, or PhD plus 0 years in Electrical Engineering or a similar STEM field.
- 3+ years in hardware/circuit design, schematic design, and layout floor planning.
- Experience with Cadence tools and high-density, high-speed multilayer board design.
- Experience selecting and optimizing voltage regulators, uControllers, and DAC/ADCs; PCB/product bring-up and laboratory optical and electrical measurements; and high-speed Tline design and layout guidelines.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-volume PCB/substrate fab houses, PCB stackup selection, electronics CAD/modeling, and PI/SI simulations.
- Knowledge of transceiver and test-board design principles, optical-module protocols, and high-speed characterization using AWG, DCAM, VNA/LCA.
Pay
$122,440.00-232,190.00 USD (target compensation; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
Cadence, SPI, I2C, MDIO, CMIS, AWG, DCAM, VNA/LCA
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