Hardware Design Architect, Portland, OR/Dallas, TX

This well-known high-speed Network/Security Monitoring company is seeking a Hardware Design Architect to define the hardware architecture for their next-generation ethernet switching interconnected enterprise chassis system. The Hardware Design Architect will lead the entire hardware design efforts from definition through manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Design architecture - developing design requirements; developing high-level block diagrams; Schematic creation.
Collaboration with Software, Hardware Engineering Management teams.
Create schematic - Control Plane – CPU, Memory (DDR, EEPROM), Interfaces (I2C, SPI, etc.); Data Plane - Large high-speed Ethernet Switching Chip.
Software - Collaborate with Software Engineering team to ensure device drivers and configuration meet design specifications.
Physical Design/Layout - Collaborate with Layout Contractor for layout of major components, power planes/routing and design rules.
Mechanical Requirements - Collaborate with Mechanical Design team on metalwork and other physical aspects (i.e. placement of mechanical components, sufficient thermos cooling, etc.).
Board Bring-up/Validation - Test, debug, validate power, timing and functionality.
Manufacturing - Review manufacturing requirements, BOM.

Requirements

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering
10+ years of experience in architecting and/or leading the design for large enterprise ethernet switching devices.
Architecture experience with Block Diagrams and Schematic creation.
Familiar with the following design tools: Cadence, Orcad and Allegro.
Prior design experience with the following interfaces: I2C, SPI, UART.
Experience with high-speed digital design (10G, 25G, 50G).
Proven experience working cross-functionally with Software Engineering, Physical Design, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing teams.
Excellent communication, leadership and influential skills.

Preferred Experience

Large Ethernet Switch experience (Marvell, Intel, Cavium)
Quad Core ARM CPU experience
DDR3/DDR4 experience

Relocation assistance will be provided living outside the Dallas, TX or Portland, OR area

Visa Requirements: Must be a US Citizen or US Green Card Holder

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