Staff Electrical Design Engineer (Silicon Photonics)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; flexible hybrid workplace model.

Salary: $186,000–$250,000 USD per year, excluding equity grants and other rewards.

Company

hirify.global develops silicon photonics technology for AI and high-performance computing data center infrastructure, including photonics engines, accelerators, and interconnect products.

What you will do

• Define system-level hardware requirements with system architects and technical leads.
• Design power, memory, and interconnect circuits across analog and digital domains.
• Develop conceptual designs, physical models, and simulations for chip modules and systems.
• Review PCB layouts, define electrical constraints, and ensure manufacturability, yield, and robustness.
• Qualify and validate board and system electrical properties through laboratory testing.
• Lead integration with mechanical, software, IC, packaging, manufacturing, and supply partners from prototype through production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 8+ years of experience in system-level electrical design and taking products from concept to production.
• Proficiency with Cadence, Mentor, or Altium schematic design tools; Altium is preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of VRMs, high-speed SERDES, CPUs, PCIe, Ethernet, QSPI, I3C, and I2C.
• 5+ years of laboratory experimentation, non-intrusive circuit debugging, and cross-functional integration leadership.
• Experience with thermal solutions, product lifecycle management, BOM and ECO management.

Nice to have

• Electrical systems experience in networking or similar industries.
• Experience with integrated circuit layouts and carrier PCBAs.
• Knowledge of manufacturing and design processes and Systems Engineering principles.
• Familiarity with SolidWorks or AutoCAD.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings matching, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• Vacation, sick leave, public holidays, and paid family leave.
• Training and development support and commuter benefits.
• Equity grants for full-time employees.
• Ability to comply with U.S. federal export control requirements.