Electrical Engineer, Hardware Systems (AI)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; onsite

Salary: $200,000–$320,000 annually; final compensation depends on experience, technical expertise, and role level.

Company

hirify.global is hiring for an innovative AI hardware startup developing next-generation AI accelerators and high-performance computing systems.

What you will do

• Own schematic design and oversee PCB layout for AI accelerator boards and system hardware, including high-speed digital interfaces, power delivery, and clocking.
• Design and validate power-delivery networks and voltage rails for high-current accelerator silicon.
• Collaborate with silicon, packaging, signal integrity, power integrity, thermal, and firmware teams to optimize board-to-package interfaces.
• Lead board bring-up, debugging, characterization, and electrical validation using oscilloscopes, logic and protocol analyzers, and power and thermal instrumentation.
• Drive component selection, design for manufacturability and testability, and work with contract manufacturers and vendors through fabrication, assembly, and production.
• Use AI-assisted design and debugging tools while resolving complex electrical issues across silicon, packaging, hardware, thermal, and firmware.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in board-level or system-level electrical design for complex, high-speed digital systems.
• Strong experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium, Cadence Allegro, or equivalent.
• Experience designing high-speed interfaces including DDR/LPDDR, PCIe, and SerDes.
• Strong understanding of power-delivery design, signal integrity, power integrity, and board-level EMC.
• Hands-on experience with board bring-up, hardware debugging, and electrical validation.
• Proficiency with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and power characterization equipment.

Nice to have

• Experience designing high-current PDNs for AI accelerators, GPUs, or other high-performance processors.
• Background in server hardware, hyperscale infrastructure, or high-performance computing platforms.
• Experience with FPGA-based systems and low-level firmware bring-up.
• Knowledge of thermal management and hardware/thermal co-design.
• Familiarity with electromagnetic simulation tools such as ANSYS HFSS, SIwave, or equivalent.
• Experience taking complex PCB designs from concept through production.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work in Mountain View, California.
• Employment-based visa sponsorship or transfer may be available for qualified candidates, subject to applicable requirements.
• Certain responsibilities may involve technologies subject to U.S. export control regulations.
• Equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations are provided throughout the hiring process.