Illumina
Senior Compute HW Engineer
US - California - San Diego · Senior
H1B sponsorship available$129k-$194kDetected 30 days ago
LinuxPCB DesignEMI/EMCElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know?
- Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.
- Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and validate compute technologies, components (CPUs, SoMs, memory, PHYs, switches, storage), and vendor solutions
- Implement networking subsystems for edge use cases, including wired Ethernet (1/2.5/10G)
- perform root cause analysis
- Lead board bring-up and contribute to DVT plans covering signal integrity, thermal, power, EMI/EMC, and environmental testing
- Collaborate with electrical, firmware, and Linux systems teams
- maintain design documentation and participate in design reviews
- Debug hardware and hardware/software issues across the Linux kernel, drivers, device tree, firmware, and bootloaders (U-Boot, UEFI); perform root cause analysis
- Collaborate with electrical, firmware, and Linux systems teams; maintain design documentation and participate in design reviews
- We're seeking a Senior Compute Hardware Engineer to help design next-generation DNA sequencers.
- You'll own subsystem-level hardware design across compute, memory, I/O, and networking for edge-deployed systems with real-world power, thermal, size, and connectivity constraints.
Requirements
- Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree
- or 3 years and a Master's degree
- 5+ years designing embedded/edge compute platforms, including x86 CPUs, DDR/LPDDR memory, and PCIe
- Experience with edge networking hardware (Ethernet PHYs/switches, 10GbE) and networking/routing fundamentals
- Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science highly preferred
Skills
- Familiarity with bootloaders and firmware (BIOS, U-Boot, UEFI, secure boot, TPM/TEE)
- Proven contributions to board bring-up, DVT, and V&V documentation
- Strong root cause analysis across hardware, firmware, and Linux stacks
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, ownership-driven mindset
- device drivers, device tree, networking stack, and debug tools (perf, ftrace, ethtool, tcpdump, dmesg, sysfs/procfs)
- Placement depends on experience, skills, location, and internal equity.
- Illumina conducts background checks on applicants for whom a conditional offer of employment has been made.
- Background check results may potentially result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.
- Illumina prohibits the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the application and interview process.
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Compensation
- The estimated base salary range for the Senior Compute HW Engineer role based in the United States of America is: $129,400 - $194,000.
Benefits
- At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world.
Company info
- Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself.
- Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference.
Visa & Work Authorization
- This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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