Staff Hardware Engineer Aliso Viejo, CA
Sony Interactive Entertainment's Cloud Gaming Engineering and Infrastructure (CGEI) division is leading the Cloud Gaming revolution, putting console-quality video games on any device, from TVs to consoles to mobile devices and beyond.
Our Hardware & Systems Engineering team is looking for a Staff Hardware Engineer to join an innovative team of hardware engineers specialized in custom scale-out computing development. The ideal candidate complements this team and brings technical leadership to team members and partners.
Responsibilities ----------------
• Work with local and remote partners to create custom computing hardware designs that satisfy requirements across the company's online gaming business. • Work with datacenter partners to understand, define and document scale out requirements for hardware, firmware and software development partners. • Work with external partners and suppliers to design, develop and deliver custom hardware. • Work with developers in partner software and firmware departments to create system level solutions that integrate with existing and novel rack-, datacenter- and global-level system architectures.
Qualifications -------------
• BSEE required, MSEE or PhD preferred • 7-8 years of proven hardware design and technical leadership • Experience with Jira and Confluence in both waterfall and Agile environments • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to articulate technical information in a clear and concise manner at all levels from executive staff to engineers • Strong cross-team collaboration and interpersonal skills with a variety of roles including engineering, product management, and support • Strong understanding of digital electrical design • Deep knowledge of high-speed protocols, including PCIe link and transport, DDR5/6, Etherenet, USB4 • Proven experience with broadly-used electrical design tools • Experience building, debugging and troubleshooting novel high-performance hardware systems
Skills & Knowledge -----------------
• Experience with FPGA/CPLD design, including commensurate knowledge of standard and vendor-specific tooling • Working experience in Perl, TCL, Python, Linux environments and/or C/C++ • Understanding of computer architecture, interconnects, FPGAs and storage technology • Experience developing test code (firmware, software test code) for prototypes and early validation platforms and commensurate knowledge of integrated development environments (IDEs) • Experience leading technical teams, driving cross-functional projects, and mentoring junior engineers