Senior Staff Hardware Engineer

General Information

Job Name

Senior Staff Hardware Engineer

Country/Region

United States of America

State

California

City

Milpitas

Work Location

Milpitas Office

Work Mode

Employees work on-site

Salary Range

$172,800.00 - $293,800.00

Exemption Status

Exempt

Business Function

Hardware Engineering

Employment Type

Full-time

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Description

Join a team developing next-generation memory and storage solutions for AI, data center, mobile, and edge computing applications.

We are looking for an experienced Hardware Design Lead to help shape new memory technology from architecture through product realization. This role combines strong PCBA and high-speed hardware design leadership with the opportunity to influence product architecture and solve complex integration challenges across silicon, package, board, and system design.

The successful candidate will be a key hardware technical leader, working across ASIC, system architecture, system design, firmware, package engineering, and validation teams to turn new technology concepts into robust, testable, and manufacturable hardware solutions. The role also includes leadership of the evaluation, test, and development platforms required to bring new technologies from concept through qualification and production readiness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Lead hardware development from architecture and requirements through design, integration, qualification, and production release.

• Partner with system architecture, system design, and ASIC teams to shape product architecture and translate system concepts into practical hardware solutions.

• Serve as the HW technical decision owner, driving key architecture, design, and implementation decisions throughout development.

• Evaluate technical tradeoffs across performance, power, electrical design, implementation risk, cost, and schedule.

Hardware Design & Development Leadership

• Lead the architecture and development of complex high-speed PCBAs, including electrical architecture, interfaces, power delivery, SI/PI, schematic development, and PCB implementation.

• Lead development of engineering test vehicles, adapters, characterization platforms, and other hardware required to develop and qualify next-generation memory solutions.

• Drive integration across silicon, package, memory, power, and board-level interfaces, working closely with domain experts across the organization.

• Provide hands-on design leadership and technical problem solving.

High-Speed Interface and Connectivity

• Lead implementation of high-speed interfaces including PCIe, UCIe, DDR, and related technologies.

• Support UCIe interoperability, validation, debug, characterization, and performance optimization activities.

• Define hardware requirements supporting die-to-die communication, telemetry, and debug.

Power, Signal Integrity, and Physical Design

• Define board-level power architecture and support package-level power delivery requirements.

• Drive signal integrity, power integrity, clocking, reset architecture, and power sequencing implementation.

• Coordinate thermal and mechanical requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

Integration, Bring-Up, FA & Product Execution

• Lead hardware integration through bring-up, validation, qualification, and production release, ensuring designs provide the test, characterization, debug, and observability capabilities required for successful development.

• Work across ASIC, firmware, validation, SI/PI, package, and other engineering teams to resolve complex hardware and system-level issues.

• Drive technical execution, risk closure, and cross-functional alignment while balancing product performance, quality, schedule, and business objectives.

Required:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

• 12+ years of hardware development experience.

• Proven experience leading complex hardware products from concept through production.

• Strong expertise in:

• High-speed digital design

• PCB architecture and design review

• Signal integrity and power integrity

• Power architecture and power delivery

• System bring-up and debug

• Validation and qualification

• Hardware integration and root-cause analysis

• Experience working across ASIC, firmware, package, validation, and manufacturing organizations.

• Strong communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.

Preferred:

• Experience with advanced packaging technologies.

• Experience with chiplet-based systems and heterogeneous integration.

• Experience with UCIe, PCIe, or other die-to-die and high-speed interconnect technologies.

• Experience supporting UCIe interoperability, validation, characterization, and debug.

• Experience working with customers, suppliers, OSATs, and manufacturing partners.

• Experience with data center, AI/accelerator, memory, or high-performance compute architectures and ecosystems.

• Familiarity with evolving memory architectures, system interfaces, and industry standards.

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Compensation & Benefits

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.

• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.

• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.

• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.