Senior or Staff Hardware Design Engineer
Chandler, AZFull-time$150–200K/yrPosted 3mo agoStill listed today
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Powerlattice Technologies is seeking a Senior or Staff Hardware Design Engineer to develop internal hardware systems and collaborate with customers on AI and data center motherboard design. The role spans the hardware lifecycle, from schematic entry through PCB design and system bring-up, and calls for system design expertise and cross-functional leadership. The position is onsite in Chandler, Arizona.
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About Us Powerlattice is a well-funded semiconductor start-up company backed by well-known large Silicon Valley VCs. The company is working on the industry’s groundbreaking chiplet solution for a fundamental shift in how high-performance chips get powered, paving the way for the next generation of AI and advanced computing.
About the Role We are seeking a Senior or Staff Hardware Design Engineer for developing hardware system for Powerlattice’s internal usages and collaborating Powerlattice’s customers on AI/Datacenter motherboard design to enable the adoption Powerlattice’s power chiplets. This individual is responsible for end-end hardware lifecycle, from initial schematic entry to complex PCB design and system bring-up. The ideal candidate combines deep system design expertise with strong cross-functional leadership skills and a proven record of delivering complex hardware systems for data center or enterprise markets.
Key Responsibilities
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Define and drive overall hardware system architecture and top-level specifications.
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Lead hardware system design and system integration.
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Perform high-level feasibility analysis and risk assessment.
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Review and approve hardware designs to ensure architectural alignment.
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Drive system bring-up strategy and debug execution.
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Perform hardware system design.
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Conduct schematic design, simulation, analysis, and optimization to meet performance targets.
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Provide PCB layout guidance and collaborate closely with PCB layout engineers to ensure design intent is met.
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Collaborate with PI/SI engineer to ensure the proper PDN performance.
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Participate in design reviews and contribute to design documentation.
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Participate in silicon bring-up, characterization, and debugging.
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Follow best practices for hardware system design, verification, and signoff.
Qualifications This role is onsite based in Chandler, AZ
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M.S. or Ph.D. in electrical engineering or related fields.
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5+ years of hands-on hardware system design experience.
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Proven experience as a technical lead or system lead.
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Experience in working with supply chain vendors.
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Demonstrated leadership and mentorship capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience in server motherboard design.
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Familiarity with power delivery design and component choice for high performance server system.
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Good communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
Compensation & Benefits Anticipated annual base salary for Member of Technical Staff: $150,000 - $200,000
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Stock option grant and benefits package
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Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and 401(k)
How this job compares
Set against the 2,993 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$150–200K/yr
- Arizona median$87–165K/yr33 salary ranges
- US median$131–202K/yr2,182 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $175K, is 39% above the Arizona median midpoint ($126K) — in the top quarter of Hardware Engineer salary ranges in Arizona.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 53 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Arizona and 2,993 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Arizona
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,515 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 71 of the 2,993 open Hardware Engineer jobs (2%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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