Hardware Engineer Systems Debug Engineer

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Austin that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. Global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories graphics processors motherboard chip sets and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.

Job Title: Hardware Engineer / Systems Debug Engineer

Duration: 12 months

Location: San Jose CA

Job Type: Temporary assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Job Description

Job Duties

Debugging PC systems with an emphasis on platform level debug. A thorough understanding of PC industry standard buses such as HT PCI PCIe LPC USB and SATA is required in addition to detailed knowledge of high speed digital design and signal integrity. Further requirements include a strong understanding of BIOS OS and driver interactions at the system level as well as a proficient understanding of x86 CPU architecture and functionality. A good familiarity with switching power supplies would also be helpful as a typical CPU board will have several local power supplies to power the various chips. During development or sustaining engineering the debug engineer is expected to provide root cause analysis and guidance to internal and customer design teams to help close any gating issues. This position may require some travel as needed to support the customer. The role is required to be self starter and be able to deal with a high level of ambiguity.

Preferred Experience and Education

Bachelor s degree plus 0 2 years of experience or Master s degree plus 3 years of experience is desired. Experience as a Hardware Engineer or Systems Debug Engineer at a computer hardware company working on at least 2 projects from development through bring-up and validation and supported through release to production. Strong knowledge of x86 and chipset architectures and DDR2/3 memory interface desired. Expert use of tools such as JTAG debuggers logic analyzers SATA USB and PCIe business analyzers is required. Familiarity with tools such as schematics capture PLD PCB layout signal integrity and simulation is an added bonus. Excellent communication skills are required in the role of supporting customers.

Key Skills

• Platform-level debugging
• x86 CPU architecture
• BIOS / OS / Driver interactions
• PCIe USB SATA LPC HT buses
• DDR2/DDR3 memory interfaces
• Signal integrity
• JTAG debuggers and logic analyzers
• PCB layout and schematics
• Design Verification Testing (DVT)
• Datacenter system bring-up

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity