Hardware Validation Engineer II

About the role

F5’s hardware development engineers are at the forefront of researching, designing, and developing new technologies and hardware, from market definition through the design, production, and release stages of a product’s life cycle. This position supports the validation of next-generation BIG-IP appliances integrating Intel Xeon CPUs, AMD Versal FPGAs, Marvell Ethernet switches, and 400Gb optical interfaces. The engineer will execute validation plans, perform SI/PI analysis, and collaborate across design, layout, and compliance teams to ensure electrical robustness and performance.

Responsibilities

• Apply hardware engineering concepts in designing, developing, implementing, and testing minor components of sophisticated electronic products.
• Collaborate with senior hardware engineers and managers to develop electronic parts, components, coordinated circuitry, mechanical systems, equipment and packaging, optical systems, and/or CPU systems.
• Collaborate on schematic/layout reviews and compliance testing.
• Test, debug, and verify various electronic systems and products, and assist with test reports.
• Validate high-speed interfaces: PCIe Gen5/Gen6, DDR5, 400Gb Ethernet.
• Perform SI/PI analysis and power margin testing.
• Support board bring-up and debug of prototype platforms.
• Automate test setups using Python, LabVIEW, etc.
• Participate in evaluating the reliability of materials, properties, and techniques used in production.
• Prepare and deliver findings and insights for colleagues and immediate managers, project leaders, and others in the team/group.
• Interact with vendors, product development, architecture, manufacturing, and other engineering teams to understand and inform solutions to customer, product, and business problems.

Qualifications

• BSEE or equivalent.
• 2–3 years in electrical validation or hardware testing.
• Experience with lab equipment: oscilloscope, VNA, BERT, etc.
• Familiarity with high-speed protocols and FPGA workflows.
• Scripting skills (Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW).
• Intel Xeon platform experience.
• Ethernet switching and optical transceiver validation.
• SI/PI simulation tools (HyperLynx, Sigrity).
• Regulatory compliance knowledge (IEEE, PCI-SIG, JEDEC).

Attributes

• Collaborate on assignments and problems of minimally complex scope, using judgment to select a course of action within described guidelines under moderate supervision.
• Receive minimal instruction on day-to-day work and general instructions on new assignments.
• Begins to exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Work is completed with manager input as needed and reviewed based on general procedures and milestones.
• Impact own team and other teams whose work activities are closely related, such as the Product Team, Engineers, Manufacturing, and Development.
• Gain knowledge of business, standards, processes, and concepts.
• Solid understanding of basic hardware design concepts.
• Know electronic test methodologies and equipment, and knowledge of practices regarding specifying, testing, and qualifying electrical components.
• Strong ability to communicate basic concepts and exchange ideas with vendors, customers, management, and other team members clearly and concisely.

Pay

The annual base pay for this position is: $101,600.00 – $152,400.00.