Systems Integration Engineer

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Systems Integration Engineer (SIE) to lead hardware validation and interoperability efforts for Active Copper Cable (ACC) and Active Electrical Cable (AEC) assemblies used in high-speed networking systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead bring-up and validation of ACC/AEC cable assemblies with embedded PCAs
• Validate DSP-, retimer-, and equalizer-based designs against electrical, functional, and interoperability requirements
• Assess PCA behavior within the cable module including power, resets, control interfaces, and signal integrity impacts
• Validate system-level interactions between cable PCAs and switches, NICs, and host platforms
• Lead investigation of interoperability issues involving active cable PCAs
• Drive root-cause analysis for link failures, marginal performance, power-up issues, and qualification escapes
• Review and evaluate PBCA schematics, layouts, and design tradeoffs impacting signal integrity, power, thermals, and reliability
• Define validation strategies and best practices specific to PCA-based cable modules
• Partner with firmware integration, networking, SI, and data analysis engineers
• Provide technical leadership during customer interoperability escalations
• Mentor engineers and influence validation standards across the Interop organization

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Strong experience validating PBCA-based active interconnects or embedded hardware systems
• Hands-on expertise with lab debug, instrumentation, and system-level bring-up
• Proven ability to lead root-cause analysis across PCA hardware, firmware, and networking interfaces
• Strong technical communication skills and cross-team collaboration

Qualifications

• Experience with DSP- or retimer-based cable designs
• Background in high-speed signal integrity and embedded power architectures
• Familiarity with networking interoperability and compliance environments
• Experience setting validation strategy for electronics-enabled cable products

Skills

• Interpret schematics, layouts
• Familiarity with PCB tools like Cadence Allegro, Raspberry Pi, and STM debuggers

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement
• Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance

Pay

We anticipate paying $120,000 - $160,000 per year in Conway, AR; $150,000 - $200,000 per year in Lisle, IL; and $180,000 - $280,000 per year in Fremont, CA. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.