Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Senior Hardware Design EngineerLocation: Charlottesville, Virginia (on-site, with flexibility for occasional work-from-home days)About Silicom Edge DivisionSilicom Connectivity Solutions is an industry-leading provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions. At the Edge Division, we design and build the appliances that power some of the fastest-growing segments in networking — AI at the edge, 5G infrastructure, SD-WAN, SASE, edge computing, IoT, and industrial/ruggedized deployments. Our platforms ship to more than 300 customers worldwide, and we work closely with our sister divisions in Israel and Denmark to deliver end-to-end solutions.Silicom Ltd. is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the symbol SILC. We're growing, and we're looking for engineers who want real ownership of the products they build.The RoleWe're hiring a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to take the lead on complex, high-speed edge appliance designs built around Intel, AMD, and ARM processors. This is a hands-on, end-to-end role: you'll own designs from architecture and component selection through schematic capture, layout guidance, bring-up, validation, and production.You'll work directly with customers to shape solutions and win new business, collaborate with firmware and mechanical engineering, and guide our PCB layout team on signal integrity, power integrity, and DFM. You'll be trusted to make the call on technical trade-offs, and you'll see your designs ship at volume.What You'll DoArchitect and design complex, multi-layer motherboards and platforms based on Intel, AMD, and ARM CPUs/SoCsOwn schematic capture, component selection, and design documentation in Cadence OrCAD and AllegroGuide and review the work of our PCB layout team — high-speed routing, stack-up, power delivery, signal and power integrityCollaborate with BIOS, BMC, and firmware engineers on bring-up, debug, and feature enablementLead board bring-up and validation in the lab; develop and execute hardware verification and functional test plansWork with mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams to take designs from prototype through volume productionSupport compliance and certification efforts (FCC, CE, UL, NEBS, shock/vibration) as neededEngage directly with customers on solution definition, technical deep-dives, and new business opportunitiesWhat We're Looking For7+ years of hardware design experience on complex, high-speed digital systemsDeep experience designing with Intel and/or AMD x86 platforms; ARM SoC experience a plusStrong hands-on background with high-speed interfaces: PCIe Gen3/4/5, DDR4/DDR5, SerDes, USB, SATA, 1/10/25/100GbE, SFP+/SFP28Proficiency with Cadence OrCAD and AllegroSolid fundamentals in signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI — enough to direct a layout engineer and catch issues in reviewPower design experience: POL regulators, sequencing, PMBus, buck/boost/LDO topologiesExperience collaborating with BIOS/BMC/firmware teams on bring-up and debugComfortable in the lab with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and bench equipmentExperience with management interfaces (BMC/IPMI) and platform-level debugTrack record of taking designs into high-volume manufacturing with contract manufacturersExperience developing hardware specifications and verification/test plansBachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experienceNice to HaveFPGA/CPLD design experienceWireless connectivity experience (Wi-Fi, cellular modem integration)Experience with ruggedized or industrial-grade product designPrior experience at a networking, telecom, or edge infrastructure companyWhy This RoleEnd-to-end ownership. You'll drive designs from a blank page through customer shipment — no handoffs to a separate team to finish your work.Customer-facing impact. You'll help shape solutions with real customers and directly influence what we build next.Small team, high autonomy. Our Charlottesville team is lean by design. Senior engineers here make real decisions and see them play out quickly.Latest silicon. We work with the newest Intel, AMD, and ARM platforms, often ahead of general availability.AI at the edge. Our platforms increasingly run AI inference workloads at the network edge — you'll design hardware that makes that possible.Location & ScheduleThis role is based on-site in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hardware design requires regular lab access — boards, instruments, prototypes, and close collaboration with the team — so candidates must live within commuting distance. We offer flexibility for occasional work-from-home days around lab-independent tasks.Silicom is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.