HW Design Engineer III

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Job Description

F5 is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Electrical Hardware Design Engineer III to join our Hardware Development Team. This position will be responsible for the design, development, and documentation of complex electrical hardware for high-performance electronic systems. You will collaborate closely with other hardware engineers as well as mechanical and manufacturing teams to ensure optimal design for performance, manufacturability, test, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Uphold F5’s Business Code of Ethics and promptly report violations of the Code or other company policies.
• Participate in the design of electrical hardware systems, including power distribution, signal integrity, and high-speed interfaces.
• Develop and review electrical schematics for digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits.
• Assist with component selection, power budgets, and design constraints to meet system requirements.
• Ensure compliance with electrical design standards, EMI/EMC requirements, and thermal management considerations.
• Perform design reviews for manufacturability, assembly, and test (DFM, DFA, DFT).
• Generate and maintain all necessary documentation, including schematics, BOMs, and test plans.
• Interface with suppliers and manufacturing partners to resolve technical issues and ensure quality.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of design processes and standards.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Understand and comply with F5 internal processes and requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in electrical hardware design for high-speed digital, analog, and mixed-signal systems.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and hardware design tools (e.g., Cadence, Altium, Mentor Graphics).
• Understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, and thermal considerations.
• Experience with the following:
  • high-speed interfaces (DDR4/5, PCIe g5, or Ethernet 100G/ 400G/ 800G)
  • system-level integration.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred:

• Experience with the following:
  • Intel x86 motherboard design
  • electrical design for Altera and Xilinx FPGAs
  • CPU VR power supply design
• Experience with regulatory compliance (UL, CE, FCC) and reliability testing.
• Proficient with Siemens (Mentor Graphics) Xpedition Enterprise

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [email protected].