Hardware Validation Engineer II

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Position Summary[DP1.1]
The Hardware Development family group at F5 is responsible for a hardware-based product, from market definition through the design, production, and release stages of a product's life cycle. The area is responsible for materials, reliability, and production of electronic parts, components, or integrated circuitry, mechanical systems, and/or equipment.
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. Assesses the technical feasibility of new product features and concepts. Responsible for materials, reliability, and production of electronic parts, components, or integrated circuitry, mechanical systems, and/or equipment.
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.
Primary 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.
•    Collaborate on schematic/layout reviews and compliance testing
•    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. Typically interacts 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.

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 duties and requirements are subject to change.

F5, Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.

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.

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

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. 

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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 accommodations@f5.com.