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Gigamon

Senior Staff Hardware Engineer

Gigamon

Sr. Staff Hardware Engineer at Gigamon designing next-generation hardware platforms to enable traffic aggregation and deep network observability.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $184,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Define high-level system design and hardware architecture specifications for new platforms
  • Create detailed hardware functional specifications to guide design and implementation
  • Perform board-level digital circuit design, bring-up, debug, and validation, including high-speed interfaces
  • Develop and maintain CPLD/glue logic using Verilog RTL and related tools
  • Collaborate with mechanical engineering on mechanical and thermal solutions, system assembly, and overall system integration
  • Partner with Product Operations and Product Management to align hardware design with product requirements and lifecycle plans
  • Apply understanding of optical communications technologies and lead qualification of new and existing optical components, including transceivers and passive splitters
  • Own the design and technical support of new products as well as sustaining and enhancements for existing products
  • Select, qualify, and manage critical components to meet performance, cost, and reliability targets
  • Support and coordinate prototype builds and validation at contract manufacturers and/or JDM/ODM partners, including troubleshooting build and test issues
  • Support and coordinate environmental and compliance testing, manage certifications and associated documentation, and assist customers with compliance-related questions
  • Provide technical support for critical customer escalations, working cross-functionally to diagnose and resolve hardware issues

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Earned a BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field, or have equivalent practical experience
  • Accumulated 10+ years of design experience in networking, embedded, or optical products
  • Designed high-speed boards and applied solid understanding of signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI)
  • Designed low-noise, high-efficiency on-board power regulation circuits
  • Developed Verilog RTL for CPLDs or similar devices and integrated this logic into board-level designs
  • Demonstrated strong board-level debug and validation skills across multiple product generations
  • Used lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and related measurement tools for hardware validation and troubleshooting
  • Authored product specifications, test plans, and test procedures to support design, verification, and manufacturing
  • Worked effectively with cross-functional teams including platform software, application software, manufacturing, and operations

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • health and other insurances such as life and disability
  • savings accounts such as a retirement plan with company matching contributions or similar
  • paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick)
  • tuition reimbursement
  • employee assistance program (EAP)
  • business travel accident insurance
  • employee discounts
  • employee referral program
  • eligible for the Profit Interest Units plan

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Hard Skills & Tools
system designhardware architecturedigital circuit designCPLDVerilog RTLsignal integritypower integritylow-noise power regulationdebug and validationoptical communications
Soft Skills
collaborationtechnical supportcross-functional teamworkproblem-solvingcommunication