Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia (on-site, with flexibility for occasional work-from-home days)

About Silicom Edge Division

Silicom 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 Role

We'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 Do

• Architect and design complex, multi-layer motherboards and platforms based on Intel, AMD, and ARM CPUs/SoCs
• Own schematic capture, component selection, and design documentation in Cadence OrCAD and Allegro
• Guide and review the work of our PCB layout team — high-speed routing, stack-up, power delivery, signal and power integrity
• Collaborate with BIOS, BMC, and firmware engineers on bring-up, debug, and feature enablement
• Lead board bring-up and validation in the lab; develop and execute hardware verification and functional test plans
• Work with mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams to take designs from prototype through volume production
• Support compliance and certification efforts (FCC, CE, UL, NEBS, shock/vibration) as needed
• Engage directly with customers on solution definition, technical deep-dives, and new business opportunities

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of hardware design experience on complex, high-speed digital systems
• Deep experience designing with Intel and/or AMD x86 platforms; ARM SoC experience a plus
• Strong hands-on background with high-speed interfaces: PCIe Gen3/4/5, DDR4/DDR5, SerDes, USB, SATA, 1/10/25/100GbE, SFP+/SFP28
• Proficiency with Cadence OrCAD and Allegro
• Solid fundamentals in signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI — enough to direct a layout engineer and catch issues in review
• Power design experience: POL regulators, sequencing, PMBus, buck/boost/LDO topologies
• Experience collaborating with BIOS/BMC/firmware teams on bring-up and debug
• Comfortable in the lab with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and bench equipment
• Experience with management interfaces (BMC/IPMI) and platform-level debug
• Track record of taking designs into high-volume manufacturing with contract manufacturers
• Experience developing hardware specifications and verification/test plans
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience

Nice to Have

• FPGA/CPLD design experience
• Wireless connectivity experience (Wi-Fi, cellular modem integration)
• Experience with ruggedized or industrial-grade product design
• Prior experience at a networking, telecom, or edge infrastructure company

Why This Role

• End-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 & Schedule

This 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.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Are you legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without sponsorship now or in the future?

Ability to Commute:

• Charlottesville, VA 22911 (Required)

Work Location: In person