Gigamon is hiring a

Staff Hardware Engineer

Santa Clara, United States
Full-Time

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations. 

Gigamon is seeking Staff Hardware Engineer to perform board-level circuit design, bring-up, and validation, and coordinate JDM/ODM/OEM projects. The candidate will be part of a small, dynamic team and must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.  

Responsibilities: 

  • Help define high-level system design specifications. 

  • Create HW functional specifications. 

  • Board-level digital circuit design using OrCAD or similar tools, bring-up and validation  

  • Work with mechanical engineering on mechanical and thermal solutions, system assembly, and integration. 

  • Understand optical communications technologies and drive the qualification of new and sustaining existing optics, including transceivers and passive splitters. 

  • Responsible for the design of new products as well as the support of existing products. 

  • Responsible for components selection and qualification. 

  • Support and coordinate prototype builds and validation at contact manufacturer and/or JDM/ODM partners. 

  • Support and coordinate environmental and compliance testing, manage certifications and reports and support customers for compliance questions and requests. 

Qualifications: 

  • BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent. 

  • 8+ years of design experience in networking, embedded, or optical products. 

  • Experience with high-speed board design 

  • Experience with low-noise, high-efficiency, on-board power regulator design 

  • Board-level debug and validation skills 

  • Experience using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. 

  • Experience writing product specifications, test plans, and test procedures. 

  • Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities effectively to meet deadlines 

  • Ability to recognize problems, gather data, draw valid conclusions 

  • Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including platform and application software teams and manufacturing 

Bonus: 

  • Test scripts (Tera term, Shell, or Python) 

The base salary compensation range targeted for this role based out of Gigamon's Santa Clara, CA, Headquarters office is $137,500 - $172,000, with an opportunity to earn an annual bonus or commission (subject to terms and conditions of the plan). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.

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