About the company
SonicWall has delivered a partner-first unified cybersecurity portfolio for more than 30 years, helping SMBs, MSPs, and IT teams consolidate network security, endpoint security, security service edge (SSE), and threat response across hybrid environments.
Responsibilities
- Own the complete hardware design lifecycle from concept through production and sustaining engineering
- Translate product requirements into hardware architectures and detailed design specifications
- Conduct technology evaluations, design trade-off analyses, and recommend optimal solutions
- Select and qualify key components, technologies, and vendors
- Drive product lifecycle management (PLM) activities
- Design complex multi-layer PCBs for networking and security appliances
- Perform circuit design, schematic capture, signal integrity analysis, and power budget calculations
- Develop PCB stack-ups and controlled impedance requirements for high-speed interfaces
- Create and maintain Bills of Material (BOMs), design documentation, ECOs, and change notices
- Validate designs through prototyping, characterization, functional testing, and root cause analysis
- Develop technical documentation including product specifications, test plans, manufacturing instructions, and validation procedures
- Provide technical guidance and support to contract manufacturers
- Partner with CAD engineers on PCB layout and routing optimization
- Work closely with firmware and software teams during board bring-up, debugging, and system integration
Requirements
- Strong understanding of digital, power, and networking electronics
- Experience with networking hardware design, product integration, and manufacturing processes
- Expertise in CPU/SoC-based designs (Intel, AMD, ARM, MIPS)
- Expertise in DDR memory interfaces
- Expertise in Ethernet PHYs and magnetics
- Expertise in PCIe, SATA, USB, SPI, and other high-speed interfaces
- Expertise in power distribution and power integrity
- Expertise in EMI/EMC, ESD, surge protection, and signal integrity
- Proven experience designing networking or security appliances from concept through production
- Knowledge of high-speed signaling technologies (10G/25G/100G Ethernet)
- Knowledge of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards
- Knowledge of wireless technologies and IEEE 802.11 standards
- Knowledge of security hardware implementation including TPMs, TRNGs, and secure boot architectures
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design Validation Testing (DVT)
- Proficiency with Cadence CIS and Allegro design tools
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field preferred
- 8+ years of hardware design experience focused on networking, embedded, or security appliances