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Network Hardware Engineer, Infrastructure

Meta· Engineering
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)$173k - $245kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Role focused on designing and scaling Meta's physical network systems for hyperscale data centers, developing custom network hardware (switching platforms, optical interconnects, high-speed PCBs) and ensuring integration with ASIC, firmware, and software teams for large-scale production networks.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the product vision and strategy for data center switches with network engineering, and bring the designs from hardware concept into large-scale production networks
  • Define hardware architecture, including liquid cooling, high-speed SerDes interfaces, optical modules, and management subsystems
  • Lead the electrical design efforts for high-speed PCB layouts, signal integrity analysis, and power delivery networks
  • Collaborate with ASIC, firmware, and network software teams to define hardware-software interfaces and ensure the functional integration of custom silicon into network platforms
  • Drive hardware bring-up, debug, and qualification of prototype network systems in lab environments using oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and network test equipment
  • Partner with contract manufacturers and ODMs to translate hardware designs into production-ready network equipment
  • Develop and execute hardware validation plans covering thermal, mechanical, power, and electrical compliance for network infrastructure equipment
  • Document hardware designs, test results, and failure analyses to support cross-functional engineering reviews and manufacturing readiness decisions

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8+ years of experience in hardware or electrical engineering with a focus on network equipment, data center infrastructure, or high-speed digital systems
  • Experience designing and validating high-speed PCBs for networking applications, including signal integrity analysis for SerDes-based interfaces at 50G, 100G, or higher data rates
  • Experience with hardware bring-up and debug of complex network systems, including use of lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, TDRs, and network traffic generators
  • Experience working with ODMs or contract manufacturers through all the hardware development lifecycle stages, including EVT, DVT, and PVT

Skills

Required:Hardware design of high-speed PCBsLab hardware bring-up and debuggingCollaboration with ODMs/CMs

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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