Hardware Bring-Up Engineer

Job Description

Our partner is looking for a Hardware Bring-Up Engineer to take ownership of first board and first silicon bring-up for advanced compute hardware, helping turn newly manufactured hardware into a stable, working system.

This is a practical lab focused role with broad technical responsibility across power, clocks, reset, boot, firmware and high speed interfaces. You will be one of the key engineers involved during the earliest stages of hardware validation, identifying whether issues originate from the board, silicon, firmware or software and driving them toward resolution.

You will define and maintain the bring-up process, build reliable lab setups, automate measurements and collect data that can be shared with design, SI, PI, firmware and validation teams. The role also includes characterisation work such as margin testing, shmoo testing and interface validation, with findings feeding directly into board improvements, silicon validation and future hardware revisions.

The position requires someone comfortable working independently in the lab, reading schematics and layouts, using advanced measurement equipment and making practical technical decisions when the expected hardware behaviour does not match what is observed.

Location: Barcelona, Spain, Hybrid
Level: Senior

Responsibilities

• Own first power-on and board bring-up

• Validate power rails, clocks, reset and boot sequence

• Bring up initial hardware interfaces

• Debug failures across hardware, firmware and software

• Use scopes, logic analysers, protocol analysers and JTAG

• Build and maintain lab setups and test fixtures

• Automate measurements and data collection

• Run margin, shmoo and corner testing

• Characterise power, clocks and high speed interfaces

• Support board respins and root cause analysis

• Work with design, firmware, validation and manufacturing teams

• Hand over stable platforms to validation and production

Requirements

• 5+ years of complex digital board bring-up experience

• Server, networking, ASIC or FPGA platform experience

• Proven first silicon or first board bring-up ownership

• Strong oscilloscope and lab instrumentation skills

• Logic and protocol analyser experience

• Power measurement and JTAG experience

• Ability to read schematics, layouts and datasheets

• Strong hardware and firmware debug capability

• Boot and sequencing troubleshooting experience

• Python for automation, instrument control and data analysis

Optional / Desired

• PCIe, DDR, LPDDR, Ethernet or SerDes bring-up

• Link training and margin testing

• BMC experience

• Embedded Linux or firmware knowledge

• Rack or multi node system integration

• Board rework and repair skills

• Automated lab or test workflows

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working hours

• Hybrid model, 4 days office, 1 day from home

• 1 week per year working from anywhere

• 25 days annual leave plus December 24 and 31

• Monthly food allowance

• Private medical insurance

• Relocation bonus

• Housing search support

• Visa support if required

• Family relocation support

• Virtual shares

• Language classes

• Tax incentive, subject to eligibility