Staff Hardware Engineer

PlayStation Global•Aliso Viejo, CA

About The Position

Why PlayStation? PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more. PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. Staff Hardware Engineer Aliso Viejo, CA Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Cloud Gaming Engineering and Infrastructure (CGEI) division is leading the Cloud Gaming revolution, putting console-quality video games on any device, from TVs to consoles to mobile devices and beyond. Our Hardware & Systems Engineering team is looking for a Staff Hardware Engineer to join an innovative team of hardware engineers specialized in custom scale-out computing development. The ideal candidate complements this team and brings technical leadership to team members and partners.

Requirements

BSEE required, MSEE or PhD preferred
7-8 years of proven hardware design and technical leadership
Experience with Jira and Confluence in both waterfall and Agile environments
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to articulate technical information in a clear and concise manner at all levels from executive staff to engineers
Strong cross-team collaboration and interpersonal skills with a variety of roles including engineering, product management, and support
Strong understanding of digital electrical design
Deep knowledge of high-speed protocols, including PCIe link and transport, DDR5/6, Etherenet, USB4
Proven experience with broadly-used electrical design tools
Experience building, debugging and troubleshooting novel high-performance hardware systems

Nice To Haves

Experience with FPGA/CPLD design, including commensurate knowledge of standard and vendor-specific tooling
Working experience in Perl, TCL, Python, Linux environments and/or C/C++
Understanding of computer architecture, interconnects, FPGAs and storage technology
Experience developing test code (firmware, software test code) for prototypes and early validation platforms and commensurate knowledge of integrated development environments (IDEs)
Experience leading technical teams, driving cross-functional projects, and mentoring junior engineers

Responsibilities

Work with local and remote partners to create custom computing hardware designs that satisfy requirements across the company’s online gaming business.
Work with datacenter partners to understand, define and document scale out requirements for hardware, firmware and software development partners.
Work with external partners and suppliers to design, develop and deliver custom hardware.
Work with developers in partner software and firmware departments to create system level solutions that integrate with existing and novel rack-, datacenter- and global-level system architectures.