Role: Platform HW Competitive Analysis Engineer
12 Months Contract
Location: Austin, TX (onsite/hybrid)
Job Duties:
1. Board Analysis:
o Analyze CPU/APU/GPU printed circuit boards (PCBs) from various vendors and systems, including notebooks, PC motherboards, and GPU cards.
o Identify electrical components and use reverse engineering techniques to understand board topology, architecture, power tree, and key interfaces.
2. Bill of Materials (BOM) Estimation:
o Collaborate with component engineers to create estimated BOM files, identifying components with unclear traits.
o Utilize the internal cost database to estimate board costs and compare with internal/customer designs.
3. PCB Stack-Up Analysis:
o Engage with PCB delamination shops for stack-up analysis, identifying high-speed interfaces and dielectric materials.
o Analyze vias, pad stacks, and trace geometries to determine competitor chip ball-out for key interfaces.
4. Power Instrumentation:
o Conduct power instrumentation on boards using standardized benchmarks to measure system efficiency.
o Measure incoming and output power across various ASIC rails.
5. Reporting and Recommendations:
o Prepare reports highlighting cost differences and design/architecture features affecting cost.
o Provide recommendations for future competitive platform designs.
Candidate Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering.
• 3-5 years of experience in platform hardware design/analysis.
• Proficiency in high-speed digital interfaces (e.g., LPDDR, GDDR, PCIe, USB, DP, eDP, HDMI, SPI, eSPI).
• Experience with complex PCB and system assemblies using FFC/custom cables and interfaces.
• Familiarity with PCB BOM cost optimization through design simplification while maintaining functionality and reliability.
• Experience collaborating with silicon vendors and suppliers for cost-effective design solutions.
• Previous experience in competitive BOM analysis and benchmarking power/efficiency/performance is a plus.
SH Global Solutions is a certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Maryland. Established in 2016 to modernize commercial and government technology to mitigate cybersecurity threats and to secure data centers from increasingly more frequent cyber attacks, we specialize in providing Information Technology (IT) solutions and services to government and commercial organizations. Our core areas of core expertise are focused in:
● Datacenter consolidation/optimization - this includes designing, procuring, and installing turnkey secure, modern infrastructure solutions including scalable and modular systems
● Professional program and project management services for large and complex projects
● In-building wireless solutions to enable 5G technology and connect to the growing Internet of Things (IoT)
Our team is comprised of highly skilled and dedicated professionals, uniquely qualified in cutting-edge technology, and engineering, and in the rapid deployment and implementation of new technologies. Our CEO is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and entrepreneur with over 25 years supporting the DOD, US Government agencies, and NATO worldwide.