Principal Systems Engineer, Storage Accelerator

MaxLinear is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer, Storage Accelerator to join our team. You will be responsible for architecting and developing cutting-edge hardware platforms optimized for high-performance storage accelerator solutions. This role demands deep expertise in PCIe Gen5/Gen6 protocols, hands-on debugging, and board-level design of PCIe, OCP, and EDSFF form factors. You will drive architecture, design, validation, compliance with industry standards, and support of at scale manufacturing. In this role, you will focus on the following:

• →PCIe Gen5/6 Protocol Expertise & Debugging
  • →Serve as the subject matter expert on PCIe Gen5 and Gen 6 protocols and physical layer implementation
  • →Conduct hands-on debugging and root-cause analysis for development and field issues
  • →Provide guidance on emerging interface technologies such as CXL, UALink, and other high-speed interconnects
• →Hardware Design & Development
  • →Lead the design and development of PCIe HHHL, OCP 3.0 NIC, and EDSFF form factor boards for high-volume production
  • →Architect and implement high-speed interface designs, including PCIe Gen5 and OCP-compliant protocols
  • →Perform comprehensive Power Integrity (PI) and Signal Integrity (SI) analysis to ensure robust board-level performance
• →Testing & Validation
  • →Drive Design Validation Testing (DVT) and Production Validation Testing (PVT) processes
  • →Develop and execute thermal test plans in collaboration with an internal team as well as third-party thermal labs
• →Compliance & Certification- Ensure hardware designs meet industry standards and certifications including FIPS, RoHS, and other relevant regulatory requirements
• →Manufacturing Support
  • →Own and manage Functional Circuit Test (FCT) and In-Circuit Test (ICT) processes
  • →Lead RMA analysis and work closely with customers and manufacturing teams to resolve board-level issues

• Deep expertise in PCIe Gen5 and Gen6 protocols and OCP standards
• Proven track record of high-speed board design, SI/PI analysis, and board-level debugging
• Experience with compliance testing and certification processes
• Familiarity with emerging technologies like CXL and UALink is a strong plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 9 years of experience, or MS + 7 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 4 years of experience

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.