Staff Board Design Engineer

About The Role
The Staff Board Design Engineer will be responsible for translating the System and Architectural Specifications into actual designs. This translation includes authoring/contributing to a detailed Design Spec and schematics as well as collaborating with Power Engineers, Signal Integrity Engineers, and PC Board Layout Engineers to generate physical instantiation. Board DEs participate in power on planning and are active in the lab during power on and board level testing as well as driving debug and root cause analysis. Other responsibilities for this position include working directly with our customers and core technology suppliers to understand and solve technical problems facing the customer.

What You'll Do

• Develops server motherboards and add-in cards from definition through schematics, PCB Layout/CAD, and HW Verification in the lab.
• Develops/implements repeatable design processes, looking for ways to improve quality and reduce risk and opportunities for errors. Practices "continual process improvement"
• Develop technical relationships with the System Architecture Team.
• Collaborate with the appropriate BIOS/FW teams to establish the I/O pin definitions and ensure the HW Design Specification accurately defines them.
• Create consistent, human readable schematics
• Design with high quality and cost-effective solutions in mind. Avoid unnecessary or unessential features and understand when a novel solution is the correct choice.
• Drive design through new product development life cycle from concept through planning and development.
• Lead feasibility studies of system level concepts.
• Drive prototyping or proof of concepts of new technologies.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering required, Master's degree preferred
• 5+ years of direct industry experience required (3+ years with a MS degree)
• Solid grasp of analog and digital circuit theory and principles.
• Strong background and experience with high-speed signal design implementation, power distribution techniques, and Intel/AMD/ARM/GPU platform architectures.
• Experience with implementation of high-speed serial buses and Fabrics (SAS/SATA, PCIe, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, Ethernet, etc.), high speed Memory Buses (DDR4, DDR5, HBM2), and Processor/Accelerator Cache Coherent Links (CCIX, GenZ, CXL).
• Strong knowledge of the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) functionality and the ability to enable it.
• Demonstrated ability to create detailed design specifications and develop test plans for new product features.
• Demonstrated ability to discover, learn, and apply new technologies.

About ZT Systems
At ZT Systems, you'll get to do work you are proud of alongside smart, passionate people. Every day, there are opportunities to collaborate with the best in the industry to design, build, and deliver impactful solutions to world-class customers. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience in a face-paced environment that's challenging, rewarding, and career-defining.

A culture built around our values we work hard and think fast. We view challenges as opportunities—to do better, push harder, and be faster than we were the day before. When we fail, we learn from it and move on together. And when we succeed, we use the momentum to go even further. We create value with everything we do, building the foundation of today—and transforming the future of tomorrow.

Join ZT Systems and help us build technology infrastructure that connects the world.

What We Offer
When you join ZT, you'll enjoy a range of world-class, inclusive employee benefits designed to grow with you and our company. From competitive compensation to 401K matching to comprehensive health & wellness programs and tuition reimbursement, ZT Systems offers industry leading benefits packages for eligible employees designed to help you get the most out of life.

ZT Group Int'l. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ZT Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Please be aware that certain positions may require the applicant to either 1) be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.

• 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.
• 1158, or 2) be eligible to obtain an export control license or license exception from the Bureau of Industry and Science & U.S. Department of Commerce. All offers of employment will be conditional subject to the foregoing.