Platform Hardware Design Engineer

Job Details: Job Description: Team and Role Overview Intel’s Data Center Platform Engineering hardware team develops and supports platform solutions for leading cloud service providers and internet companies. These solutions integrate Intel data center products—including CPUs, GPUs, and NICs—across servers, storage systems, hardware accelerators, and infrastructure processing platforms. We are looking for a high-potential hardware engineer to help bring next-generation data center technologies to market while building a rewarding career. You will have opportunities to: Develop and support reference designs and products based on Intel’s latest data center platforms. Research and apply advanced data center platform hardware technologies. Collaborate with and learn from leading hardware and software engineers. Work with global engineering teams across China, the United States, Mexico, India, Poland, and other locations. Grow through structured training and career development opportunities. Take on challenging assignments in an open and collaborative environment. Responsibilities Partner closely with customers and internal platform architecture teams to define next-generation data center product architectures, concepts, and critical technologies based on customer requirements. Support customer platforms throughout the full lifecycle, from solution design and design-in through system bring-up, debugging, validation, deployment, and sustaining. Conduct system-level feasibility analyses covering physical placement, thermal and mechanical considerations, board floor planning, and critical high-speed interface routing. Review customer schematics and PCB layouts, and provide actionable design guidance. Lead and coordinate cross-organizational and geographically distributed engineering teams to diagnose and resolve complex, high-priority platform issues. Provide platform technology updates, technical training, and design consultation; answer customer questions during design enabling and design-in; and build trusted technical advisor relationships. Contribute to emerging-technology research, platform architecture, competitive analysis, and other innovation initiatives. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Communications Engineering, Automation, or a related field. Strong foundation in digital circuit design and familiarity with computer architecture. Strong analytical, logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills. Effective written and verbal communication skills in Mandarin and English, with the ability to collaborate with customers and global teams. Self-motivated learner with a proactive working style and the ability to contribute independently and in a team environment. Preferred Qualifications Experience with FPGA RTL design. Hands-on experience in digital system or board-level hardware design. Familiarity with x86 architecture and data center server and storage technologies. Python programming experience applied to test automation, data analysis, or hardware debugging. Experience applying prompt engineering and AI-assisted software development to hardware design, validation, debugging, or documentation automation. Job Type: College Grad Shift: Shift 1 (China) Primary Location: PRC, Shanghai Additional Locations: Posting Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance. Position of Trust N/A Work Model for this Role This role will require an on-site presence. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change. * ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. We do not charge any fees during our hiring process. Candidates should never be required to pay recruitment fees, medical examination fees, or any other charges as a condition of employment. If you are asked to pay any fees during our hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.