Hardware Design Engineer

 

 

CelLink’s ultra-thin, flexible interconnect technology is transforming how next-generation data centers, EVs, and aerospace systems are built. As part of our engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to directly influence how the world’s most advanced electronic systems are powered and connected.

As a Hardware Design Engineer, you will design and develop advanced power distribution and interconnect solutions used inside next-generation AI and hyperscale server racks. You will work directly with hyperscalers, OEMs, ASIC vendors, and cross-functional engineering teams to develop high-current electrical hardware that enables large-scale compute infrastructure.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design rack-level power delivery hardware for AI server platforms.
• Design and develop high-current interconnect assemblies and power distribution systems.
• Own electrical hardware development from concept through production release.
• Perform electrical calculations, including current carrying capacity, voltage drop, resistance, thermal performance, and power distribution analysis.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineering teams to ensure manufacturable and reliable designs.
• Support product validation, testing, and qualification activities.
• Develop and integrate hardware solutions involving PCBAs, busbars, connectors, flex circuits, and power distribution assemblies.
• Drive design reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in applications engineering, product design, systems engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
• Proven knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals and circuit and/or system design.
• Experience with industry-standard design tools (e.g., Cadence, Altium); CAD design experience a plus.
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment and debugging/automating hardware.
• Understanding of power delivery and HV systems, with the ability to discuss electrical performance tradeoffs confidently.
• Experience performing engineering calculations to support design decisions and customer requirements.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineering and business audiences.
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple customer engagements simultaneously.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% to customer and vendor sites as needed.

Base Salary

• Final salary determined by experience and level. We’re hiring for multiple positions and will align compensation accordingly.

Working Conditions/Hours

• Salaried Exempt
• 100% onsite 

 

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment – 

Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run/maintain machines.

PPE-

May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures.

 

CA Privacy Policy

 

We believe diversity and inclusion among our teammates are essential to our success. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees while building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an equal opportunity employer. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. CelLink participates in the E-Verify program in specific locations as required by law.

CelLink was founded in 2012 and entered volume production in 2018. CelLink provides electrical systems to the world's leading automotive OEMs & EV manufacturers, data center developers, and stationary power companies. The company has raised approximately $315M in funding through private investment and multiple grants from the US Department of Energy. CelLink’s investors include 3M, Atreides, BMW, BorgWarner, Bosch, D1 Capital, Fidelity, Fontinalis Partners, Ford, Franklin Templeton, Lear, Park West, SK Telecom, Standard Investments, T. Rowe Price, Tinicum, and Whale Rock.