Hardware Engineer

Why Play Station?

Play Station isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The Play Station family of products and services including Play Station®5, Play Station®4, Play Station®VR, Play Station®Plus, acclaimed Play Station software titles from Play Station Studios, and more.

Play Station also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The Play Station brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Staff Hardware Engineer

Aliso Viejo, CA

Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Cloud Gaming Engineering and Infrastructure (CGEI) division is leading the Cloud Gaming revolution, putting console-quality video games on any device, from TVs to consoles to mobile devices and beyond.

Our Hardware & Systems Engineering team is looking for a Staff Hardware Engineer to join an innovative team of hardware engineers specialized in custom scale‑out computing development. The ideal candidate complements this team and brings technical leadership to team members and partners.

• Work with local and remote partners to create custom computing hardware designs that satisfy requirements across the company’s online gaming business.
• Work with datacenter partners to understand, define and document scale-out requirements for hardware, firmware and software development partners.
• Work with external partners and suppliers to design, develop and deliver custom hardware.
• Work with developers in partner software and firmware departments to create system-level solutions that integrate with existing and novel rack-, datacenter- and global-level system architectures.

• BSEE required, MSEE or PhD preferred
• 7-8 years of proven hardware design and technical leadership
• Experience with Jira and Confluence in both waterfall and Agile environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to articulate technical information in a clear and concise manner at all levels from executive staff to engineers
• Strong cross-team collaboration and interpersonal skills with a variety of roles including engineering, product management, and support
• Strong understanding of digital electrical design
• Deep knowledge of high-speed protocols, including PCIe link and transport, DDR5/6, Ethernet, USB4
• Proven experience with broadly-used electrical design tools
• Experience building, debugging and troubleshooting novel high-performance hardware systems

• Experience with FPGA/CPLD design, including commensurate knowledge of standard and vendor-specific tooling
• Working experience in Perl, TCL, Python, Linux environments and/or C/C++
• Understanding of computer architecture, interconnects, FPGAs and storage technology
• Experience developing test code (firmware, software test code) for prototypes and early validation platforms and commensurate knowledge of integrated development environments (IDEs)
• Experience leading technical teams, driving cross-functional projects, and mentoring junior engineers

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.  to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below: $214,600 — $322,000 USD

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