Hardware Engineer, Power
at Meta
Location
Menlo Park, CA
Compensation
$118k–$170k USD
Type
full time
Posted
2 weeks ago
Market range · company + function + seniority
p25 · target · p75 · n=162
Posted $170k · well below market
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Job description
Meta’s mission is backed by a massive hardware infrastructure. Our computational challenges are big, complex, and consistently evolving. Your work has the potential to shape the compute hardware and AI hardware going into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting billions of users. Meta is seeking a power engineer to join our power systems team. Our team is responsible for designing rack power solutions covering in-rack AC/DC and DC/DC, to support our fast-growing infrastructure at scale. Internally, we work closely with cross-functional teams to define the most efficient power hardware system, and to optimize for data center deployment. Externally, we work closely with industry partners, driving through the design cycle from beginning to end, ensuring high-quality product delivery. Our designs have been contributed to the Open Compute Project.
Responsibilities
- Define and design rack-level power systems to enable the integration of a variety of IT gear into Meta data centers
- Work with cross-functional teams to drive product qualification for full test coverage to meet product requirements and ensure product deployment
- Review and drive the product development with external power vendors, including in-depth design review, thorough test report review, and manufacturing test coverage review. Create verification test cases as needed
- Review circuit/PCB design, calculations and simulation
- Review and check the test report and the bug report
- Review and check manufacturing test coverage and report
- Support troubleshooting and resolution for product operation issues in the field
- Contribute to rack-level power system solution roadmap with cross-functional teams and vendor partners to ensure long-term scalability of Meta power infrastructure
Minimum Qualifications
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Power Electronics
- 2+ years of experience in power supply design
- 2+ years of experience with AC-DC power conversion topologies, such as various active PFC approaches, PWM converters and resonant converters
- 2+ years of experience with high-power redundant AC-DC power supply design and proven track record of successfully delivering products into production
- 2+ years of experience with design tools for schematic, layout, and simulation, such as Cadence, P-Cad, Mathcad, PSpice, or Simetrix/Simplis
- 2+ years of experience with product bring-up and troubleshooting skills with power supply testing methodologies
- 2+ years of experience in developing design specifications, design guidelines, and test plans Experience with data center power delivery is a plus
- Familiar with rack-level power systems
- Familiar with safety standards and the application process
- Familiar with DC/DC power system design and evaluation is a plus
- Familiar with digital bus designs, such as I2C/PMBus, Modbus, and CANbus
- Familiar with power supply qualification standards and processes, such as component derating, MTBF, and EMC
- Detail-oriented approach to technical documentation and communication, such as design specifications, test reports, and vendor reviews
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
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