Senior Hardware Engineer
Designs embedded hardware systems for security devices from concept to mass production. Analyzes manufacturability, troubleshoots prototypes, and collaborates with firmware/software teams. Requires 7+ years experience with PCB design, bus protocols, and microcontrollers.
About the job
Tasks & Responsibilities
- Electronic Design from concept to implementation and hand-over to manufacturing at scale
- Testing prototypes, HW/FW troubleshooting, solving design and manufacturing issues
- Collaborating with FW/SW/Test/Mfg teams to deliver compatible, reliable products
- Overseeing the manufacturing process of electrical components/assemblies to ensure they meet the design specifications
Basic Qualifications
- BS or Masters in Electrical Engineering or a relevant technical discipline
- 7+ years of experience designing embedded hardware systems, using EDA/PCB design software (Altium or Allegro/Cadence) Schematic Capture, Layout / Routing and DFM/DFA
- Experience with Bus communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, RS232/RS485, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, CAN)
- Experience with Microcontrollers, preferably STM, TI, Freescale, NXP, and relevant software stacks
- Use of relevant tools such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
- Testing and Debugging, creating test protocols, reports and SOPs
Preferred Qualifications
- Designing software architectures for scalability, reliability, and performance
- Wireless technologies (NFC, Bluetooth, BLE, BLE Mesh, ZigBee)
- Hardware (PCB, JTAG, UART, SPI, ROM, microcode, custom ASIC/FPGA) x86 and/or ARM chipset and firmware security (TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, secure boot)
- Experience with mechanical fixtures and automation
- PLM tools experience (Arena or Agile)
- Collaboration Tools experience (JIRA/Confluence)
Skills
Altium, Cadence, Allegro, I2C, Spi, Uart, Usb, Pcie, Stm, Nxp, Ti, Freescale, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Nfc
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