Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Position: Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Job Classification: Professional
Department: Engineering
Level: Exempt
Reports to: Manager, Hardware Engineering

Primary Responsibilities:
Design, develop, test and improve industrial communication electronics and hardware

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and improve products with processor, Flash/SDRAM memory, Ethernet devices and programmable logic devices (CPLD/FPGA)
• Perform validation and verification tests on product designs
• Create hardware design verification test plans and test reports
• Create product design concepts and architecture
• Create schematics, Netlist and BOM
• Define board layout guidelines to ensure good signal integrity and compliance with EMC and UL safety requirements
• Review PCB layout and recommend changes and improvements
• Study international IEC or EN standards to understand and implement requirements in product designs for compliance
• Debug and troubleshoot designs and products; implement solutions to improve products
• Document designs for manufacturing and support
• Interface with customers on product requirements, development and product support
• Collaborate with other Engineers and production team to develop test fixtures and production testing

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5+ years’ experience designing and developing products with processor, memory chips, CPLD/FPGA, transceivers
• Proficient at creating and reviewing schematics and designs using OrCAD Capture, OrCAD PCB layout, or equivalent tools
• Experience in creating layout guidelines and reviewing PCB layout and providing guidance
• Coding/simulation experience in Verilog or VHDL
• Experience in creating design validation test plans and test reports
• High speed bus design, 10/100Base or Gigabit Ethernet/USB interface design experience is desired
• Good understanding and knowledge of high-speed board layout
• Strong working knowledge of oscilloscope multimeter power supplies to debug and troubleshoot designs
• Ability to effectively communicate product architectures and design proposals
• Experience in designing with ARM core-based processor is a plus
• Strong computer literacy, including CAD experience
• Must be able to provide assistance in soldering electronic components
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

 

Interested? Please e-mail employment@comtrol.com