Board Design Engineer Job Description
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Board Design Engineer Job Description
- Working with Hardware Engineering Team to complete Firmware and Hardware Development, Simulation and Verification for digital signal processing and general processing projects
- Participates in the overall product development cycle from electrical product conception until start of mass production
- Is part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of system architects, SW engineers and other HW disciplines with daily interaction to third parties, procurement and industrialization teams
- Performing Hardware design activities for various programs and research projects
- Design and develops Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
- Generates documents using tools for schematic capture
- Designs include dense, high-speed, multi-layer boards
- Working with multi-disciplinary Hardware Engineering Team to complete cutting edge product development
- Understand and develop material selection, impedance calculations, high speed design, cross talk limits, differential pairs, PCB stack-ups, PCB via structures, during the design phase, and generate and perform reviews on the artwork and drawings once the design is ready for fabrication and assembly
- Interface with Mechanical engineers, Suppliers, Component Engineering, Program Managers and Project team members as needed to develop cost effective high quality designs
- A strong technical background in both high-speed board and platform design - Ability to work with key resources and stakeholders SV/EV validation, SW, SI/PI/PD, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing
- Capacity to work independently and in a solid team environment- Experience with eCAD design tools Cadence OrCAD, Concept & Allegro
- Engineering degree or a degree in Computer Science/Telecommunications/Electronic (or you are obtaining it this year) or have up to 5 years of experience
- You have a broad interest in HW design (mainly analog)
- Broad interest in the Telecom sector
- Knowledge of qualifications standards (ANSI, ETSI, MII), ECAD design tools (Mentor Graphics/Valor), xDSL is an asset
Board Design Engineer Job Description
- Synthesize custom/ASIC RTL designs to Xilinx-based FPGA platforms
- Develop custom FPGA IP modules such as SPI/I2C, TDM, PDM engines to facilitate product emulation and validation
- Develop automated regression frameworks and methodologies to test the FPGA images and custom FPGA IP modules
- Develop methodologies, automated workflow for RTL to FPGA synthesis and enable FPGA code re-use and HW board re-use across various products
- Develop automated tools/scripts/API for standardization of FPGA IP blocks and RTL FPGA images and generate all necessary documentation
- Work with Validation and Emulation team members to test/debug/support audio products emulation and validation
- Developing of documentation for board design, fab and assembly
- Project management duties include understanding the project timeline, communicate status and maintain ownership for issue resolution
- The candidate is also expected to manage the project throughout its development utilizing the signal integrity, mechanical and program management teams outside design resources
- This person will work with his/her customers to ensure that all required information is incorporated when developing new hardware
- Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast paced working environment
- Creativity and high efficiency
- Willingness to accept and overcome challenges on a daily basis
- Application of creative solutions to complex technical problems
- Teamwork but also ability to work independently
- To work in a worldwide development team context
Board Design Engineer Job Description
- Knowledge of design for EMI/EMC Compliance
- HW definition
- HW Design review and improvement
- Coordination with test engineers on product testing
- Designs high speed networking product solutions leveraging state of the art and emerging ASIC, FPGA, CPU, memory and I/O components, subsystems, integrated circuitry, and algorithms
- Work with key SW, SDK, ASIC and manufacturing partners on electrical hardware design and development
- Use design tools and processes to enable new technology design
- Leads as a member of a project team made up of other electrical hardware engineers and internal and external development partners to develop reliable, cost effective, and high quality solutions for complex products
- Breadboard test and troubleshooting
- Ground support electronics design
- Willingness to travel for regular short term trips depending on project/customer
- Can take a design from start to finish (design through production)
- Experience with volume PCBA production design and test
- Can debug/trouble-shoot high speed (gigahertz) digital and analog circuits
- Compliance experience with Regulatory Agencies (FCC, UL, CSA, CISPR, IEEE, .)
- Can trouble-shoot and design PCI-E interface
Board Design Engineer Job Description
- Design and develops Printed Circuit Boards
- Generates documents using tools for schematic
- The designs are dense, high-speed, multi-layer boards
- Working with Hardware Engineering Team to complete Hardware Development
- Understand and develop with the engineering team on material selection, impedance calculations, high speed design, cross talk limits, differential pairs, PCB stack-ups, PCB via structures, during the design phase, and generate and perform reviews on the artwork and drawings once the design is ready for fabrication and assembly
- Interface with Mechanical engineers, Suppliers, Component Engineering, Program Managers and Project team members as needed to develop cost effective high quality design
- Participates in semi-complex maintenance, enhancement, testing and of existing hardware
- Participates in semi-complex design, development, testing, and modification of hardware
- Participates with designing, developing, and implementing semi-complex hardware solutions while adhering to manufacturing capabilities
- Participates in maintaining all engineering documentation to support a design effort
- Can trouble-shoot and design Ethernet 1G/10G/100G (both copper and fiber I/O)
- Exposure/familiarity with thermal analysis
- Exposure/familiarity with mechanical analysis
- BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering with 5 - 7 years of experience or an MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 3 - 5 years experience
- Minimum of 3 years experience in synthesizing and maintaining RTL images for FPGA platforms
- Minimum of 2 years experience with Xilinx Vivado and Synopsis Synplify Pro Tools
Board Design Engineer Job Description
- Understand standards, specifications, and other documents in order to implement assigned tasks
- Provides level-of-effort estimates for assigned tasks
- Complete the preparation of reports and analysis of technical issues
- Works independently, provides general guidance and training for support staff, and works collaboratively with colleagues to resolve complex issues
- Implement quality and process improvements
- Develop on-board diagnostics for high-voltage vehicle electrification systems, applying generic design methods for maximizing reuse
- Assist in debugging through established problem solving techniques and debug on bench
- Interface with Software engineering to ensure software requirements are documented appropriately and analyzed prior to software design and implementation
- Apply global regulatory requirements for on-board diagnostics
- Ensure documented traceability from requirements through test cases (automotive-SPICE)
- Knowledge of SONET, OTN, Ethernet, Interlaken, PCIe and IP standards
- Hands-on lab test/debug experience during pre and/or post silicon validation with scopes, logic analyzers, in circuit emulators and other lab equipment
- Experience in designing circuit boards that include mixed signal components
- Experience with scripting or programming languages such as TCL, PERL, Python
- Knowledge of LabVIEW and/or TestStand desirable
- Problem solving and attention to details are highly valued