Hardware Design Job Description
Hardware design
provides hardware circuit design and development expertise from new concept idea to production implementation, including but not limited to schematic creation, circuit simulation, WCCA, board prototyping, PCB layout, design for manufacturability, and board testing.
Hardware Design Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Work on leading edge wireless technologies/standards such as WiFi
Develop small form factor, cost optimized, regulatory compliant & manufacturable reference designs with both digital and RF interfaces
Be responsible for complete application hardware development from concept to production
Interact with silicon designers & software/firmware teams to create high performance, industry leading solutions
Knowledgeable but not necessary, RHINO & Keyshot
Must have clear and copious communication skills
Help guide external design resources in all phases of automotive module design
Work with software engineering, mechanical engineering, and marketing to develop system level architectures and board level design requirements, schedules, and cost targets
Evaluate and select components to support the design goals
Develop the design files schematic entry, source code, to implement the designs
Hardware Design Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Hardware Design
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMI, PMP, EMC, UL, CQE, ASQ, EMI, CSQE, CRE, RF
Education for Hardware Design
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the hardware design job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics, Design, Science, Technical, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Communication
Skills for Hardware Design
Desired skills for hardware design include:
Modern communication system architectures and modulation techniques
Technically related areas
Verification techniques is an advantage
PCB layout
Circuit design and PCB layout
Associated measurement equipment
Circuit design
SPI
Synthesis
USB
Desired experience for hardware design includes:
Familiarity with timing analysis and functional simulation
Completion of several board and system development projects would be an added advantage
Master degree in EE, communication and Information system, control system
In this role you are expected to design/develop algorithms to effectively perform functional verification/validation of Processor features and functions and then translate this into executable C/C++/Assembly code
Ability to work with a large team with ambiguous requirements and solidify down to a set of chip requirements
Experience with AMBA bus protocol as AXI/AHB/APB and other standard on chip bus protocols
Hardware Design Examples
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Hardware Design Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a hardware design. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for hardware design
- Write, direct, and analyze results of tests on prototypes and production machines
- Investigate customer complaints, concerns and requests
- Oversee and give direction to other product design personnel in completion of assigned designs
- Participate and assist in planning product specs
- Be comfortable and able to operate in a rapidly growing environment
- Can react to changes and handle requests from different sources (multi-task)
- Detailed knowledge of hardware development best practices, and business fundamentals
- Complete entire life cycle of programs including new business capture, preliminary and detail design, fabrication, integration and test, manufacturing and customer support
- Assist in defining system requirements and architectures, to include, preparing bids and proposals, plan and lead projects utilizing cross-functional teams
- Participation in peer audits of schematics, mechanical packaging, and standards compliance
Qualifications for hardware design
- At least two years experience with industry standard bus architectures
- Experience with board power distribution
- Experience with the integration of graphical processors
- Must have a thorough understanding of engineering concepts, principles, codes, and theory
- Knowledge on cubicle design, IBP design and console design
- Mature and able to follow up projects independently
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a hardware design. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for hardware design
- Designs and tests integrated circuits and hardware components for signal processing applications and research
- Designs, documents, and develops code for digital signal processors or other hardware devices
- Analyzes the functions of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpose of reverse engineering
- Modify and adapt vendor-manufactured hardware to meet customer requirements
- Support of the Hardware Design Group for active safety products
- Design of hardware for electronic modules
- Schematic capture using Mentor DX Designer tools
- Design analysis including FMEA, FTA and worst case stack up analysis
- Hardware simulation using SPICE (or other tools) including verification of actual hardware in the lab
- Definition of interface requirement for the Software Team
Qualifications for hardware design
- At least four years experience in electrical board design and hig speed digital design
- Occasionally travel is needed
- Scripting experience with Python, or similar
- BS/MS CE/EE/CS with 8+ years of experience in board and FPGA design
- Expertise using Cadence (including Orcad), Mentor design tool and flows
- Familiar with the use of lab equipment such as oscilloscope, logic analyzer, signal generators, etc
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a hardware design. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for hardware design
- Collaborate across many departments such as Research, Layout and Driver teams to implement the specification
- Work alongside the Graphics Architect and be a key stakeholder in delivering the next generation of graphics for electronics
- Supervise and mentor other team members
- Lead new product development
- Validate Analog and Digital circuits using oscilloscopes, logic analyzer, network analyzer, multimeter, chamber
- Support design and projects in the areas of regulatory compliance, reliability analysis and testing, components selections and development process
- Work with manufacturing in defining the tests and fixtures needed for programming, functional verification and final tests
- Provide technical support to internal departments
- Investigation and debug of production board and field failures to root cause
- Hardware Defect triage and prioritisation
Qualifications for hardware design
- Experience with Xilinx and Altera FPGAs
- Experience in the use of common processor/evaluation boards
- Ability to work in a CAD or other graphics application
- Knowledge of international regulations in the automotive area
- Knowledge of quality assurance systems such as FMEA and Kaizen
- Knowledge of English at intermediate level
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a hardware design. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for hardware design
- Perform SI simulation and analysis, generate schematic, and oversee PCB layout
- Write test procedures and perform component level, functional and integration testing
- Interface with mechanical engineers and drafters to integrate circuit board designs into the product housings and enclosures
- Owner of key hardware business reports to enable key Management Decisions
- Support quarterly short term sizing
- Market share results consolidation and analysis to propose actions
- Provide business performance analysis (ARU, mix…) to understand business dynamics
- Support business planning activities and management reviews
- Work closely with partner businesses and stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate forecasting
- Other Large Format Design HW ad-hoc requests
Qualifications for hardware design
- Knowledge of Polish at intermediate level
- Ability to cooperate with work teams in an international environment ability to work on your own
- Grad -2 years with the field of accessory design / hardware
- May have past experience in designing Hardware within the categories of (Ready To Wear/Accessories/Jewelry)
- May have past experience in designing Hardware within the categories of (Ready To Wear/Accessories/Jewelry)
- Beneficial but not mandatory to have experience with Metals, Plastics & Plating processes
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Our growing company is looking for a hardware design. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for hardware design
- Coordinate work activities with other engineers, drafters, technicians and may direct assigned employees during course of assignment
- Train other employees or customers on product theory or performance
- Derive and understand performance data from tests performed
- Participate in the development and specification of new products
- Design, document, implement and verify circuits, modules or systems to meet product requirements
- Create and execute unit and system test plans
- Support the hardware and software development, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, technical documentation and operations teams through the development process
- Design and develop electronic design for industrial metering and safety applications
- Schematic entry using Allegro / Altium / Orcad
- Component selection keeping design margins into consideration
Qualifications for hardware design
- Beneficial but not mandatory to have Knowledge of semi-precious stones & metals
- The will and desire to advance and grow in current position to the next level
- 10+ years of front-end ASIC experience
- Prior experience managing and leading small teams
- Prior experience managing relationship with ASIC vendor
- You hold significant experience of RTL (VHDL /Verilog) design for complex ASIC products