Hardware Designer Job Description
Hardware designer
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Hardware Designer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Deliver all technical aspects of hardware schematic capture and PCB board layout (proof of concept through production and warranty analysis)
Investigates, troubleshoots and solves Customer / field support
Management of mechanical design of electrical solutions and components
Participating in weekly project meetings in the hardware department
Driving technical solutions and reviews with internal design team and multiple sub-suppliers and solution providers
Ensuring time and quality in the deliveries to our projects
Task coordination and priorities task execution on key tasks
Continued development of the design process, design guidelines and design rules
Participating in product and technology development roadmaps and expand partnerships with external partners and suppliers
Design of high-speed printed circuit board layouts
Hardware Designer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Hardware Designer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CS, UAS
Education for Hardware Designer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the hardware designer 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, Education, Electronic Engineering, Physics, Technical, Computer Science
Skills for Hardware Designer
Desired skills for hardware designer include:
4G and 5G Radio
DSP theory
Subsystems architecture
Optical loss
Plating systems
Tolerance analysis
DCDC power design
Digital
Fiber optic communications theory
Implementation and ecosystem
Desired experience for hardware designer includes:
5+ years of hardware design experience (Academic experience considered)
2+ years of automotive hardware design leadership experience (Academic experience considered)
Experience with Altium Designer, Orcad/Candence schematic capture and PCB layout
Experience with Automotive SOC’s from TI, Renesas, NXP, Qualcomm
Experience with Automotive Memory PCB implementations DDR, NAND, NOR
Experience with high speed PCB trace analysis and design
Hardware Designer Examples
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Hardware Designer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of hardware designer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for hardware designer
- Drawing up the functional specifications of System RF Coils included components
- Provide detailed designs
- Interface with lay-out activities and PCB manufacturers
- Define test specifications for these products, coordinate and support product tests to provide a traceable verification of the product
- Document development efforts for the System RF coil at hand, including specifications, plans, reviews, test procedures, and test reports as input in the planning process of the project
- Work in and lead a team with electrical/RF engineers, mechanical engineers, systems engineering, manufacturing and service engineers
- Have interactions with suppliers on product design and produce-ability, product quality and cost
- Have interactions with Operations on production processes and tools, product quality and yield
- Managing the Designer function which includes appraising and recruiting new staff
- Mentoring and supporting professional development of designers and apprentices
Qualifications for hardware designer
- Analytics/Cloud
- Experience with Automotive wireless communication chipsets for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- Experience with Automotive Network Access devices (NAD) from Qualcomm, Intel, Marvel, Telit, Sierra Wireless, U-blox…
- Capable of bringing up an SOC from re-set
- Experience with Automotive serial bus communication HW CAN, LIN, UART, Ethernet, USB
- Students who are in their 3rd or final year of studies
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of hardware designer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for hardware designer
- Ensuring adequate quality controls are maintained when using external designers
- Working closely with engineers and other stakeholders to ensure deliverables meet required specifications within timescales and budgets
- Assist accessories and footwear design team for product design process including repeat pattern design, layout design, hardware design, print design, trend and market research, creating tech packs, in collaboration with CAD/Hardware design team and all designers
- Creating seasonal market research, print, trim and hardware presentation
- Communicate hardware design comments to overseas vendors
- Responsible for updating hardware and CAD database
- Prepare qualification test plans, procedures and reports lAW Company standards and contract requirements
- Conduct, monitor and witness qualification/verification and acceptance testing for internal products and products supplied by vendors
- Participate in preparation of safety, reliability and maintainability analysis
- Prepare Quality Assurance plans in accordance with company Quality and AS 9100 standards
Qualifications for hardware designer
- Self-motivated, eager to learn, and a good communicator
- Able to use and train others in test equipment such oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, precision power meters
- BSEE or BSCE from a 4 year accredited University (Finished or in process within next year)
- Must have examples of effective troubleshooting skills
- Since this position is a Continuous Engineering role, the ability to work in teams is a key for the position
- BA/BS in Design, HCI, Interaction, and/or relevant industry experience
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of hardware designer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for hardware designer
- Take the lead of a multidisciplinary team to support qualification testing and achieve the objectives within cost and schedule
- Support/participate in process improvements
- Conduct Failure analysis and ensure corrective actions
- Participate in technical reviews within the company and with customers and vendors
- Communicate with customers and vendors to ensure that all activities and requirements of the qualification testing are being conducted satisfactorily
- Management/coordination of mechanical design of electrical solutions and components
- Participate in weekly project meetings in the EL hardware department
- Coordinate and drive technical solutions and reviews with internal design team and multiple sub-suppliers and solution providers in Denmark and India
- Participate in product and technology development roadmaps and expand partnerships with external partners and suppliers
- Take responsibility for the design and overall quality of the hardware, and provide leadership and guidance for junior engineers
Qualifications for hardware designer
- Some experience prototyping preferred (using HTML, Flash, AfterEffects, or even Keynote)
- Good understanding of Work Instructions and the Quality Management System (QMS) requirements
- Well-developed writing skills to prepare effective documents, in a clear and concise format
- Minimum HNC/HND (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipine
- Experienced user of 3D CAD, PDM and PLM systems
- Must be proficient in Illustrator and Photoshop
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Our growing company is looking for a hardware designer. 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 designer
- Take responsibility for the complete implementation of detailed technical items and an understanding/appreciation of system level items
- Collaborate with multi-disciplined team members (System Engineers, HW Engineers, AEH Engineers, and Mechanical Engineers) to agree on system designs, interfaces and protocols
- Develop appropriate test hardware and procedures, both informal and formal, to prove the correct operation of hardware
- Provide support for the hardware and manage component obsolescence throughout its lifecycle
- Monitoring and reporting of progress of development to immediate supervisor and development team
- Ensure that all business activity is conducted in line with company values, policies and ethics codes of conduct
- Work with a high energy global team to bring to life new test solutions
- Take solution concepts and turn them into HW requirements
- Be responsible for the development, integration, prototyping, test, and QA of new hardware components
- Use Keysight’s best in class software and hardware tools in the development of new hardware components
Qualifications for hardware designer
- Good understanding of SelTrac signal plans and SelTrac Radio equipment
- Demonstrating an advanced level of logical reasoning resulting in effective hardware application designs, products and processes
- Interpreting specifications and the ability to write Requirements
- Preparing specifications for hardware and/or software components
- Proficient with the use of development tools, CAD packages (Microstation, AutoCAD)
- Selecting an appropriate design approach
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a hardware designer. 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 designer
- Provide technical support to internal teams
- Ability to read, understand and apply customer specifications and standards
- Ability to read, understand and adhere to project timelines
- Design tooling controls from mechanical switch and cylinder layouts and sequence of operation
- Design and configure air headers and components
- Design and configure water headers and components
- Design and configure power distribution and components
- Design and configure cable layouts and interconnection diagrams
- Design and configure robot interface diagrams
- Design and configure network diagrams
Qualifications for hardware designer
- Carry out all assigned work efficiently, with a minimum of supervision
- Manage assigned tasks, schedule and budget
- Verify that all assigned work has been completed accurately and on time
- Generating accurate, supportable estimates for current departmental technology and providing estimates for technologies that are new to the department
- Well developed writing skills to prepare clear effective documents
- Good interpersonal and diplomatic skills to deal confidently, courteously, and correctly with people at any level within the organization, and the customer