Hardware Design Architect Engineer -

Location: Stanford
Posted on: May 6, 2024

Job Description:

3-month contract - on W2 - PAY = $DOE

International travel may needed

Starting at concept creation, the Hardware team architects, designs, develops, validates, and continues to support the product through end of life. Our hardware design engineers are an integral part of the entire process, especially involved in the system design, factory bring up, and test/validation cycles of the project.

The work:

Design future products by owning architecture selection, electrical design and validation.

Lead the electrical engineering team to develop your product including RF, sensors and other specialists. Work with all cross-functional teams (software, product design, industrial design, program management, operations, finance, etc.) to deliver a successful product to market.

Validate your design: complete functional verification, signal characterization, power modeling/test, and system coexistence testing.

Bring your design to mass production by setting factory test requirements, assisting in software bring up, traveling on-site to the manufacturer to ensure the design is built and tested successfully.

Prepare for the future: work with and manage suppliers/manufacturing partners to establish mutually beneficial relationships for future product designs.

Skills and experience needed:

? BS/MS EE or ECE, 1-4 years (junior HW design engineer) or 5+ years-experience (senior HW design engineer) needed

? Strong EE fundamentals, including ability to design high speed digital and or analog systems.

? Hands-on experience in prototype bring-up and debugging, functional verification and manufacturing support.

Experience with: embedded systems, processor selection, various communication protocols (especially USB, SPI, I2C and UART), analog design, sensor design, low power design, audio acoustics, various RF technologies.

Tools: Cadence OrCAD & Allegro.

Position will require frequent international travel.

Hands-on lab experience (soldering, oscilloscopes, data acquisition)

Contagious enthusiasm and passion for engineering

Experience with power design topologies preferred

Experience with audio/acoustic design preferred

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and will consider all qualified candidates without regard to disability or protected veteran status.

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