Job Summary:

The Principal Digital Hardware Engineer will work in all phases of the hardware product development life-cycle, including requirements, architecture, design, implementation and verification; will be responsible for concisely translating product specifications into practical design taking into consideration electrical, mechanical, software, testing, cost, performance, and manufacturing constraints; will understand the hardware architecture of the products, improve HW products and the HW development process with innovative approaches; will work with the team to complete and support engineering tasks with high quality.

Job Expectations:

• Participate as an active member of the hardware team.

• Mixed signal circuit design, signal integrity design, schematic capture, PCB layout, manufacturing documentation and verification to specifications.

• FPGA logic design and simulation using VHDL.

• Testing and troubleshooting using logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, high speed probing.

• Technical documentation development and delivery.

• Execute work in a diverse team environment as well as independently with minimum supervision.

• Provide clear and concise communication of design and development approach or plans.

• Complete high quality work while keeping budget and schedule constraints on track.

• Perform engineering analysis of mixed signal circuits.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in the design of embedded analog/digital systems using embedded ARM microprocessors and FPGA's.

•  A minimum of 3 years experience writing VHDL/Verilog/HLS for Xilinx FPGA’s.

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience using the Xilinx Vivado toolchain.

• Digital design simulation using Vivado simulator, Matlab/Simulink and Xilinx Simulator and System Generator

• Experience designing, simulating and implementing digital signal processing blocks in FPGA’s

• High speed interface design (DDR2, DDR3/4 SDRAMUART, USB, I2C, SPI) interface logic using HDL for Xilinx FPGA’s. 

• Experience using system-on-chip devices and AXI3/4 interconnects.

• Experience managing prototype PCBAs: bringing up, testing and troubleshooting prototypes.

• Excellent diagnostic, debug, and troubleshooting skills, using standard lab/bench equipment.

• Experience writing bare-metal C-code to verify FPGA IP modules inside an SoC is highly desirable.

• Experience in FPGA based BLDC control is highly desirable.

• Experience with video/image data processing or computer vision object recognition is highly desirable.

• Experience managing bills of materials, PCBA assembly packages, and writing ECO’s.

• Solid experience on signal integrity design.

• Good verbal and written communication skills, which includes ability in writing technical documents.

• Self starter, team player, multi-tasking with good time management skills.

Education Requirements:

• BA/BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Work Environment: The noise in the work environment is usually moderate. Other factors are:

• Hectic, fast-paced with multi-level distractions

• Professional, yet casual work environment

• Office / Warehouse environment

• Ability to work extended hours as required

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