Job Description
Detailed Description
Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
Technical Leadership & Architecture
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Develop technical proposals including system and hardware architecture based on product or customer requirements.
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Lead the selection of key components (MCUs, FPGAs, Power Management ICs) balancing cost, availability, and performance.
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Conduct critical design reviews (Architecture, Schematic, Layout, DFx) to ensure high-quality design output.
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Review and interpret customer documentation, conduct appropriate research, and analysis
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Ability to create a project/change management plan, establish and distribute project roles, and communicate what is needed from the project participants in order to make the project successful.
Design & Development
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Design complex mixed-signal, analog, and digital circuits.
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Perform schematic capture and oversee or execute complex PCB layouts (multi-layer, high-speed signals, impedance control).
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Simulate and analyze circuits and channels using tools like SPICE, CST, Cadence Sigrity to validate design integrity before prototyping.
Testing & Validation
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Develop hardware verification plans and lead board bring-up, debugging, and characterization.
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Troubleshoot complex hardware issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers.
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Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., FCC, CE, UL, RoHS) and EMI/EMC requirements.
Manufacturing & Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Work closely with Firmware/Software teams to define hardware abstraction layers and configurations.
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Collaborate with Mechanical Engineering to ensure proper thermal management is implemented and enclosure is designed with reliability and cost in mind.
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Manage relationships with JDM partners; oversee the transition from EVT/DVT to PVT and Mass Production.