Hardware Systems Engineer
Core
Design and integrate hardware systems for next-generation consumer electronics products, focusing on electrical architecture, PCB design, and validation.
Role type
Senior IC hardware systems engineer
Builds
Complex electrical systems and hardware prototypes for consumer electronics
Domain
Consumer electronics / Hardware engineering
Required skills
Electrical architecture design, Schematic creation and layout, PCB/flex layout (HDI, fine-pitch BGAs), Component selection and data-sheet analysis, Hardware bring-up and debugging, Failure analysis, Lab equipment operation (oscilloscopes, network analyzers, BERT, VNAs), Signal integrity analysis, Manufacturing test plan review
Preferred skills
Mass production experience in consumer electronics, CPU/GPU/RF design expertise, Statistical data analysis (JMP), Scripting
Technologies
PCIe, USB, I2C, Thunderbolt, SPI, UART, HDMI, CAD tools, JMP
Responsibilities
Own electrical architecture and implementation, Lead schematic creation and layout, Perform bring-up, debug, and hardware validation, Build prototypes to validate proof-of-concept designs, Conduct failure analysis and troubleshooting, Evaluate and select components through detailed data-sheet analysis, Design schematics and layouts for highly constrained, multilayer PCBs, Lead prototype bring-up, debugging, functional verification, and electrical characterization, Perform electrical design validation using advanced lab equipment, Analyze factory-scale data to ensure hardware quality, Review factory test fixture designs and manufacturing test plans, Debug manufacturing issues, driving root-cause analysis and corrective actions, Travel to contract manufacturers (approximately 5 weeks/year)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
