Electrical Engineer - Hardware Validation
Core
Drive design, bring-up, validation, and optimization of high-volume consumer electronics hardware, focusing on PCB design, subsystem integration, and troubleshooting.
Role type
Senior IC Electrical Engineer (Hardware Validation)
Builds
High-volume consumer electronics devices with cameras, sensors, and display engines
Domain
Consumer electronics / Hardware engineering
Required skills
PCB design (Cadence, OrCAD, Allegro), flex PCB design, hardware bring-up and debug, signal integrity (SI) analysis, power integrity (PI) analysis, EMC/ESD compliance, high-speed interface validation (CPHY, DPHY), low-speed bus validation (I2C, SPI), clock architecture verification, root cause analysis
Preferred skills
Mass-production consumer electronics validation, cross-functional collaboration in manufacturing environments, clocking topology and timing analysis, failure analysis and reliability engineering for flex designs
Technologies
Cadence, OrCAD, Allegro, CPHY, DPHY, I2C, SPI
Responsibilities
Collaborate with product design, mechanical, and firmware teams to deliver optimized hardware; Execute hardware bring-up, debug, and validation processes; Conduct SI, PI, and EMC/ESD analysis and drive design changes; Validate high-speed and low-speed interfaces; Integrate and support subsystems including cameras, sensors, and display engines; Utilize PCB design tools for complex board design and stackup definition
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC