Hardware Design Architect Engineer -

Unclassified - Stanford, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Stanford, CA

About the position

The Hardware team is responsible for the entire lifecycle of product development, from concept creation to end-of-life support. As a Hardware Design Engineer, you will play a crucial role in this process, particularly in system design, factory bring-up, and test/validation cycles. Your primary focus will be on designing future products by selecting appropriate architectures, conducting electrical design, and validating your work. You will lead a team of electrical engineers to develop products that incorporate RF, sensors, and other specialized components. Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including software, product design, industrial design, program management, operations, and finance, is essential to ensure the successful delivery of products to market. In this role, you will validate your designs through functional verification, signal characterization, power modeling/testing, and system coexistence testing. You will also be responsible for bringing your designs to mass production by setting factory test requirements and assisting in software bring-up. This may involve traveling on-site to manufacturers to ensure that designs are built and tested successfully. Additionally, you will work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to establish mutually beneficial relationships for future product designs, ensuring that the hardware team is well-prepared for upcoming projects.

Responsibilities

• Design future products by owning architecture selection, electrical design, and validation.
• Lead the electrical engineering team to develop products including RF, sensors, and other specialists.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver successful products to market.
• Complete functional verification, signal characterization, power modeling/test, and system coexistence testing for designs.
• Set factory test requirements and assist in software bring-up for mass production.
• Travel on-site to manufacturers to ensure designs are built and tested successfully.
• Manage relationships with suppliers and manufacturing partners for future product designs.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering (EE) or Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).
• 1-4 years of experience for junior HW design engineers or 5+ years for senior HW design engineers.
• Strong fundamentals in electrical engineering, including the 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, and various communication protocols (especially USB, SPI, I2C, and UART).
• Knowledge in analog design, sensor design, low power design, audio acoustics, and various RF technologies.
• Proficiency in tools such as Cadence OrCAD & Allegro.
• Hands-on lab experience including soldering, oscilloscopes, and data acquisition.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with power design topologies.
• Experience with audio/acoustic design.

Benefits

• Contract position on W2 with pay dependent on experience (DOE).
• Opportunity for international travel.