Hardware Design Architect Engineer -

Unclassified - Stanford, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Stanford, CA

About the position

The Hardware Design Engineer will be responsible for the architecture, design, development, validation, and support of hardware products throughout their lifecycle. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product delivery to market, as well as leading the electrical engineering team in the design and validation processes. The position requires hands-on involvement in prototype testing and debugging, as well as international travel to manufacturing sites for product validation and support.

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 (software, product design, industrial design, program management, operations, finance) to deliver successful products to market.
• Conduct 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 successful design implementation and testing.
• 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 engineer or 5+ years for senior HW design engineer.
• Strong fundamentals in electrical engineering, including high-speed digital and/or analog systems design.
• Hands-on experience in prototype bring-up, debugging, functional verification, and manufacturing support.
• Experience with embedded systems, processor selection, and various communication protocols (USB, SPI, I2C, 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

• Equal employment opportunity employer.