Hardware Engineer IV

$176,800 - $197,600/Yr

BCforward - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Jose, CA

5,001-10,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Hardware Engineer IV position at BCforward involves working as a Signal Integrity and Validation Engineer within the Reality Labs team. This role focuses on developing next-generation consumer hardware systems, requiring expertise in electrical engineering, particularly in signal integrity simulation and validation. The engineer will lead projects, collaborate with various teams, and ensure that hardware specifications meet design requirements through rigorous testing and validation processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead signal integrity simulation/validation methodology and develop detailed engineering test plans.
• Create scripts for workflows and tools.
• Perform high-speed interface signal integrity simulations and measurements.
• Conduct PDN simulations and measurements.
• Validate high-speed interfaces in the lab to correlate with specifications and simulation results.
• Use simulation and lab data to support design troubleshooting and propose corrective actions.
• Drive failure analysis, root cause efforts, and design of experiments to resolve problems.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of experience in signal integrity simulation and measurement areas.
• Experience in signal and power integrity fundamentals, familiar with PCB and flex design and manufacture process.
• Proven understanding of impedance control, transmission line, feasibility study, and practical design guidelines.
• Hands-on experience with creation of workflow and test methodologies for signal integrity validation.
• Hands-on experience using high-speed lab equipment and PHY compliance test fixtures.
• Hands-on experience with creating configurations and automated scripts for test systems.
• Self-starter with analytical and organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented personality with solid documentation and reporting skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's in electrical engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience in signal and power integrity validation areas.
• Familiar with consumer hardware design, review and bring up process, CAD tools, constraint manager, etc.
• Familiar with high-speed interface protocols for PSRAMs, Flash, and MIPI.
• Experience using Ansys HFSS, Q3D, Cadence Sigrity, PowerSI, Ansys SIwave, and Keysight ADS.

Benefits

• Major medical insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employer-provided group life insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401k