Principal Hardware System Design Engineer

$135,000 - $190,000/Yr

CommScope - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Principal

Sunnyvale, CA

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Principal Hardware System Design Engineer at CommScope is responsible for the system and board-level design of RF subcircuits in accordance with various wireless industry standards. This role involves collaboration with a multidisciplinary engineering team to develop innovative Wi-Fi access point products and accessories, ensuring high-speed hardware design and compliance with regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and bring-up Wi-Fi AP products and accessories.
• Debug and validate Wi-Fi AP designs.
• Investigate, present, and evaluate new hardware solutions and/or PoC.
• Review and evaluate designs of outsourced projects.
• Work with RF team and Antenna team to integrate designs and validate designs together.
• Generate necessary documents for all categories listed above, such as PoC, PRD, HRD, HWFS, BOM, test plan, FA report.
• Support compliance testing.
• Sustain legacy products.

Requirements

• Minimum BSEE with 5+ years of relevant experience in high-speed digital hardware design.
• Experience in all aspects of hardware design including schematics capture, PCB layout constraint, DFM implementation, bring-up and design validations.
• Experience in common interfaces such as PCIe, 10GE, DDR4, SPI, I2C, USB, UART.
• Excellent knowledge of SI and PI for high-speed designs.
• Excellent knowledge of DC/DC switching power supply including PoE PSE and PD.
• Strong proficiency in OrCAD, Allegro, Arena, and MS Office.
• Familiarity with design for compliance/regulatory testing.
• Familiarity with lab equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, Sifos PoE testers, and thermal chambers.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to proactively lead the whole design from scratch to product.

Nice-to-haves

• Basic knowledge of RF and antenna.
• Familiarity with main Wi-Fi SOC in the industry, like Qualcomm or Broadcom.
• Ability to manage third-party sourcing components, design, and/or design reviews.
• Experience in ODM, JDM design, and contractor manufacture.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $135,000.00 - $190,000.00 based on experience and performance.
• Hybrid work opportunity.
• Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) policies.