Senior Hardware Engineer

Digital Prospectors - Cambridge, MA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Cambridge, MA

501-1,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Hardware Engineer will lead and execute complex circuit design projects, focusing on innovative embedded systems. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams and offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies. The engineer will be responsible for system architecture design, electrical analysis, and ensuring the functionality of systems and components through thorough verification processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and detailed documentation of system architecture to ensure seamless integration and functionality.
• Conduct detailed electrical analysis, design, and schematic capture to meet project requirements.
• Collaborate with ECAD resources to manage PCB layout design, ensuring high-quality and efficient designs without performing the layout yourself.
• Bring prototypes up and perform debugging to validate design performance.
• Ensure all systems and components meet functional specifications through thorough verification processes.
• Characterize system performance to optimize designs and meet project milestones.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (Master's degree is preferred).
• Minimum of 7 years of overall experience in electrical engineering.
• Strong fundamentals in electrical engineering, with robust analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience designing PCBs that integrate commercial state-of-the-art processors, FPGAs, and Systems on Chip (SoCs).
• Knowledge in designing power distribution networks for advanced processors and FPGAs, including simulation and verification using tools (i.e., Ansys SIwave).
• Experience with high-speed communication and memory interfaces (i.e., PCIe, Ethernet, and DDR3/4).
• Familiarity with system integration, processor selection, analog integration, sensor design, and data acquisition.
• Understanding of grounding, shielding, and EMI mitigation techniques for complex sensor and actuator systems.
• A low-level understanding of programming languages such as C and VHDL is desirable.
• An active Secret clearance is strongly preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Xilinx Virtex, Zync, Ultrascale, Microsemi Smartfusion, and PolarFire devices.
• Ability to develop layout guidelines, ensuring signal integrity using tools such as HyperLynx.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability (STD)
• Long-term disability (LTD)
• Paid time off (PTO)