Senior Hardware Design Engineer

u-blox; Thalwil; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Multicultural environment

Career discussions

Performance bonus

Sport activities

Team events

Zusammenfassung

u-blox is seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead the architecture and development of next-generation hardware and related boards for low-power chip platforms. You will collaborate across hardware, software, and IC design teams, bringing concepts to mass production and maintaining products through their lifecycle.

The role sits in the Hardware Products team within the SPL Business Unit. You will mentor junior engineers, travel between sites as needed, and help ensure EMI/EMC

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in electronic hardware design.
• Strong background in RF/wireless design, analog circuits, power management, and mixed-signal systems.
• Proficiency with industry-standard EDA tools (Altium, Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, KiCad).
• Excellent English communication and teamwork, including Scrum environments.
• Experience with designing highly integrated SiP modules or GNSS receivers is a plus.
• SolidWorks familiarity and Python scripting are a plus.
• Willingness to travel between sites as required.

Aufgaben

• Capture customer use-cases and translate them into actionable technical requirements at system and subsystem levels.
• Lead system-level hardware architecture, schematic capture, and multi-layer PCB layout.
• Assemble, test, and debug initial hardware prototypes in the lab.
• Develop and execute comprehensive DVT and hardware validation plans.
• Ensure designs meet EMI/EMC, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners to transition designs into high-volume production.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior and mid-level hardware engineers.

Kenntnisse

RF / wireless design

Mixed-signal design

Power management

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Technical leadership

Ausbildung

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence Allegro

OrCAD

KiCad

Jobbeschreibung

We are seeking an experienced and driven Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and development of our next-generation hardware products, as well as other internal support and characterization boards for our new and existing low-power chip platforms. Timely delivery of integrated and verified hardware products includes at least the HW, supporting FW, and automated test cases for reference configurations. You will also be responsible for the product maintenance over its production life cycle.

This role is part of the Hardware Products team under the Standard Precision and Low Power Products (SPL) Business Unit, which is responsible for the definition, planning, implementation, and testing of u-blox low-power positioning products. The team consists of passionate engineers working closely together in a friendly, cooperative, and international environment. You are expected to actively collaborate and share your knowledge within the team to increase alignment across all other HW designers. Furthermore, you will work cross-functionally with other teams within the BU and in the wider organization, such as software development and IC design teams to bring complex electronic systems from concept to mass production. You will need to occasionally travel between sites as required by your work tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Capture Requirements:
• Deep technical collaboration and discussions with other departments and product managers within u-blox to capture the customer use-cases and convert them into actionable technical requirements at system-level and subsystem-level.
• Architecture & Design: Lead system-level hardware architecture, schematic capture, and multi-layer PCB layout.
• Prototyping & Bring-Up: Assemble, test, and debug initial hardware prototypes in the lab.
• Testing & Validation: Develop and execute comprehensive Design Verification Testing (DVT) and hardware validation plans.
• Compliance: Ensure designs meet industry standards for EMI/EMC, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Manufacturing: Collaborate with manufacturing partners to transition designs into high-volume production (DFM and DFT).
• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level hardware engineers.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Education: B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Excellent communication skills in English - capable of handling technical discussions and presentations, planning and decision making, and technical documentation. Experience of working in a team setting, ideally in a Scrum environment.
• Experience: 6+ years of hands-on experience in electronic hardware design.
• Core Tools: Proficiency with industry-standard EDA tools (e.g., Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, or KiCad).
• Technical Expertise: Strong background in RF or wireless communications design (noise figure, sensitivity, transmission lines, impedance matching, Smith chart etc.), analog circuit design, power management, and mixed-signal systems.
• Lab Skills: Masterful use of oscilloscopes, spectrum and network analyzers, multimeters, and logic analyzers.
• Experience with the design of highly integrated SiP modules, GNSS receivers or their integration in end-products is a plus.
• Familiarity with SolidWorks, and coding/scripting with Python is a plus.
• Experience with leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and methods in HW development is a plus.

What are your perks?

• A multicultural and international company with over 60 different nationalities
• A start-up and innovation mindset while in the process of scaling-up processes and efficiencies
• A strong learning environment and regular career discussions
• Company Performance Bonus
• Sport activities and Team events
• … and discover even more by talking with us!

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Are you interested in this challenging position within an international work environment in a successful company? You will be working with a motivated team in an exciting technology. We are looking forward to receiving your application.