Hardware engineer (Granada, Spain)

Safran - Navigation & Timing; Granada; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible work schedule

High growth possibilities

Professional career plan

Job summary

A leading technology company in Granada, Spain is seeking a motivated Hardware Engineer to join their Hardware team. This role involves designing high-performance electronic equipment, testing prototype designs, and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. Candidates should possess a relevant engineering degree and experience in PCB layout and schematics. The position offers health insurance, a flexible work schedule, and growth opportunities within the company.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in hardware design and PCB layout required.
• Experience with RS422, RS232, SPI, I2C, CAN communications.
• Ability to work in a team and with cross-functional groups.

Responsibilities

• Design and support high-performance electronic equipment.
• Test designs to meet requirements and identify issues.
• Collaborate with engineers across multiple disciplines.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Low noise power supply circuits

Testing and troubleshooting

Good communication skills in English

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

We're looking for a Hardware Engineer to join our Hardware team in Granada, Spain.

We're the world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (R-PNT) solutions that improve the reliability, performance and safety of critical applications, and high-risk operations, even in GPS/GNSS denied environments. We provide virtually fail-safe GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) and PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) solutions for military and commercial applications worldwide.

The Position

We are looking for a Hardware Engineer who is highly motivated to work with a talented and diverse engineering team to address hardware design and system integration with software and testing to deliver end customer products. As a Hardware Design Engineer, you will be an integral member of the Hardware Engineering team designing custom boards from scratch. These boards will include high-end FPGAs, SoCs, memories, DACs, ADCs, high‑speed interfaces (PCIe, 10G Ethernet …), being used in high‑performance and critical applications within scientific facilities such as particle accelerators. The ideal candidate for this role is someone who is able to work proactively and closely with other cross‑functional engineering groups such as industrial design, product design, production test, FPGA and software engineering.

What you’ll be doing:

• Work with a friendly and positive team to design new high‑performance electronic equipment (schematic capture and PCB layout) and sustain/support existing products.
• Test prototype designs to guarantee they meet requirements, identifying potential issues before they reach production.
• Collaborate with Software, FPGA, and Mechanical Engineers to ensure the hardware works for its intended purpose.
• Provide technical support to the Production team and ensure compliance to time frame, quality and cost targets.
• Coordinate with product development teams to perform Design for Testability (DFT) on design cycle.
• Collaborate with contract manufacturer partners to ensure timely supply of systems and devices in accordance with the specifications.
• Use your critical thinking and problem‑solving skills to ensure the highest quality for the results in accordance with the allotted schedule, effort, and budget.
• Work on international projects for scientific facilities as well as the latest and greatest in Resilient PNT and deterministic technologies!

What You Bring To Our Team

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Experience with schematics capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer.
• Experience with components selection for new designs.
• Design and routing of low speed serial communications as RS422, RS232, SPI, I2C, CAN …
• Familiarity with low noise power supply circuits (DC‑DC and linear regulators).
• Knowledge of AMD‑Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs.
• Testing and troubleshooting experience using basic equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers and oscilloscopes.
• Minimal experience required: 2 years.
• Good written and communication skills in English.

Desirable Skills

• High speed and low noise PCB layout: Stack‑up design, impedance calculations and routing rules definition, differential signals, crosstalk requirements, PCB decoupling, power and grounding distribution.
• Design and routing of analog and RF circuits: Conditioning of sensor signals, front‑end systems design, communications RF circuitry design.
• Design and routing of high‑speed digital circuits (10G Ethernet, PCIe, DDRx memories …).
• Design and routing of mixed analog‑digital circuits: high‑speed DAC and ADC acquisition systems.
• PSpice, S‑Parameters and IBIS simulation.
• Knowledge of EMI and EMC design considerations.

The Keys Of Our Offer

• Be part of a leading and expanding company.
• Health insurance.
• Flexible work schedule.
• International and dynamic environment in Granada, Spain.
• High possibilities to grow inside the company.
• Professional career plan.

Visit our website for more information: https://safran-navigation-timing.com/

Our company is an equal opportunity employer who does not discriminate based on race, color, citizenship, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran’s status or any protected category.