Board Hardware Engineer

Broadcom Inc.; Duluth, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity grants and annual equity awards

401(k) with company match

Comprehensive medical/dental/vision

Job summary

Broadcom Inc. in Duluth, GA is seeking a Board Hardware Engineer to lead the hardware design in collaboration with the board architect, product manager, and firmware teams. You will develop schematics, functional specifications, and interface with the engineering chain to meet system goals.

The role involves BOM management, pre/post simulation, and rapid problem debugging, with broad exposure to high-speed signaling and multiple bus protocols.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of related experience with PCB design and development.
• Experience performing high speed PCB designs and board bring-up.
• Familiarity with DDR4, PCIe, UART, I2C, SPI and USB bus protocols.

Responsibilities

• Interprets product requirement information into electronic schematic information.
• Writes functional specifications and unit test plans.
• Manages BOM and works with physical design on component placement and routing.
• Performs pre and post simulation of the board design.
• Collaborates with firmware, mechanical, and SI teams across multiple projects.

Skills

PCB design

High-speed PCB design

DC/DC regulator design

Board bring-up

Oscilloscopes & DMMs

Cadence Allegro

Education

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

Tools

Cadence Sigrity

LTSPICE/PSPICE

Cadence Allegro System Capture / PCB Editor

Job description

Job Description

The Board Hardware Engineer functions as the project lead engineer that works with the board architect on future designs, the product manager for customer requested features, mechanical engineering on thermal solutions, physical layout engineers as well as the SI engineers to ensure the solution meets requested parameters, validation team to make sure the design meets the design parameters, and customer support when specific issues need to be addressed. The engineer also will create the schematic and functional specification and interface with the firmware team when bringing up a design.

Key Responsibilities

• Interprets product requirement information into electronic schematic information
• Works with component engineering in selecting and approving new components
• Writes functional specifications and unit test plans
• Can learn quickly company online document control system
• Manipulates Bill of Materials
• Works with physical design to determine location of components and routing constraints
• Can do pre and post simulation of the board design
• Works on multiple assignments keeping marketing and management informed of progress and roadblocks
• Is fluent in the English language, able to interact verbally with peers, management, marketing and customers in person or on the phone
• Is able to utilize and coordinate some project assignments with contracted design and test services
• Supports new and past designs through engineering change orders and problem debug

Required Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of related experience with PCB design and development
• Experience performing high speed PCB designs
• Experience designing and laying out DC/DC regulator circuits
• Experience performing board bring-up, using oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters and soldering tools
• Working knowledge of Cadence-Allegro System Capture and PCB Editor software tools
• Experience with simulation tools such as: Cadence Sigrity PowerDC and OptimizePI LTSPICE/PSPICE
• Familiarity with common bus protocols such as DDR4, PCIe, UART, I2C, SPI and USB
• Office tools: MS-Office(Excel, Word, Visio), Google (Sheets, Docs)

Desired Skills

• Experience using Python, C, TCL, VHDL, Verilog, Github Microcontroller programming
• High current DC/DC design and layout
• Test Equipment: TDR and VNA
• Experience using and following checklists
• Experience performing board layout, PCB Stack up design
• is a plus

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is USD To USD

As a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.

• Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.

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