Hardware Board Design Engineer

Capgemini; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini in San Jose, CA is seeking a Hardware Board Design Engineer on-site for a 1-year contract to design, develop, validate, and production-support electronic boards for consumer electronics, including keyboards, mice, webcams, and gaming peripherals.

You will work closely with mechanical, firmware, industrial design, and manufacturing teams to deliver high-performance, manufacturable hardware solutions, performing EMC/EMI, signal integrity, and power integrity analyses, and driving DFx

Qualifications

• Design schematics and PCB layouts for digital, analog, power, and wireless systems.
• Select and integrate processors, sensors, memory, power circuits, and connectivity modules.
• Conduct board bring-up, debugging, testing, and performance validation.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Testability (DFT) for cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Having 5 to 8 Years of extensive experience.
• Design schematics and PCB layouts for digital, analog, power, and wireless systems.
• Select and integrate components such as processors, sensors, memory, power circuits, and connectivity modules.
• Conduct board bring-up, debugging, testing, and performance validation.
• Collaborate with firmware and software teams for hardware integration.
• Perform signal integrity, power integrity, EMC/EMI, and reliability analysis.
• Support prototype builds, design reviews, and manufacturing ramp-up activities.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Testability (DFT), and cost optimization initiatives.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

EMC/EMI knowledge

PCB design

Embedded hardware

DFM/DFT

Component integration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Allegro

OrCAD

Job description

Hardware Board Design Engineer (Contract)

San Jose, CA, United States (On-site)

Contract (1 year 1 month 30 days)

Published 3 days ago

cross - functional collaboration

EMC/EMI

CAD Design

production support

embedded development

The Hardware Board Design Engineer is responsible for the design, development, validation, and production support of electronic circuit boards for Company's consumer electronics products, including keyboards, mice, webcams, gaming peripherals, headsets, and video collaboration devices. The role involves working closely with mechanical, firmware, industrial design, and manufacturing teams to deliver high-performance, reliable, and cost-effective hardware solutions.

Objective

Deliver innovative, reliable, and manufacturable hardware platforms that power Company's world-class consumer and collaboration products.

Key Responsibilities

• Having 5 to 8 Years of extensive experience.
• Design schematics and PCB layouts for digital, analog, power, and wireless systems.
• Select and integrate components such as processors, sensors, memory, power circuits, and connectivity modules.
• Conduct board bring-up, debugging, testing, and performance validation.
• Collaborate with firmware and software teams for hardware integration.
• Perform signal integrity, power integrity, EMC/EMI, and reliability analysis.
• Support prototype builds, design reviews, and manufacturing ramp-up activities.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Testability (DFT), and cost optimization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related field.
• Experience in PCB design, embedded hardware development, and consumer electronics.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB design tools (Altium, Cadence, Allegro, OrCAD, etc.).
• Strong understanding of digital, analog, wireless, and power electronics.
• Good Communication Skills

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $39.30/hour - $61.40/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.