Hardware Design Engineer

Analog Photonics; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Analog Photonics, a Boston-based technology company, is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer for its automotive LiDAR business. The role involves designing low-noise circuits, working with FPGAs, and mentoring junior engineers in a dynamic startup environment. Candidates should have strong engineering skills and a passion for innovative photonic solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience for BS or 5+ years for MS in Electrical Engineering.
• Strong hands-on engineering and prototyping skills.
• Experience with mixed signal PCB design and debugging FPGAs.

Responsibilities

• Capture electrical requirements and design/test complex mixed-signal PCBs.
• Mentor junior engineers and interface with other disciplines.
• Manage manufacturing and production of boards and modules.

Skills

Low-noise circuit design

High-speed ADCs and DACs

FPGA design

Control systems knowledge

Complex system design

Education

BS Electrical Engineering

MS Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

SPICE

Matlab

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Analog Photonics

Vice President of Microelectronics at Analog Photonics

Analog Photonics is a Boston based technology company with expertise in advanced, large-scale and high-performance photonic and electronic application-specific integrated circuits. We use our proprietary silicon photonic platform to serve the automotive lidar and data communications markets with innovative, chip-scale solutions. Analog Photonics has developed a portfolio of state-of-the-art silicon photonics-based designs including the world's best optical phased arrays. Our designs are fabricated in a 300mm CMOS foundry using a proprietary photonics platform that is optimized for low cost, high reliability, and high yield.

Overview

We’re seeking a self-starting hardware design engineer for our automotive LiDAR business area. As a Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for capturing electrical requirements, designing/testing complex mixed-signal PCBs, mentoring junior engineers, and interfacing with engineers in other disciplines to develop the system.

The candidate brings technical experience in digital design, analog design, low-noise design, experience with FPGAs, experience in controls, and some knowledge of electro-optics or photonics. This person is also an effective communicator, keeps an open mind, and is interested in both learning from and teaching colleagues who are experts in their field.

Join our team if you are:

· interested in working in a fast-growing early-stage startup

· enthusiastic about working on disruptive silicon photonics to shape the automotive LiDAR space

· a team player who thrives working in a dynamic environment

Skill Requirements

· Design and test of low-noise circuits

· Experience with high-speed ADCs and DACs

· Experience with FPGAs

· Basic knowledge of control systems

· Managing manufacturing and production of boards and modules

· Experience designing complex systems despite risk and uncertainty

Required Qualifications:

1. Strong hands-on engineering and prototyping skills

2. Schematic capture and layout of analog, mixed signal and high-speed designs (Altium preferred)

3. Comfortable identifying and choosing ICs as well as guiding architecture decisions

4. Knowledge of SPICE, Matlab or other simulation programs

5. BS Electrical Engineering 7+ years / MS Electrical Engineering 5+ years’ experience

The ideal candidate will have experiences in several of these areas:

· Mixed signal PCB design

· Electro-optic systems, especially LiDAR

· Digital communication protocols, such as USB, Ethernet, RGMII/SGMII, I2C, SPI, UART, etc.

· Designing for and debugging FPGAs, especially Xilinx devices

· Digital signal processing

· The position is full-time, on-site, and available to be filled immediately. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Design

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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