Hardware Design Engineer-REMOTE

Cognizant

North Palm Beach (FL)

On-site

USD 104,000 - 150,000

Full time

4 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer in Florida (Melbourne) with 10+ years of experience to design and deliver industrial electronic hardware. You will work across architecture, schematics, layout, and testing, collaborating with firmware, mechanical engineering, and bring-up teams to meet stringent requirements.

The role emphasizes FPGA, mixed-signal design, power, signal integrity, and robust verification in harsh environments, with onsite responsibilities and a strong emphasis on

Qualifications

Designs for safety-critical devices operating in harsh environments.
Knowledge of mixed analog/digital embedded systems with various sensor types.

Responsibilities

Involves architecture, schematics, layout reviews and cross-functional collaboration with firmware, mechanical, and bring-up testing.
Define requirements with stakeholders and support full hardware product development lifecycle.
Lead reviews of schematics, PCBs, and BOMs to ensure technical integrity.
Troubleshoot hardware issues during development and testing phases.
Maintain documentation of hardware designs and modifications.

Skills

Safety-critical design

Mixed embedded systems

FPGA design

Microprocessors

Microcontroller design

Analog design

Op-amps and signal conditioning

Power supply design

Signal integrity

Serial interfaces (UART, RS422/RS485,I

I2C

SPI

CAN

USB

Ethernet TCP/IP

PCB design tools (Altium)

SPICE/PSPICE/HSPICE

PCIe / DDRx / LPDDRx / NAND / NOR

DFMEA / MTBF / worst-case analysis

Root-cause debugging

Tools

Altium

SPICE

PSPICE

HSPICE

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to join the Paragon programs hardware engineering team, based in US Florida (Melbourne). This role requires a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience and will contribute directly to the design, development, and delivery of industrial electronic hardware products.

Key Skills & Technical Requirements

Experience with safetycritical design practices; experience developing designs for safetycritical devices operating in harsh environments.

Excellent knowledge in designing mixed embedded systems (analog and digital) with different sensing designs using voltage, current, pressure, etc.

Experience In Developing Boardlevel Product Requirements

Sound knowledge of FPGAs, microprocessors, architectural circuit design, and different microcontroller circuit designs.
Experience in analog design opamps, signal conditioning, ADC, DAC, and filter designs.
Excellent knowledge of power supply designs.
Excellent knowledge of signal integrity analysis.
Sound digital design skills with knowledge of communication protocols UART, RS422, RS485, I2C, SPI, CAN, USB, Ethernet TCP/IP.
Preferred knowledge of circuit simulators and analysis tools SPICE, PSPICE, and HSPICE.
Exposure to interfaces such as PCIe / DDRx / LPDDRx / NAND / NOR is desirable.
Good understanding of product development stages, manufacturing, EMI/EMC, environmental and safety testing, and certifications.
Experience developing verification test cases, procedures, and test scripts.
Familiar with the latest hardware testing equipment, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
Skills in schematic capture using Altium; familiar with board layout, SI/PI boardlevel interface analysis and simulation.
Knowledge of MTBF, DFMEA, derating analysis, and worstcase analysis.
Strong debugging skills and rootcause analysis.

Roles & Responsibilities

HandsOn involvement across architecture, schematics, layout reviews, vendor interaction, and cross functional team interaction, including with firmware, mechanical, and bringup testing.
Evaluate and define requirements in cooperation with internal and external stakeholders.
Support the complete life cycle of hardware product development.
Lead technical reviews of schematics, PCBs, and BOMs to support the development process and ensure technical integrity of hardware deliverables.
Participate in design reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve overall product quality.
Troubleshoot and resolve hardware related issues during development and testing phases.
Maintain accurate documentation of all hardware designs and modifications.
Adhere to project timelines and deliver highquality designs within set deadlines.
Comply with all internal and external regulations and standards related to hardware design and development.
Participate in regular team meetings and brainstorming sessions to contribute ideas and solutions for improved hardware designs.

About Cognizant’s IoT Practice

Intelligent, IoT-enabled products will soon result in the proliferation of data and disrupt virtually all industries. To be successful, both large and small companies must leverage IoT capabilities by designing modern products that fundamentally connect people with processes. Within Cognizant IOT, we engineer industry-aligned, IoT-enabled products that merge industry needs with human drivers. Our intelligent products will revolutionize experiences and result in exciting, transformative outcomes. Without human-centered thinking, connected products are just standalone things—but with it, our modern connected products facilitate a unified way of life enjoyed by all.