Lead Hardware Design Engineer: Mixed-Signal & FPGA

Cognizant; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

COLA

Performance bonus

Full benefits

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer to drive mixed-signal hardware development from architecture to production in our IoT practice. The role involves close collaboration with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams to deliver robust hardware solutions.

The candidate should have 10+ years of hardware design, strong analog/digital experience, FPGA/microcontrollers expertise, PCB design with Altium, and a solid grasp of SI/PI, SPICE simulations, EMI/EMC, and DFMEA.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hardware design and development experience
• Strong expertise in analog and digital circuit design
• Experience with FPGA, microprocessors, and microcontrollers
• Hands-on experience with mixed-signal systems and sensor interfaces
• Strong knowledge of power supplies, signal conditioning, ADC/DAC, and filters
• Experience with PCB design/review using Altium
• Knowledge of SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, USB, Ethernet
• Experience with signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) analysis
• Familiarity with SPICE/PSPICE simulations and hardware verification
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills
• Experience with EMI/EMC, environmental testing, DFMEA, and reliability analysis

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware development from architecture through production
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams
• Ensure safety-critical requirements are met and verified

Skills

Hardware design

Analog & digital circuit design

FPGA & microcontrollers

Mixed-signal systems

PCB design (Altium)

Signal integrity and power integrity

SPICE/PSPICE simulations

Debugging and root-cause analysis

EMI/EMC and reliability analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Altium

SPICE/PSPICE

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer to drive mixed-signal hardware development from architecture to production in our IoT practice. The role involves close collaboration with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams to deliver robust hardware solutions.

The candidate should have 10+ years of hardware design, strong analog/digital experience, FPGA/microcontrollers expertise, PCB design with Altium, and a solid grasp of SI/PI, SPICE simulations, EMI/EMC, and DFMEA.