Lead Hardware Design Engineer – Mixed-Signal & FPGA

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer with strong experience in mixed-signal hardware design, FPGA/microcontrollers, analog & digital electronics, PCB design, and safety-critical systems. The candidate will lead hardware development from architecture through production, working closely with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

10+ years of hardware design experience and expertise in SPI/I2C/CAN/UART/USB/Ethernet, SI/PI, and DFMEA are required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hardware design and development experience.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design expertise.
• Experience with FPGA, microprocessors, and microcontrollers.
• Hands-on with mixed-signal systems and sensor interfaces.
• Knowledge of power supplies, signal conditioning, ADC/DAC, and filters.
• PCB design/review using Altium.
• Knowledge of SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, USB, Ethernet.
• Experience with SI/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.
• Work closely with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.
• Mentor and lead cross-functional engineering teams.

Skills

Analog design

Digital design

PCB design

FPGA

Microcontrollers

Sensor interfaces

Power supplies

Signal conditioning

ADC/DAC

SI/PI analysis

SPICE/PSPICE

Debugging

Root-cause analysis

EMI/EMC

DFMEA

Reliability analysis

Tools

Altium

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer with strong experience in mixed-signal hardware design, FPGA/microcontrollers, analog & digital electronics, PCB design, and safety-critical systems. The candidate will lead hardware development from architecture through production, working closely with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

10+ years of hardware design experience and expertise in SPI/I2C/CAN/UART/USB/Ethernet, SI/PI, and DFMEA are required.