Lead Hardware Design Engineer: Mixed-Signal & FPGA

Cognizant; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan with company contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer in Michigan with extensive experience in mixed-signal hardware, FPGA/microcontrollers, and safety-critical systems. You will lead hardware architecture, oversee production readiness, and collaborate across firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure robust, compliant designs.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in analog/digital circuit design, PCB layout, and signal integrity, with hands-on testing and verification

Qualifications

• 10+ years of 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 protocols.
• 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.
• Define validation plans and execute hardware verification.

Skills

Hardware design

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

Mixed-signal systems

PCB design

Signal integrity

Power electronics

Debugging & root cause analysis

EMI/EMC & reliability analysis

Tools

Altium

SPICE/PSPICE

FPGA tooling

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer in Michigan with extensive experience in mixed-signal hardware, FPGA/microcontrollers, and safety-critical systems. You will lead hardware architecture, oversee production readiness, and collaborate across firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure robust, compliant designs.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in analog/digital circuit design, PCB layout, and signal integrity, with hands-on testing and verification