Lead Hardware Design Engineer – Mixed-Signal & FPGA

Cognizant; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid Time Off

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer in the United States with 10+ years in mixed-signal hardware design, FPGA/microcontrollers, and safety-critical systems. The candidate will lead hardware development from architecture through production, working closely with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

The role requires strong analog and digital circuit design, PCB work in Altium, and fluency with SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, USB, Ethernet, plus SI/PI analysis and DFMEA.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware design and development experience.
• 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.
• PCB design/review experience using Altium.
• Knowledge of SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, USB, Ethernet.
• Experience with SI/PI analysis.
• Familiarity with SPICE/PSPICE simulations.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience with EMI/EMC, environmental testing, DFMEA, reliability analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware development from architecture through production.
• Work closely with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

Skills

Hardware design

Analog & digital circuit design

FPGA/microcontrollers

Mixed-signal systems

Power supplies

PCB design

Altium

SPICE/PSPICE

Debugging & root-cause analysis

EMI/EMC testing

Reliability analysis

Tools

Altium

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer in the United States with 10+ years in mixed-signal hardware design, FPGA/microcontrollers, and safety-critical systems. The candidate will lead hardware development from architecture through production, working closely with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

The role requires strong analog and digital circuit design, PCB work in Altium, and fluency with SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, USB, Ethernet, plus SI/PI analysis and DFMEA.