Lead Hardware Design Engineer: Mixed-Signal & FPGA

Cognizant; Salt Lake City (UT); 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 in Salt Lake City is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer with extensive experience in mixed-signal hardware, FPGA and microcontrollers, and robust analog/digital electronics. You will drive hardware development from architecture through production, collaborating with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

The role emphasizes power management, PCB design (Altium), SI/PI analysis, and rigorous verification for safety-critical applications across aerospace, medical, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware design and development experience.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design expertise.
• Experience with FPGA, microprocessors, and microcontrollers.
• Hands-on 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 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 circuit design

Digital circuit design

FPGA

Microcontrollers

PCB design

Signal integrity

EMI testing

Root-cause analysis

SPICE simulations

Hardware verification

Tools

Altium

SPICE/PSPICE

Job description

Cognizant in Salt Lake City is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer with extensive experience in mixed-signal hardware, FPGA and microcontrollers, and robust analog/digital electronics. You will drive hardware development from architecture through production, collaborating with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

The role emphasizes power management, PCB design (Altium), SI/PI analysis, and rigorous verification for safety-critical applications across aerospace, medical, and