Lead Hardware Design Engineer: Mixed-Signal & FPGA Expert

Cognizant; North Palm Beach (FL); On-site; 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 in Florida with 10+ years in hardware design. You will lead architecture to production for mixed-signal hardware, collaborating with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver safe, reliable products.

The role emphasizes analog/digital design, FPGA and MCU work, PCB reviews in Altium, and extensive signal integrity analysis. Competitive compensation with benefits is provided.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware design and development experience.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design expertise.
• 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 hardware designs meet safety, reliability, and performance targets.

Skills

Hardware design

Analog & digital circuit design

FPGA & microcontrollers

Mixed-signal systems

Sensor interfaces

Power supplies

ADC/DAC & filters

PCB design/review

SPI I2C CAN UART USB Ethernet

Signal integrity & power integrity

Debugging & root-cause analysis

EMI/EMC and reliability analysis

Hardware verification

Tools

Altium

SPICE/PSPICE

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer in Florida with 10+ years in hardware design. You will lead architecture to production for mixed-signal hardware, collaborating with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver safe, reliable products.

The role emphasizes analog/digital design, FPGA and MCU work, PCB reviews in Altium, and extensive signal integrity analysis. Competitive compensation with benefits is provided.