Lead Hardware Engineer

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to design high-speed digital boards (>1 GHz) and perform full lifecycle verification from schematic capture to board bring-up in a lab environment.

The role requires proficiency with Altium, FPGA toolchains (Vivado/Quartus), and an understanding of EMC and signal integrity. Collaboration with a space-industry standards-focused team is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience designing high-speed digital boards with signals >1 GHz including DDR, FPGAs, and networking
• Experience with Altium schematic capture
• EMC mitigation techniques and testing experience
• Signal integrity simulation experience
• Experience with Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, Vitis, and Versal
• Experience with Xilinx and/or Altera devices (Kintex, Artix, Zynq, Cyclone V/SoC, Stratix, Arria)
• Experience with Vivado and/or Quartus
• Schematic capture experience with OrCAD, DxDesigner, or Altium
• Power integrity simulation experience is a plus
• FPGA design and toolset experience is a plus
• Experience bringing up circuit boards
• Experience with lab equipment and test execution/reporting
• Debugging and problem-solving skills for root-cause analysis
• Knowledge of space-industry verification methodologies and standards

Responsibilities

• Design high-speed digital boards with signals >1 GHz
• Perform schematic capture using Altium (and possibly OrCAD/DxDesigner)
• Apply EMC mitigation techniques and conduct EMC testing
• Perform signal integrity simulations
• Bring up circuit boards in lab environments
• Use laboratory equipment (power supplies, function generators, DMMs, scopes, probes)
• Execute tests including generating test cases and reporting results
• Debug hardware issues and provide root-cause analysis
• Apply verification methodologies and space-industry standards

Skills

High-Speed Board Design

Signal Integrity Simulation

FPGA Design

Verilog

VHDL

SystemVerilog

Vitis

Versal

Power Integrity Simulation

Test Execution

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

DxDesigner

Vivado

Quartus

HyperLynx

Power Supplies

Function Generators

DMMs

Oscilloscopes

Job description

• Design high-speed digital boards with signals greater than 1 GHz, including DDR, FPGAs, and networking components
• Perform schematic capture using Altium and potentially OrCAD or DxDesigner
• Apply EMC mitigation techniques and conduct EMC testing
• Perform signal integrity simulations
• Bring up circuit boards
• Use laboratory equipment such as power supplies, function generators, DMMs, oscilloscopes, and specialized probes
• Execute tests, including generating test cases, performing test execution, and reporting results
• Debug hardware issues, identify root causes, and provide detailed analysis
• Apply verification methodologies and standards relevant to the space industry

Requirements

• Experience designing high-speed digital boards with signals greater than 1 GHz, including DDR, FPGAs, and networking
• Experience with Altium schematic capture
• Experience with EMC mitigation techniques and testing
• Signal integrity simulation experience
• Experience with Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, Vitis, and Versal
• Experience with Xilinx and/or Altera devices such as Kintex, Artix, Zynq, Cyclone V, Cyclone V SoC, Stratix, and Arria
• Experience with Vivado and/or the latest version of Quartus
• Schematic capture experience with OrCAD, DxDesigner, or Altium
• Experience with signal integrity tools such as HyperLynx is a plus
• Power integrity simulation experience is a plus
• FPGA design and toolset experience is a plus
• Experience bringing up circuit boards
• Experience using technical equipment including power supplies, function generators, DMMs, oscilloscopes, and specialized probes
• Experience working in a professional laboratory setting
• Experience with test execution, including test case generation, execution, and reporting
• Debugging and problem-solving skills to identify root causes and provide detailed analysis
• Knowledge of verification methodologies and standards relevant to the space industry

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing high-speed digital boards with signals greater than 1 GHz, utilizing tools such as Altium and performing signal integrity simulations. Proficient in debugging hardware issues and applying verification methodologies relevant to the space industry.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• High-Speed Digital Board Design
• Altium Schematic Capture
• EMC Mitigation Techniques
• Signal Integrity Simulation
• FPGA Design and Toolset Experience

Hard Skills

• High-Speed Digital Board Design
• Signal Integrity Simulation
• FPGA Design
• Verilog
• VHDL
• SystemVerilog
• Vitis
• Versal
• Power Integrity Simulation
• Test Execution

Soft Skills

• Debugging
• Problem-Solving

Industry Keywords

• EMC Testing
• Verification Methodologies
• Space Industry Standards
• Networking Components
• Laboratory Setting

Tools & Technologies

• Altium
• OrCAD
• DxDesigner
• Vivado
• Quartus
• HyperLynx
• Power Supplies
• Function Generators
• DMMs
• Oscilloscopes