Principal Hardware Engineer

Ribbon Communications; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ribbon Communications is seeking an Electrical Hardware Design and Bring-up Engineer to join a multi-site team in RTP, Morrisville, NC. The role focuses on developing PCB-based electrical hardware for telecom products, bringing designs from concept to production, and supporting legacy systems.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in hardware design, strong experience with RTOS/Linux drivers, and hands-on expertise with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 10+ years related experience.
• Familiarity with telecom principles and standards, TDM and IP switching.
• Hands-on experience with test and debug tools (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, telecom traffic analyzers).
• Experience with RTOS, kernel/user space, drivers, and Linux.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical hardware used in telecom equipment, primarily PCB-based.
• Design, document and test prototype and production designs; coordinate with SW, manufacturing, and product management.
• Provide ongoing support for production hardware, including installation, deployment, and repair; evaluate issues and propose redesigns.

Skills

Telecom hardware

Embedded systems

PCB design

RTOS / Linux

Test & debug tools

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Concept/Orcad/Allegro

Verilog

VHDL

Job description

Electrical Hardware Design and Bring-up Engineer - Fulltime, Permanent

Location: Research Triangle Park (RTP), Morrisville, NC, USA

Experience: 10-26 Years

Seeking Electrical Hardware Design Engineer to work on a wide variety of telecommunications products. This individual will work with a multi-site team of other HW and Firmware Engineers to design, bring-up, and support a large portfolio of new and legacy custom products used by Carrier and Enterprise customers.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Development of electrical hardware used in telecommunications equipment. Equipment is primarily printed circuit board based, but may also include associated electro-mechanical equipment, cables and OEM system and chassis solutions.
• Design, documentation and testing of prototype and production designs. Work with team of HW designers as well as SW designers, manufacturing, installation, product management and other key product introduction roles to achieve time-to-market and cost objectives.
• On-going support of production hardware products, including supporting customer service groups (installation, deployment, technical support, repair), manufacturing, manufacturing test. Evaluate issues and recommend solutions via redesign, component substitution, etc.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and 10+ years related experience.
• Familiarity with Telecom principles and standards. TDM and IP switching systems. Embedded processor systems. Real-time computing. Telecom and networking digital and analog interfaces.
• Hands on experience with test and debug tools: Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, telecom traffic and signal analyzers
• Experience with RTOS, Kernel/user space implementation, drivers, and Linux.
• Able to work independently to achieve specific goals and objectives with minimal guidance
• Able to work with multi-discipline, multi-site teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Tools:

• PCB: Cadence Concept/Orcad/Allegro
• FPGA: Verilog, VHDL, vendor specific tools