Principal Hardware Engineer

Ribbon Communications Inc.; North Carolina; On-site; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ribbon Communications is seeking an Electrical Hardware Design and Bring-up Engineer to develop hardware for a broad telecom product portfolio. You will work with a multi-site team of HW and Firmware Engineers to bring up and support both new and legacy products for Carrier and Enterprise customers.

The role requires hands-on design, testing, and collaboration with manufacturing, product management, and installation teams to achieve time-to-market and cost objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years related experience in electrical hardware.
• Familiarity with telecom principles and standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical hardware for telecom equipment.
• Design, document and test prototype and production designs.
• Collaborate with multi-discipline teams to hit timelines and costs.
• Provide ongoing support for production hardware and customers.

Skills

Telecom principles

Embedded processor

Real-time computing

Multi-site teamwork

Strong communication

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Orcad

Allegro

Verilog

VHDL

Linux

Job description

Job Description: Electrical Hardware Design and Bring-up Engineer 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
• SW: Linux, RTOS compliers

The anticipated base pay range for this full-time position in all geographic locations is $125,000.00 - $140,000.00 annually. Actual compensation within the range will be determined based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to the candidate’s experience, skills and education. The compensation package also includes eligibility for an incentive plan and comprehensive benefits, subject to applicable requirements.

Please Note: 'All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, on the basis of disability, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.' US Citizens and all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.

Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) delivers communications software, IP and optical networking solutions to service providers, enterprises and critical infrastructure sectors globally. We engage deeply with our customers, helping them modernize their networks for improved competitive positioning and business outcomes in today's smart, always-on and data-hungry world. Our innovative, end-to-end solutions portfolio delivers unparalleled scale, performance, and agility, including core to edge software-centric solutions, cloud-native offers, leading-edge security and analytics tools, along with IP and optical networking solutions for 5G. For more info visit rbbn.com.