Principal Wireless Hardware Engineer — Hybrid

Belden Inc.; Carson (LA); Hybrid; USD 135,600 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Health/dental/vision benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid leave and vacation

Job summary

Belden Inc. is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to design and bring up high‑speed digital hardware and RF subcircuits for advanced networking products.

You will work closely with Electrical, Mechanical and Software engineers to ensure robust, compliant designs and seamless integration with RF and antenna teams. You will prototype, test, and validate designs, while generating necessary documentation and supporting regulatory testing.

Qualifications

• Minimum BSEE with 5+ years of relevant experience in high‑speed digital hardware design.
• Experience in schematics capture, PCB layout constraints, DFM, bring‑up and design validations.
• Experience with PCIe, 10GE, DDR4, SPI, I2C, USB, UART interfaces.
• Excellent knowledge of SI and PI for high‑speed designs.
• Experience with DC/DC switching power supplies including PoE PSE and PD.
• Proficiency in OrCAD, Allegro, Arena, MS Office.
• Familiarity with design for regulatory testing and lab equipment.

Responsibilities

• Design, bring‑up Wi‑Fi AP products and accessories.
• Debug and validate Wi‑Fi AP designs.
• Investigate, present, and evaluate new hardware solutions and PoC.
• Review and evaluate designs of outsourced projects.
• Collaborate with RF and Antenna teams to integrate and validate designs.
• Generate documents such as PoC, PRD, HRD, HWFS, BOM, test plans, FA reports.
• Support compliance testing.
• Sustain legacy products.

Skills

High-speed digital design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

DFM implementation

Power supply design (PoE PSE/PD)

PCIe

10GE

DDR4

SPI

I2C

USB

UART

SI/PI

OrCAD

Allegro

Arena

MS Office

Education

BSEE degree

Tools

OrCAD

Allegro

Arena

MS Office

Job description

Belden Inc. is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to design and bring up high‑speed digital hardware and RF subcircuits for advanced networking products.

You will work closely with Electrical, Mechanical and Software engineers to ensure robust, compliant designs and seamless integration with RF and antenna teams. You will prototype, test, and validate designs, while generating necessary documentation and supporting regulatory testing.