Printed Circuit Board Design Engineer

Techaxis, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Techaxis, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to lead design of PCB-based products with a focus on EMI/EMC compatibility.

The role requires 10 years of experience in electrical or electronics engineering and a bachelor’s degree, with hands-on work across hardware development and field troubleshooting. Responsibilities include developing cost-effective hardware platforms, ensuring design against obsolescence, guiding junior engineers, and supporting manufacturing and

Qualifications

• 10 years of hardware engineering experience required.
• Experience with EMI/EMC design standards and product development lifecycle.
• Proficient in FPGA-based hardware design and FPGA tools.
• Ability to work with lab test equipment like oscilloscopes and DAQ systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop cost effective and innovative hardware platforms with EMI/EMC focus.
• Guarantee complete HW solution design including documentation and obsolescence planning.
• Troubleshoot field issues using appropriate measurement tools.
• Contribute to common methodologies and best practices with Development function.
• Troubleshoot PCB designs through all lifecycle phases.
• Mentor junior hardware engineers.

Skills

EMI troubleshooting

Hardware design

FPGA design

Embedded systems

Electrical engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altera FPGA tools

Xilinx FPGA tools

Altium

PCAD

LTSpice

Job description

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (6 months contract)

VISA: US Citizen, Green Card, GC-EAD, TN, OPT-EAD

Note: If someone is ready to relocate from Day 1, they can also apply.

Senior Hardware Engineer

Need a Senior Electrical Engineer with 10 years of experience who can troubleshoot

PCBs, help us in the field with EMI troubleshooting and help us with new product design.

The Senior Hardware Engineer will be required to perform the following duties:

• Develop cost effective and innovative products and platforms with longevity, versatility, and inter-operability through the use of railroad specific industry standards.
• Guarantee the design and the implementation of a complete HW solution (components, documentation and tools), including design against obsolescence, and Product Production Issues.
• Troubleshoot systems in field using tools for issues with noise frequency/EMI.
• Contribute on the definition and ensure the application of common methodologies, technical solutions and best practices in coherence with the Development function.
• Troubleshoot product applications (PCB boards) in all the product life-cycle phases.
• Guide junior hardware engineers with their tasks and design. Help troubleshoot field issues.

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering as well as 10 years of experience in a hardware engineering position.

Experience required with the following:

• Experience with hardware design using microprocessors, microcontrollers, Altera and Xilinx FPGAs, and FPGA Design tools;
• Experience with all phases of hardware design process from product conceptualization, product design, Integration, Testing, Verification and Validation, and manufacturing support;
• Experience with designing products capable of passing EMI/EMC standards;
• Experience with product design according to common industry or government standards;
• Experience in operating with cross functional engineering teams (including electrical and mechanical, systems);
• Experience working with lab test equipment (including Oscilloscope, data acquisition systems, climatic chambers) for test and verification;
• Experience with performing and documenting design and test activities in accordance with CENELEC Standards;
• Experience with technical troubleshooting and debugging;
• Experience with engineering lifecycles, delivery, and HW/SW integration lifecycle;
• Experience with designing/simulation using Altium, PCAD, and LTSpice