Senior Digital Design Engineer

Insight Global; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer with extensive experience in digital electronics design to support analysis, design, development, testing, and maintenance of advanced products and systems. This role will play a key part in product innovation, hardware development, system architecture, and technical leadership throughout the engineering lifecycle.

This position involves hardware development, system architecture, and technical leadership across engineering teams to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in digital electronics design.
• Experience with ICDs, SRDs, CDDs, PDRs/CDRs and customer acceptance.
• Hands-on circuit board design, fabrication, and assembly.
• Knowledge of USB 3.x, Ethernet, I2C, SPI.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, and maintain electrical products and systems.
• Lead technical execution of electrical engineering efforts.
• Create ICDs and BOMs; develop system architecture decisions.
• Coordinate design reviews: PDR, CDR, TRR, and reviews.
• Develop technical content and white papers for proposals.

Skills

Digital electronics design

High-speed digital circuits

Schematic capture

PCB layout design

HDLs (Verilog/VHDL)

Systems engineering documentation

Laboratory testing

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Siemens PADS

Logic Analyzers

Signal Generators

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer with extensive experience in digital electronics design to support the analysis, design, development, testing, and maintenance of advanced products and systems. This role will play a key part in product innovation, hardware development, system architecture, and technical leadership throughout the engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, and maintain electrical products and systems.
• Identify opportunities to enhance existing products and develop innovative solutions tailored to industry needs.
• Build prototypes and test systems; conduct laboratory simulations and evaluations.
• Design and develop product interfaces, ensuring proper integration and functionality.
• Troubleshoot electrical issues and support production environments.
• Participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, code, and development activities.
• Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR)
• Critical Design Reviews (CDR)
• Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)
• Author Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for systems and subsystems.
• Create electrical schematics and Bills of Material (BOMs).
• Analyze engineering data to improve system and product performance.
• Contribute to system architecture development and design decisions.
• Lead technical execution of electrical engineering efforts.
• Develop technical content and white papers supporting proposal and business development activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in digital electronics design.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering documentation and processes, including:
• Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
• System Requirements Documents (SRDs)
• Capability Development Documents (CDDs)
• Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs)
• Critical Design Reviews (CDRs)
• Customer Acceptance processes
• Hands-on experience with circuit board design, fabrication, and assembly.
• Extensive knowledge of high-speed digital circuits, layouts, and interfaces.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout design.
• Knowledge of digital communication standards and protocols:
• USB 3.x
• Ethernet
• I2C
• SPI
• Experience using laboratory and test equipment including:
• Logic Analyzers
• Signal Generators
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts, design strategies, and system-level solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience developing test reports and summaries, including results, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Experience with electronic exploitation systems and technologies.
• Familiarity with Siemens PADS PCB layout software.
• Experience with Hardware Description Languages (HDLs), including: