Senior Digital Hardware Architect — Onsite Poway

Data Device Corporation; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Power Device Corporation is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to design and develop complex digital electronics for aerospace/defense applications. You will lead schematic and PCB development, perform design analyses, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure performance and reliability.

Strong debugging skills and leadership are essential. Required are 8+ years in hardware/digital design and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering (Master’s a plus).

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in digital hardware and board-level design.
• Extensive experience with schematic capture and multilayer PCB development.
• Strong understanding of processor, FPGA, memory, clocking, and power architectures.
• Strong understanding of high-speed digital design, transmission lines, impedance control, termination, crosstalk, and timing.
• Experience with interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, or similar.
• Experience with signal integrity and power integrity analysis.
• Experience with FPGA design, VHDL, Verilog, or FPGA integration is preferred.
• Strong hardware debugging skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and other lab equipment.
• Ability to independently solve complex technical problems.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and technical leadership skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field (stated in education).

Responsibilities

• Develop hardware architectures and detailed designs that meet performance, reliability, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Lead design decisions involving processors, FPGAs, memories, interfaces, and supporting circuitry.
• Perform detailed design analysis and identify risks early in development.
• Coordinate hardware development with FPGA, software, mechanical, systems, and manufacturing teams.
• Lead board bring-up, integration, verification, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations.
• Develop project estimates, technical plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Support existing products through design changes and documentation updates.
• Lead or contribute to schematic, layout, and design reviews.
• Improve engineering methods, tools, and verification processes.

Skills

Digital hardware design

Schematic capture

PCB development

High-speed digital design

FPGA design

DDR/PCIe interfaces

Signal integrity analysis

Power integrity analysis

Hardware debugging

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Master’s degree (a plus)

Tools

FPGA design tools

Job description

Power Device Corporation is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to design and develop complex digital electronics for aerospace/defense applications. You will lead schematic and PCB development, perform design analyses, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure performance and reliability.

Strong debugging skills and leadership are essential. Required are 8+ years in hardware/digital design and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering (Master’s a plus).