Senior Imaging Hardware Architect - High-Speed PCB & X-Ray

fairchildimagingcom; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairchild Imaging, headquartered in San Jose, CA, seeks a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead the design of high-speed imaging platforms, CMOS image sensors, and X-ray camera systems.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and excellence in signal integrity, power delivery, and timing. You will collaborate across sensor, firmware, software, and applications teams to deliver robust hardware solutions.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of hardware design experience, including complex multilayer PCB design.
• Proven expertise designing high-speed digital systems and high-density PCBs.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, or team lead experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with CMOS image sensor integration and board-level camera development.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or equivalent.
• Hands-on lab debugging skills using oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, logic analyzers, and related instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across hardware development programs for imaging and sensor-based products.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level hardware engineers in schematic design, PCB layout, debug methodologies, and engineering best practices.
• Lead hardware design reviews, architecture discussions, and cross-functional technical decision-making.
• Establish and promote engineering standards for high-speed PCB design, signal integrity, documentation, and validation.
• Support project planning, task prioritization, resource estimation, and execution tracking for hardware development activities.
• May directly manage a small team of hardware engineers, including goal setting and performance feedback.

Skills

High-speed design

Signal integrity

Sensor integration

System-level optimization

Schematic design

PCB layout

Debug methodologies

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Hardware reviews

Power integrity

Clocking design

EMI/EMC awareness

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence Allegro

Job description

Fairchild Imaging, headquartered in San Jose, CA, seeks a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead the design of high-speed imaging platforms, CMOS image sensors, and X-ray camera systems.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and excellence in signal integrity, power delivery, and timing. You will collaborate across sensor, firmware, software, and applications teams to deliver robust hardware solutions.