Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer III Digital High-Speed Design & Board Bring-Up

Job Description

This role focuses on designing and validating advanced digital electronic hardware for demanding applications. You will own the full lifecycle of high-speed digital board design, from schematic capture and interface definition through signal integrity analysis, and into the lab for bring-up, verification, and manufacturing readiness. The position is ideal for an electrical engineer who enjoys hands‑on digital hardware development, complex PCB design, and collaborative work with layout, firmware, and software teams.

Responsibilities

- Design complex multi-layer digital printed circuit boards (PCBs), including schematic capture, component selection, and participation in design reviews for processor‑, FPGA‑, and SoC-based boards.

- Define and constrain high-speed digital interfaces, including pin planning, interface budgeting, and the creation of appropriate design constraints.

- Own the digital subsystem architecture for clocking, resets, boot and configuration, and general‑purpose I/O.

- Perform pre-layout and post-layout signal integrity analysis and translate results into routing rules, impedance constraints, and layout guidance.

- Partner closely with PCB layout engineers to route dense, high-pin-count devices while meeting high‑speed design requirements.

- Lead digital board bring‑up, including power‑on procedures, clock initialization, interface configuration, and link validation.

- Debug hardware in the lab using high-speed instrumentation and a structured, methodical approach to problem solving.





- Develop, write, and execute functional and interface test plans across relevant operating conditions, document results clearly, and drive root‑cause analysis of hardware, firmware, and software integration issues.

- Contribute to manufacturing readiness by applying design‑for‑manufacturability and design‑for‑test principles, and by creating bring‑up procedures and supporting documentation.

- Collaborate with firmware and software teams during embedded processor and SoC bring‑up to ensure robust system integration.

- Support power management design and verification activities as part of the overall digital hardware development process.

Essential Skills

- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical discipline.

- Hands‑on experience in digital hardware development and ownership of complex digital board designs from schematic through bring‑up.

- Strong understanding of high-speed digital design fundamentals, including signal integrity and timing considerations.

- Experience with high-speed memory and/or high-speed serial interfaces in board-level designs.

- Proficiency with industry-standard schematic capture and PCB electronic design management (EDM)



tools; experience with the Siemens Xpedition tool chain is strongly preferred.

- Practical lab experience using high-speed test equipment and applying a structured debug methodology.

- Ability to read and interpret datasheets, reference manuals, and user guides and convert them into correct design decisions.

- Knowledge of digital electrical engineering principles, including power management, memory design, and design verification.

- Capability to perform root cause analysis for complex hardware issues.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- Experience with processor‑, FPGA‑, and SoC-based hardware design and associated development toolchains.

- Understanding of EMI and EMC design considerations and their application to digital hardware.

- Experience in high-speed memory or serial interface design and bring‑up.

- Experience with signal integrity simulation tools and methodologies.

- Experience bringing up embedded processors and SoCs while working closely with firmware and software teams.

- Exposure to high-reliability or harsh-workplace hardware design.

- Scripting skills for test automation and data analysis.

- Interest in contributing to design-for-manufacturability and design-for-test activities.

- Motivation to work on advanced electronic hardware for demanding applications with potential for contract extension or conversion.

Work Environment

You will work primarily on‑site in a modern engineering facility with some flexibility for remote work. The team follows an agile, collabora

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