Hardware Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Michigan.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with software and FPGA engineers to develop system and board-level architectural designs while analyzing requirements.

• Provide schematic design and select components for high-speed circuits, including SerDes up to 32Gbps, control circuits, power supply sequencing, inter-board connectors, and memory buses.

• Conduct design simulations with LTSpice and validate circuits through prototype bench testing.

• Collaborate with the Signal Integrity team to perform thorough analyses of critical nets.

• Engage in design reviews (Signal Integrity, PCB Layout, FPGA coding, Software) to uphold Fidus quality standards.

• Create parts libraries and perform schematic capture, including embedded layout constraints, utilizing OrCAD Capture CIS.

• Develop detailed test plans and procedures.

• Facilitate lab bring-up and thorough verification of hardware prototypes.

• Work closely with the team to resolve hardware and software integration challenges.

• Lead regulatory certification testing initiatives.

• Produce technical and user documentation.

• Offer pre-project technical support to business and sales teams regarding project scope, schedules, effort estimates, and deliverables, as well as post-project technical support to customers.

• Serve as a mentor and sounding board for junior and intermediate electronic designers.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 5 years of direct experience in electronics design.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or an equivalent qualification.

• Capability to lead design efforts both technically and as a mentor.

• Strong foundational knowledge of high-speed circuit and multi-layer PCB design.

• Comprehensive understanding of all phases of the hardware product development cycle, including requirements, architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, signal integrity, verification, and manufacturing.

• Experience in FPGA designs, particularly with 32Gbps differential pairs and power/thermal design considerations.

• Familiarity with high-speed devices and protocols such as DDR4, PCIe Gen4, MIPI, Gigabit Ethernet, USB-C, HDMI, SerDes, and JESD204B.

• Proficient with development tools like Cadence CIS/Orcad/Cadence Allegro.

• Experience with optical test sets, signal analyzers, and GHz+ oscilloscopes for analyzing eye diagrams, phase noise, and overall signal integrity.

• Practical debugging experience with scopes, VNAs, signal generators, and electronic loads.

• Knowledge of ESD, EMI, and RF design considerations.

• Proficiency in using Verilog, RTL, or HLS is an asset.

• Adopts AI as an integral part of the modern engineering toolkit.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Matching 401(k) contributions.

• Annual profit-sharing bonus.

• Additional supplementary benefits.