Sr. Hardware EngineerPCB Hardware Engineer

Job Title: Sr. Hardware Engineer

Location: Richland MI

Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite

SKILL SET AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Hardware engineers must be fluent in the following:

1. Altium Designer
2. SPICE
3. MS Office Excel Visio Word etc.

Hardware engineers must be familiar with the following:

1. Autodesk Inventor
2. Ansys Electronics Desktop
3. Enovia PLM
4. Git (version control concepts and workflow)
5. Azure DevOps

Responsibilities of hardware engineer:

Schematic Design

• Support the creation of printed circuit boards by creating logical drawings of interconnected electronic components by: Select components
• Planning and implementation of analog and digital circuits
• Creation of component entries and assist in curation of the ECAD library (device symbols footprints models and attributes)
• Conducting analysis simulation and calculations of electronic and electrical circuits

Layout Design

• • Support the creation of printed circuit boards by converting schematic diagrams into physically routed paths by: Creating and updating component footprints/land patterns in the ECAD design library
  • Determining the optimal placement of components and PCB features for EMC/EMI performance power integrity signal integrity thermal management mechanical shock and vibration manufacturing assembly and test processes
  • Ensuring electronic components are compatible with and can be integrated with the mechanical product design
  • Conducting analysis simulation and calculations for power integrity signal integrity thermal characteristics and EMC

Hardware Test Engineering - Verification of electronic hardware through the following activities:

• • Assisting in ensuring the hardware design satisfies the product functional requirements performance characteristics identified in the high-level design detail design specification and technical documentation
  • Designing planning or setting requirements for necessary test equipment and/or test software
  • Hardware module testing and verification including parametric functional EMC/EMI environmental or other engineering evaluation testing
  • Authors and maintains the Electronic Test Specification documents

Drafting Documentation and Sustainment - Assist in the release and versioning of technical documentation

• • Prepare schematic fabrication assembly BOM packages for release in PLM system
  • Contribute to and participate in reviews of reports documentation and designs
  • Assist in component lifecycle activities
  • Assist in hardware drawing updates