Senior Hardware Engineer, Displays and Infotainment

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds toughest engineering challenges supported by mentorship career growth opportunities and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued supported and inspired to grow.

Workplace: On-site 4 days per week. Friday Remote.
Location: Long Beach CA

You will own the electrical hardware for our interior display and infotainment program end to end: schematic layout and the component library the rest of the team designs against. Consumer electronics density and integration automotive electrical and environmental requirements in a program moving at consumer electronics pace.

Responsibilities
Own schematic capture and PCB layout in Altium for display driver boards interface boards and infotainment hardware
Design highly integrated space constrained multilayer boards with attention to signal integrity high speed differential routing for LVDS MIPI and eDP power integrity and thermal relief
Execute EMC and ESD conscious layout including grounding strategy shielding and filtering
Support low voltage power architecture and integration into the vehicles zonal electrical architecture
Build govern and maintain the Altium component library: symbols footprints 3D models parametric data naming conventions IPC compliant footprint rules and a review and approval workflow for new parts
Drive part selection and qualification against AEC-Q100 Q101 and Q200 grade temperature range lifecycle and end of life risk and package suitability for the vehicle environment and own second sourcing and obsolescence risk
Link library and design data to the BOM and requirements environment so what is in the schematic matches what purchasing can buy
Partner with mechanical on board outline connector placement mounting and enclosure fit under aggressive packaging targets
Run design reviews work DFM and DFT feedback with EMS partners and support bring up debug and validation of prototype boards
Generate and maintain fabrication and assembly documentation and release hardware through the formal change process

Required Qualifications
BSEE or equivalent 7 years of schematic and PCB design experience
Expert level Altium Designer including vault or workspace based library management. Cadence Allegro Mentor Xpedition Zuken CR-8000 or OrCAD backgrounds considered where the candidate has owned library governance and the transition to Altium is realistic
Demonstrated high speed high density layout on consumer or automotive electronics
Solid grasp of component packaging IPC footprint standards datasheet interpretation and automotive grade component qualification
Exposure to a PLM or BOM environment such as Teamcenter Windchill Enovia Agile PLM or Arena and comfort releasing hardware through a formal change process
Familiarity with CISPR 25 ISO 11452 and ISO 10605 is a plus
Hands on lab skills: scope bring up and root cause on your own designs

Salary Range
$150000 - 165000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including but not limited to location the candidates combination of job-related knowledge qualifications skills education training and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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