Senior Electrical Engineer – PCB / Mixed-Signal Design

6-month contract to hire

Interview is a 3 hour onsite white board session with the team.

5 days a week onsite in Morrisville ,NC.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Use Altium to design and maintain PCB schematics and generate orderable packages
• Use SPICE and other simulation tools to validate circuit performance before spins
• Lead internal multi-disciplinary reviews to identify and resolve potential electro-mechanical issues with interference, grounding, cable harnessing and the like
• Lead bring-up of new boards including power and timing validation
• Analyze signal timing and waveforms using oscilloscopes and other lab instruments
• Keep a sense of humor and positive perspective that transcends setbacks

Additional Responsibilities

• Work with firmware and FPGA engineers on pin assignment and configuration, selection of appropriate memory components, control and communication interfaces between ICs, etc
• Work with PCB layout engineers through initial component placement and routing review
• Support regulatory testing including IEC 61326 EMC and emissions, 61010 electrical safety, 47 CFR FCC Part 15/18 emissions and other appropriate standards
• Recommend components and connectors to meet operational product requirements
• Work with manufacturing to analyze electrical issues arising in product assembly and customer RMAs
• Contribute to other aspects of company development as needed

Required Experience/Skills

• At least five years with Altium or comparable PCB design tool
• Experience with digital and mixed-signal circuit design
• Experience with oscilloscopes, network analyzers and similar laboratory tools
• Experience with revision-control systems such as Git, BitBucket and Allspice
• Familiarity with soldering, board inspection and rework is welcome
• Familiarity with firmware or scripting tools such as Python is welcome
• Good written and oral communication skills