Lead Hardware Engineer

Lead Hardware Engineer

Summary:
My client is looking for an experienced Lead Hardware Engineer to develop board level solutions for our next generation of products. Provide technical leadership to a team and work in concert with a project manager to design board and box-level products that are rich in video and signal processing functionality.

Responsibilities:
- Develop board and box level solutions for a growing video product line.
- Provide technical leadership to a project team, including architectural definition, design assistance to project team, specification & design reviews, debugging support, verification and regulatory oversight, and release to production.
- Analyze system requirements, review chip specifications, determine design approach & unit test requirements, and write hardware design specifications.
- Research & identify components, create library symbols, capture schematics, write layout instructions, support inside or outside PCB layout including all reviews.
- Coordinate long lead items, kitting, fabs & assembly of prototype PCBAs.
- Prioritize, schedule, track, and coordinate the development, verification and release of your design work with other project team members and project managers.
- Verify hardware functionality both in your own test environment as well as in conjunction with the rest of the project team and system test engineers.
- Design for and achieve required regulatory and safety certification.
- Effectively communicate ideas, objectives and plans both internally and outside the Hardware team, including presentations to company management.

Qualifications & Requirements:
- BSEE or equivalent.
- 5+ years hands-on experience developing hardware for video products including project lead experience that took designs into full production.
- Practical knowledge and experience developing high performance video hardware including converters, scalers, drivers, and processor subsystems.
- Experience with prototype and production contract manufacturers.
- Familiarity and practice in the application of strong hardware development practices.
- Familiarity with video signals and standards.
- Proficient with high speed design techniques with clocks ranging from 165 MHz to over 1.5 GHz.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, including hands-on familiarity with analog & digital oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements including radiated emissions, susceptibility, immunity and safety.
- Strong knowledge of current PCB fab and assembly technology supporting design for manufacturability, environment (i.e. RoHS & Green) and reliability.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Ability to lead and work closely with others in a small team environment.

Desired Skills:
Experience with one or more of the following would be a big plus:
- Strong FPGA design skills including familiarity with Xilinx & Altera tool flows with Verilog & VHDL.
- High speed serial interfaces including SERDES interfaces.
- PCB layout skills including placement, routing, and package generation.


Please contact:

Mark Dove
markdove@chiefpeople.com
415 541-7999