Job Title: Sr. Hardware Engineer
Location: Richland, MI
Contract
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