Responsibilities
- Design and develop high-speed digital and mixed-signal hardware for embedded systems.
- Perform component selection, schematic capture, and hardware architecture definition.
- Develop schematics using Cadence OrCAD / Allegro design tools.
- Support PCB layout reviews, stack-up definition, and high-speed routing guidelines.
- Ensure compliance with DFM (Design for Manufacturability) and DFT (Design for Testability) principles.
- Design hardware platforms incorporating FPGAs, processors, and microcontrollers.
- Implement and integrate high-speed interfaces such as: DDR memory, JESD204B/C, PCIe, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C
- Design and validate power architectures including DC-DC converters, LDO regulators, and power sequencing circuits.
- Interface with ADC/DAC devices and mixed-signal subsystems.
- Support board bring-up, debugging, and hardware validation activities.
- Perform Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI), and thermal analysis during hardware development.
- Utilize laboratory equipment including: Oscilloscopes, Logic analyzers, Signal generators, Power analyzers
- Prepare hardware design documentation, test procedures, validation reports, and design review materials.
- Collaborate with system, firmware, FPGA, RF, and mechanical engineering teams for successful system integration.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Education
B.Tech / M.Tech in Electronics Engineering
Experience
8+ years of experience specific to Mixed high speed design is notable.
Technical Skills
- Strong fundamentals in digital electronics and embedded hardware design.
- Basic understanding of analog and mixed-signal circuits.
- Experience with high-speed digital hardware design.
- Familiarity with hardware development lifecycle from design to production.
- Proficiency in Cadence OrCAD / Allegro schematic design tools.
- Ability to analyze and interpret component datasheets, application notes, and reference designs.
- Understanding of clock architecture, reset design, and power sequencing.
- Knowledge of high-speed interface design such as DDR, PCIe, and Ethernet.
- Familiarity with: Derating analysis, MTBF and reliability calculations, Power analysis, Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI), Thermal considerations & Experience in hardware debugging and validation using lab instrumentation.
Key Competencies
- Strong hardware debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to interpret complex datasheets and reference designs effectively.
- Strong design review and technical documentation capability.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Ownership and accountability for assigned hardware design tasks.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- Ability to work in complex multi-disciplinary engineering environments.
- Commitment to engineering quality, reliability, and design excellence.