Senior Electrical Engineer (Digital Hardware Design)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Electrical Engineer (Digital Hardware Design)

• Focus: Technical leadership for advanced digital hardware systems

• Work style: On-site in San Diego, CA

Description

Architect and develop advanced digital hardware spanning processors, memory, FPGAs, power circuits, and high-speed interfaces. Own schematic and multilayer PCB development through board bring-up, integration, debug, verification, and qualification. Provide technical leadership across the product lifecycle and mentor other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop digital hardware across processors, memory, FPGAs, power circuits, and high-speed interfaces

• Drive schematic design and multilayer PCB development; own board bring-up, integration, debug, and verification

• Specify PCB layout requirements (stack-up, controlled impedance, signal integrity, and high-speed routing rules)

• Perform design analyses, select components, lead technical reviews, and troubleshoot hardware issues

• Create verification plans, test procedures, and qualification approaches

• Partner with systems, software, FPGA, mechanical, and manufacturing teams

• Lead difficult hardware problem-solving and mentor less experienced engineers

• Support production efforts, product upgrades, and continuous engineering improvements

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on digital hardware design and development experience

• Deep proficiency in complex multilayer PCB design and schematic capture

• Background designing FPGA architecture, processor architecture, clocking architecture, memory architecture, and power architecture

• Solid command of signal integrity, high-speed digital design, impedance control, timing analysis, and power integrity

• Working knowledge of PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART

• Practical hardware debugging skills with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and related lab equipment

• Excellent technical leadership, problem solving, and communication abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or a closely related discipline

• Authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship

Benefits

• Salary: $140,000–$180,000 annually

• Full-time, direct hire; on-site in San Diego, CA

• Relocation: negotiable