Engineer Hardware Job Description

Engineer Hardware Job Description

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Engineer hardware provides front-line user support for the analog/mixed-signal circuit design tools and flows, especially those relating to the Virtuoso circuit and layout design platform and Spectre/AMS-Xcelium simulators.

Engineer Hardware Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Assembling and configuring computers/laptops, monitors, network infrastructure and peripherals
Assisting and instructing users with the use of standard business and/or administrative Software
Work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, Mfg
Digital and analog hardware design, development, and testing
Support new product development reviews and reporting as required
Provide effort estimates in support of bid and proposal efforts as required
To write formal design documentation
Initially focused on delivering a brilliant new core router
Be part of a self-organising and cross functional team
Testing all the different facets of the electronics within the Set-Top-Boxes

Engineer Hardware Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Engineer Hardware

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BICSI, HP, APS, CE, IAT, VCA, EMC, II, NW, CCNA

Education for Engineer Hardware

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Employers hiring for the engineer hardware job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Technical, Design, Computer Science, Science, Education, Mechanical Engineering

Skills for Engineer Hardware

Desired skills for engineer hardware include:

Ethernet
Digital circuit design parameters
I2C
Anti-virus tools
Circuit design and signal integrity is expected
Communication equipment and technologies
DDR
Digital electronics
Enterprise network architecture
Firewalls

Desired experience for engineer hardware includes:

Good communications skills and ability and desire to work as a team player are a must
Experience designing of low power, low noise electronic circuits for portable battery powered devices
Knowledge of RF circuitry design and wireless technologies including Bluetooth
Knowledge of mechanical design software such as Solidworks or CATIA
Digital logic and analog circuit implementation experience
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Engineer Hardware Examples

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Engineer Hardware Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for an engineer hardware. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for engineer hardware
  • Likely to be involved in more than one project at any one time
  • Can clearly present proposals and constructively debate input from others
  • Is expected to provide a level of technical leadership
  • Encourages and proposes ideas for improvement
  • Is expected to coach and mentor more junior engineers on an informal basis only
  • Define and design of electro-mechanical systems, or subsystems
  • Knowledge and experience with Pro Engineer CAD software
  • Experience in the development of sheet metal and injection molded plastic components
  • Define and perform (or oversee) experimental testing on equipment and products
  • Manage the building and testing of prototype equipment and products
Qualifications for engineer hardware
  • Manages DFR project scheduling and technical issues
  • Strong background in conflict resolution, problem solving, decision-making, and influencing
  • Ability to lead multiple technical projects
  • Prefer previous hardware engineering experience on designing at board level
  • Prefer previous software development and testing experience
  • Provides analysis related to the design, development, and implementation of hardware for products
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Engineer Hardware Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of engineer hardware. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for engineer hardware
  • Perform digital FPGA detailed logic design
  • Digital system architecture, design, and development
  • Interface with embedded software engineers
  • Provide sales support by directly working with customers and sales managers
  • Develop electronics solutions to meet technical specifications, cost budget, packaging and other design constraints using combination of simulation, analysis, prototyping and testing.​
  • Develop design documentation such as block diagrams and design specifications
  • Support new technology development initiatives
  • Perform system and component level design and analysis generally using tools such as MATLAB, ADS, HFSS, and SystemVue
  • Conduct component selections, high level and low level simulations and prototyping to establish technical feasibility of design components
  • Develop the calibration strategy, error budget and calibration algorithms to achieve repeatable and precise system performance
Qualifications for engineer hardware
  • Good understanding of LAN/WAN/Telephony concepts TCIP, switches, routers, vLANs
  • The Hardware Engineer duties have some physical demands such as pulling, cabling, lifting, kneeling, crawling
  • Excellent protocol testplanning and testbench development skills
  • Excellent RTL debugging skills
  • Excellent communication and technical writing skills, capable of adapting style and tone according to the situation and audience
  • Experience with digital board design, basic signal integrity, board layout tools, and schematic capture tools with special emphasis on Cadence software
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Engineer Hardware Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an engineer hardware. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for engineer hardware
  • Coordinating with security for property transfer
  • Working with property management for material disposal and incoming material
  • Performing periodic inventory of lab items
  • Coordinating with facilities to ensure proper maintenance and anomaly resolutions are performed
  • Producing Engineering Drawing Status Updates using WPDM and update SharePoint sites
  • Conducting weekly drawing status meetings
  • Updating systems virus definitions as a privileged user
  • Monitoring various computer systems for proper operation
  • Resolving hard drive failures to operating systems and coordinating with vendors to obtain replacement drives
  • Interpreting engineering drawings and input appropriate redlines to drawings
Qualifications for engineer hardware
  • Knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic control systems
  • Must be able to work on various multi-priority projects and complete tasks on time
  • Must be able to travel on short duration trips throughout the year
  • Understand system networking equipment (routers, switches, servers, RAIDs )
  • Demonstrated proven experience interacting daily with supervisors and/or functional peer groups directly with demanding customers
  • Strong knowledge of hardware design, x86 architectures and interfaces
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Engineer Hardware Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of engineer hardware. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for engineer hardware
  • Developing the design documentation such as block diagrams and design specifications
  • Component selection including simulation and prototyping to establish technical feasibility
  • System and component level design and analysis generally using MATLAB, ADS, and SystemVue
  • Calibration error budget development
  • Design Verification (DV plan writing and execution)
  • Primary responsibility will be to develop and deploy test equipment for avionics products that may span both Space and Defense product lines
  • Develop test requirements, test plans, procedure and reports
  • Support maintenance, repair, obsolescence management and redesign activities for legacy test equipment systems
  • Work with a group of engineers and technicians in the development of test equipment that will be deployed for internal or customer use
  • Major Linux distribution (Red Hat, SuSE, Ubuntu, ) experience – Install, basic troubleshooting, driver install
Qualifications for engineer hardware
  • Develop hardware installation schedules based upon set-up, integration, and test timelines for program
  • Prepare drawings documenting as-built configurations at each site for program
  • Prepare site installation a test reports for program
  • Configure computers, communications devices and peripheral equipment for program
  • Train site personnel in the proper use of hardware for program
  • Prepare installation guides, field test procedures, and troubleshooting guides for program
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Engineer Hardware Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of engineer hardware. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for engineer hardware
  • Generate Fabrication and Assembly Drawings/CAD files for PCB manufacturing
  • Experience of Gerber file creation (RS274x and/or ODB++)
  • Knowledge of 3D modelling in Solidworks
  • Ability to work prioritize workload, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with a high attention to details
  • Develops cost-effective designs for mono (microphone) and stereo (headphone, in ear monitoring) analog audio applications
  • Generate engineering specifications for products and systems, analyze and define values and tolerances for various parameters of products and systems
  • Designs and conduct real world tests for electrical, EMC and thermal integrity and experience with design for manufacturability
  • Plan and execute tasks defined by the new product development and implementation project plans
  • Develop cost effective PCB designs from defining requirements specifications for SSD
  • Testing, calibration, and troubleshooting of new or existing production hardware
Qualifications for engineer hardware
  • 10 years of relevant opto-electronics experience required
  • Experience with GPIB, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Labview, Matlab and other standard test measurement software
  • Experience with calibration desired but not required
  • Experience with CM desired but not required
  • BSC Hons Degree Electronic Engineering or combination of relevant education (HND, HNC) and work related experience
  • Thorough knowledge of quality processes and procedures

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