Hardware Engineer (II) [AQ-11653]
Aquent · Mountain View, CA · 3 wk ago
HybridEngineeringContract
About the role
Lead the optimization of complex or constrained hardware components, applying best practices to meet stringent performance, power, and cost-effectiveness requirements.
What You'll Do
- Quantify the impact of hardware design decisions using measurements and numerical methods, providing data-driven design recommendations.
- Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams to optimize hardware performance within established design constraints.
- Take ownership of meeting the performance requirements for complex hardware products or subsystems.
- Proactively identify flaws and issues within hardware components, providing insightful analysis and suggesting effective corrective solutions for common failures.
- Document hardware designs, implementations, and test/validation results meticulously throughout the entire product lifecycle.
- Conduct thorough reviews of hardware designs, including block diagrams, schematics, layouts, BOMs, algorithms, protocols, and link budgets, to anticipate and mitigate potential issues and risks.
- Evaluate hardware performance, identify deviations from predictions, resolve test discrepancies, and perform necessary measurements/simulations to validate design specifications.
- Propose and implement impactful design improvements that enhance product quality and efficiency.
What You'll Bring
- Demonstrated proficiency in hardware systems and subsystems implementation.
- Deep domain-specific knowledge relevant to hardware engineering.
- Experience in team management and collaboration within an engineering environment.
- Strong understanding of hardware architecture.
- Expertise in the product development lifecycle from concept to deployment.
- Proven skills in debugging, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.
- Solid industry knowledge and awareness of current trends.
- Ability to perform data analysis and synthesis to inform design decisions.
- A systems thinking approach to problem-solving.
- Excellent technical documentation skills.