PCB Hardware Engineer

Job Title: Hardware Engineer

Location: Richland, MI

Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite

SKILL SET AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Hardware engineers must be fluent in the following:

• Altium Designer

• SPICE

• MS Office – Excel, Visio, Word, etc.

Hardware engineers must be familiar with the following:

• Autodesk Inventor

• Ansys Electronics Desktop

• Enovia PLM

• Git (version control concepts and workflow)

• 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