Hardware Engineer

Position: Hardware Engineer

Location: Houston, TX (Onsite)

Exp: 5-10 Yrs

Rate: $30-$35/hr on W2

Responsibilities

• Expertise in Hardware redesign especially skilled value engineering, reverse engineering/re-engineering.
• Conduct system evaluations, investigate problems and make appropriate recommendations to modify designs as needed.
• Identify and recommend product functions improvements for the existing design at different stages to improve technical performance.
• Expertise in Hardware design PCB tools, Functional Safety, DFMEA, Circuit analysis, Simulation & EMI/EMC.
• Experience on all stages of Hardware Product Development Lifecycle.
• Experience in different microcontrollers, processors and FPGA based designs.
• Digital, Analog, Mixed Signal Design Experience for Oil & Gas products.
• Familiarity with different communication protocols interfaces.
• Component selection, design calculations and worst-case analysis
• Hands on experience on design verification, testing & troubleshooting and failure analysis
• Experience In hardware/product integration, testing, compliance support
• Experience in High-speed design like Ethernet, DDRx, SPI interfaces
• Product qualification / Compliances test experiences.
• Experience in Multi-layer PCB Layout design approach design reviews, SI knowledge.
• Exposure to design tools - ORCAD, Allegro / Mentor Graphics PADs

Primary Skills

• Hardware Analog and Mixed signal design
• Microcontroller based multi-chip board development for oil & gas environment,
• Familiarity with board-to-board communication protocols like SPI, I2C, CAN
• Additional experience with FPGA based hardware design
• Experience with schematic & layout; schematics & PCB tools
• Hands on experience on design verification, testing & troubleshooting and failure analysis
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications

• A bachelor s degree in the appropriate discipline and 7+ years of relevant experience.
• The candidate must be detail oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to problem solve independently
• The candidate be an expert user in Altium Designer or other similar tools.
• Strong understanding of Electronic Hardware design
• Demonstrated technical problem-solving aptitude
• Exceptional communication skills written and verbal
• Strong Customer Service orientation, to work with Design Engineering Customers
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritize work
• General ability to be the focal for designs and provide CAD tool expertise to internal customers
• Demonstrated ability to follow through with work assignments and support management's policies and procedures
• Must be able to demonstrate an ability to continually learn new technologies and processes