Senior Hardware Design Engineer

BrightSign, the global market leader in digital signage media players, seeks an electronics design engineer to join our product development team. Working closely with the embedded software group and our contract-manufacturing partners, you will be responsible – often on tight deadlines - for turning a high-level design brief into a fully tested PCB assembly suitable for high-volume mass production.

Responsibilities

Produce hardware designs (including block diagrams, design specifications and schematics)

Create innovative and cost-effective solutions to complex technical problems

Produce technical information for manufacturing partners and service teams

Chair hardware design meetings and reviews

Test and validate new designs prior to mass production

Resolve problems reported by manufacturing partners, customers, suppliers or others

Provide mentoring and guidance to junior employees

Assist colleagues with electronics-related issues as necessary

Champion and model good practice at all times

Qualifications and Skills

Degree in engineering, computer science or related discipline

Minimum 10 years industry experience as an electronics design engineer

Experience of Design for Test

Experience of using EDA tools (preferably Cadence, but cross-training can be arranged)

Basic understanding of software

Experience in Analogue and Digital electronics design theory

Experience of signal integrity and high-speed signaling, power supplies, communication buses, peripheral interfacing

Hands on skills in soldering, building and reworking of prototypes

Practical experience of setting up and using electronic test equipment

Good problem-solving skills and root cause analysis

Excellent communication skills; written and verbal

Attention to detail

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Desirable

Knowledge of digital video systems

Knowledge of git tool

Experience of FPGA/ASIC design and logic synthesis