Hardware Design Engineer

Posted 17 Days Ago
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Senior level
Information Technology • Manufacturing
The Role
The Hardware Design Engineer will create detailed hardware designs, test new designs before mass production, resolve issues reported by partners, and mentor junior employees. The role requires strong problem-solving skills and collaboration with manufacturing teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

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 5 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 

  • Experience of FPGA/ASIC design and logic synthesis 
  • Knowledge of digital video systems 

 

Top Skills

Asic
Eda
Electronics
Fpga
Pcb
The Company
HQ: Los Gatos, California
116 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

BrightSign is the global market leader in digital signage media players, headquartered in Los Gatos, California, with offices in Europe and Asia. BrightSign manufactures media players, and provides free software and networking solutions for the commercial digital signage market worldwide, serving all vertical segments of the digital signage marketplace. From entry-level BrightSign LS players to BrightSign XT players offering state-of-the-art technology and unsurpassed performance, BrightSign’s products are known for their signature reliability, affordability, ease-of-use, and market-leading technology. www.brightsign.biz

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