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Designs, develops, modifies, and evaluates electronic parts, components, PCB, or integrated circuitry for hardware platforms, electrical engineering applications, and equipment. Conducts logical design of printed circuit boards through component definition and schematic capture, defines component placement and circuit trace routing rules, and oversees board layout from feasibility studies to board tape-out while meeting multi-disciplinary platform-level requirements. Considers BOM cost and availability data versus design trade-offs at the board and system levels.\nThis role also responsible for driving end-to-end board design-from capturing platform-level requirements to supporting architects in defining system design strategies, schematic development, component selection, and platform bring-up. The candidate should possess in depth technical knowledge in high-speed digital, analog, and mixed-signal designs. 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