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