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Stays current on emerging technologies, industry standards, tools, and best practices.\n Key Responsibilities\nConceptual Design of Electrical Systems:\n-Assists in the design, development, and integration of electrical systems for hardware products, following established engineering guidelines to meet performance, power efficiency, security, and reliability requirements.\n-Gains experience applying fundamental engineering principles to system optimization.\nDetailed Design and Implementation:\n-Supports parts selection, qualification, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design, and schematic capture for electrical subsystems, ensuring alignment with design specifications, manufacturability considerations, and industry standards.\n-Assists in design analysis by conducting basic modeling and simulations of standard electrical systems, learning how design choices impact performance across different operating conditions.\n-Develops board floor planning and layout designs, focusing on 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troubleshooting techniques to analyze waveforms, identify anomalies, and assist in root cause investigations.\n-Assists with sustaining engineering activities such as resolving customer escalations, performing root cause analysis, qualifying alternate source components, and resolving end-of-life component issues.\nDocumentation and Process Development:\n-Assists in creating and maintaining technical documentation, including schematics, test plans, test reports, signal integrity constraints, and bills of materials, ensuring accuracy and traceability of design decisions.\n-Participates in formal design reviews, contributing insights on electrical subsystem performance while learning from senior engineers’ decision-making processes.\nContinuous Learning and Innovation:\n-Stays current on emerging technologies, industry standards, tools, and best practices, applying knowledge to improve designs and troubleshoot issues.\n-Contributes to process improvement and innovation by identifying potential enhancements in electrical design and learning how senior engineers evaluate and implement new methodologies.\n-Supports cross-functional teams by applying fundamental engineering knowledge of electrical design to enhance product quality and integrate best practices into development cycles.\nAdditional Responsibilities (as needed)\nElectromagnetic Compatibility:\n-Supports the development of hardware products that meet applicable safety, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and environmental regulations under the guidance of senior engineers.\n-Partners with cross-functional teams to incorporate established compliance requirements into product specifications and assists in executing pre-compliance testing and preparing documentation for third-party certifications.\n-Stays informed about relevant regulatory updates and escalates potential impacts to senior team members, contributing to the maintenance of global market access through accurate documentation and design support.\nRequirements\nDesign and/ or test experience with Intel, AMD or Ampere CPU chip set architectures is highly desirable.\nDesign and/ or test experience with Nvidia or AMD GPU architectures is highly desirable.\nProficient in electrical signal quality measurement, including jitter, noise, and timing analysis.\nProficient in the use of test equipment including high-speed oscilloscopes, differential probes, logic, and network analyzers.\nKnowledge of frequency domain analysis and electrical signal integrity concepts.\nExperience with Ethernet compliance standards and testing highly desirable.\nDemonstrated ability to debug complex board level signaling problems.\nStrong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills.\nExperience with Linux and Windows operating systems.\nExperience with Python or similar object-oriented programming language.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nDisclaimer:Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.\nRange and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only\nUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $74,100 to $148,300 per annum. 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