Electrical Hardware Design Engineer

ROLE PURPOSE 

Pickering Interfaces is an established company developing next-generation test and measurement products for the automotive, aerospace, energy, and semiconductor industries. With design centers in the UK, Czech Republic and the US, Pickering has a worldwide presence. We are currently looking for engineers for our US-based design center.

The Electrical Design Engineer will be involved in many aspects of the product development life cycle: design and building hardware prototypes, hardware and software test fixtures, troubleshooting small microcontroller & FPGA based circuits using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers, working with the hardware engineering team to perform verification testing on prototype hardware, and documentation. The candidate will participate in hardware and software design reviews and have the opportunity to get further involved with the hardware and software development team. The candidate will be mentored by a senior engineer. Experience in microprocessors, FPGAs, embedded operating systems and data acquisition is desirable.

Essential Functions:

Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Participate in the development of system architecture and detailed electrical design for high speed measurement products
• Design and build of electronic circuits for test and measurement products
• Designing and troubleshooting of microcontroller/FPGA based digital circuits and analog signal conditioning circuits
• Design and build of test fixtures
• Assist in generation of test protocols for feasibility, development, and product Verification.
• Lab bench rework, soldering of small components onto PCBA prototypes
• Troubleshooting with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, microprocessor debuggers, communication protocol analyzers, with guidance from a senior engineer
• Writing Test Software in Python for testing a complex hardware electronic system using off-the-shelf test equipment such as DMMs and oscilloscopes.
• Collaborate effectively with other engineers to assist in prototype production and testing efforts.

Education and Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with an emphasis on electrical circuit design for embedded processing
• At least 5 years industry experience designing electronic products
• Experience with FPGA design, particularly Xilinx Vivado/Vitis platform with VHDL, Verilog or HLS
• Experience with implementing PCI Express, USB3/4, DDR4 interfaces in an FPGA
• Experience with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, digital multimeters and general electronic troubleshooting of high speed digital interfaces
• Experience in the use of embedded C, bare metal coding for FPGA based processors, Python, BASH, or similar interpreted language for product verification testing
• Ability to work in a diverse team with members of varying education and experience levels
• Excellent IT/computer skills and a willingness to learn new tools as they become relevant
• Good organizational and multi-tasking skills as well as strong written and verbal communication skills
• Flexibility and ability to self-start on new challenges, problem-solving
• Strong analytical skills and interest in understanding relevant concepts in electronic design and measurement science