What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hardware Engineer position at TechDoQuest?
SKILL SET AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Hardware engineers must be fluent in the following:
- Altium Designer
- SPICE
- MS Office – Excel, Visio, Word, etc.
Hardware engineers must be familiar with the following:
- Autodesk Inventor
- Ansys Electronics Desktop
- Enovia PLM
- Git (version control concepts and workflow)
- Azure DevOps
Responsibilities of hardware engineer:
Schematic Design –
- Support the creation of printed circuit boards by creating logical drawings of interconnected electronic components by: Select components
- Planning and implementation of analog and digital circuits
- Creation of component entries and assist in curation of the ECAD library (device symbols, footprints, models, and attributes)
- Conducting analysis, simulation, and calculations of electronic and electrical circuits
Layout Design
- Support the creation of printed circuit boards by converting schematic diagrams into physically routed paths by: Creating and updating component footprints/land patterns in the ECAD design library
- Determining the optimal placement of components and PCB features for EMC/EMI performance, power integrity, signal integrity, thermal management, mechanical shock and vibration, manufacturing, assembly, and test processes
- Ensuring electronic components are compatible with and can be integrated with the mechanical product design
- Conducting analysis, simulation, and calculations for power integrity, signal integrity, thermal characteristics, and EMC
Hardware Test Engineering - Verification of electronic hardware through the following activities:
- Assisting in ensuring the hardware design satisfies the product functional requirements, performance characteristics identified in the high-level design, detail design specification, and technical documentation
- Designing, planning, or setting requirements for necessary test equipment and/or test software
- Hardware module testing and verification including parametric, functional, EMC/EMI, environmental, or other engineering evaluation testing
- Authors and maintains the Electronic Test Specification documents
Drafting, Documentation, and Sustainment - Assist in the release and versioning of technical documentation
- Prepare schematic, fabrication, assembly, BOM packages for release in PLM system
- Contribute to and participate in reviews of reports, documentation and designs
- Assist in component lifecycle activities
- Assist in hardware drawing updates