Hardware Design Engineer

Cognizant

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Work type
On-site
Location
Melbourne, FL
Salary
$104,000–$150,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Below market

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This role $127k
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Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

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TL;DR · Hardware Design Engineer

Hardware Design Engineer-REMOTE will join the Paragon programs hardware engineering team to contribute to the design, development, and delivery of industrial electronic hardware products. The role involves hands-on involvement in architecture, schematic capture using Altium, layout reviews, vendor interaction, and cross-functional collaboration with firmware and mechanical teams. Responsibilities include defining requirements, leading technical reviews of PCBs and BOMs, troubleshooting issues during testing, and maintaining documentation throughout the product lifecycle. Key technical skills required include experience with safety-critical designs for harsh environments, mixed embedded systems, power supply design, signal integrity analysis, and various communication protocols like UART, I2C, and CAN. The candidate must possess knowledge of FPGAs, microprocessors, circuit simulators such as SPICE, and testing equipment including oscilloscopes and logic analyzers to solve complex hardware engineering challenges in the industrial sector.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and deliver industrial electronic hardware products for safety-critical applications in harsh environments.
  • Create mixed embedded systems including analog and digital designs with various sensing technologies.
  • Perform signal integrity analysis and design power supplies, opamps, and signal conditioning circuits.
  • Develop board-level requirements and conduct technical reviews of schematics, PCBs, and BOMs.
  • Implement communication protocols such as UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, USB, and Ethernet TCP/IP.
  • Troubleshoot hardware issues and perform root cause analysis during development and testing phases.
  • Create verification test cases, procedures, and scripts using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
  • Manage the full product lifecycle including EMI/EMC compliance, manufacturing standards, and documentation.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in industrial electronic hardware design.
  • Experience with safety-critical design practices for devices operating in harsh environments.
  • Knowledge of mixed embedded systems, including analog and digital designs with various sensing types.
  • Expertise in FPGAs, microprocessors, architectural circuit design, and microcontroller circuit designs.
  • Proficiency in analog design (opamps, signal conditioning, ADC, DAC, filters) and power supply designs.
  • Strong knowledge of signal integrity analysis and communication protocols like UART, RS422, I2C, SPI, CAN, USB, and Ethernet.
  • Experience with Altium for schematic capture and familiarity with board layout and SI/PI analysis.
  • Knowledge of circuit simulators (SPICE, PSPICE, HSPICE) and interfaces like PCIe, DDRx, and NAND/NOR (preferred).

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