Senior Embedded Hardware Design Engineer

Position title: Senior Embedded Hardware Design Engineer

Reporting to: Director of Systems Engineering

Department: Hardware and Systems Group

Employment status: Permanent, Full-Time

Position summary:

Reporting to the Director of Systems Engineering, the Senior Embedded Hardware Design Engineer designs and develops hardware for embedded systems such as digital high-performance cameras, embedded systems that include wireless modules such as WiFi or Bluetooth & Cellular modem subsystems, high-speed data bus systems, and general imaging and vision related subsystems. Working closely with mechanical and software engineers the position is responsible for selecting new components, designing digital imaging systems and subsystems, conducting various tests on prototypes, supporting and overseeing electrical certifications, and supporting the OPs team to transition designs to manufacturing.

Essential duties and high-level responsibilities:

* Digital camera high speed board design

* Image sensor board design

* Embedded imaging system power supply design

* Supporting of EMI/EMC and other electrical certifications

* Design with wireless modules, cellular modems, LCD modules, CODECs and various sensor chips

* Transition of designs to Mass Production and DFM

Employment Requirements:

Education level

* Bachelor's and/or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Experience level

* Minimum of 10 years of related experience in an engineering design and development environment

Abilities And Skills

Design and Development Knowledge

* Embedded system architecture and design

* MCU and high-speed design

* Design with camera specific DSP / SoC chips

* Embedded & Analog Circuit Design for Imaging and Camera related products

* Knowledge of PSPICE or equivalent for modeling of circuits

* PCB design and Layout using ALTIUM and/or PADs

* Layout rules and standards IPC 2221. IPC-A-610

* Designing with dense BGA chips, DDR types of memory, and different data-bus types

* Knowledge of UART, I2C, SPI, GPIO, PLL, ADC, MIPI, SDIO, ETH JTAG, serial FLASH

* Power chain, power up, power down, charging and power budget creation

* Understanding of embedded OS booting sequence and design implications

* Understanding low-noise analog design and EMI compliance considerations

* Ability to write basic test code in C or C++ for bringing up and prototyping newly designed boards, a plus

* FPGA circuit design and related SW (VHDL), a plus

Tools and Testing

* Hands on with prototyping circuits and ability to repair and rework for debugging and bringing up prototype PCBAs

* Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, DVMs, logic analyzers, and other design and development supporting instruments and tools

* MS Windows / MS Office

* PM software

* Confluence

* Jira

* Version control Software

Team and Aptitude

* Strong team-player skills

* Good communication skills

* Dedicated and honest

* Strong time-management skills

* Able to work independently as needed, and work closely with others as team player for joint tasks

* Ability to think fundamentally

* Strong problem-solving skills, fast learning, and multi-tasking

* Taking initiative and ownership

Other Requirements

* Previous experience with imaging and computer vision would be an asset

* Canadian Citizenship or Permanent resident status

* Ability to travel outside Canada

Position Scope and Responsibilities

* Collaboratively define, create and review embedded imaging related architectures and embedded HW designs with respect to:

* System architecture and design aspect

* Power flow and power integrity

* General Signal flow and connector placement for DFM

* RF link budgets

* EMI/EMC considerations

* DFM and Thermal considerations

* Critical component selection

* Closely interface with the other development teams for:

* Ensuring and validating component specifications

* Defining hardware testing and developing testing requirements and protocols

* Performing product Mech-Elec integration and product testing

* Reviewing designs for DFM and power integrity

* Participating in design reviews

* Optimizing BOM during product design

* Transitioning and supporting designs for EMI testing and other electrical testing such as PTCRB

* Define internal product specification and preliminary BOM as it relates to:

* Working with the Product and Engineering teams to define and maintain product HW specification

* Selecting components for design suitability and cost

* Putting together approximate BOM list tied to the design

* Costing preliminary BOMs

* Independently create or participate in creating design and development documentation:

* Product requirement documents

* Testing reports

* GPIO tables, bus resource allocation tables

* Power budget analysis documents

* HW planning and review documents

* Other relevant documentation as may be required by the project

* Coordinate and interface with our OPs team for:

* Component sourcing during development

* Transitioning designs to MP

* Assisting with factory MP testing preparation

* Leading design issue resolution as it relates to MP

* Identifying substitutes and long L/T parts to assist in MP readiness