What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Hardware Design Engineer position at Insight Global?
Required Skills & Experience:
- 10 years of hardware and electronic engineering experience
- 5 years of specific experience with networking hardware including routers and switches
- Broad experience with power issues, signal integrity issues, and high-speed signals in networking
- Proficiency with tools such as oscilloscopes, power meters, and soldering equipment
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Nice to Have Skills & Experience:
- Ability to install software, including Linux, and proficiency in Python scripting
- Master’s degree preferred
Overview:
- As a Lead Hardware Design Engineer at a hardware design/manufacturing company, you will primarily focus on hardware used for network routers and switches.
- Your role involves extensive debugging activities as you will be supporting the product life cycle of existing products.
- In addition to your engineering responsibilities, you will also take on the role of a lab manager. Lab manager duties will occupy no more than 10% of your time and will include maintaining the lab facilities, installing equipment, and ensuring everything runs smoothly. The majority of your time will be spent in the lab, managing customer-related activities.
- This position is at times customer-facing and may require up to 25% travel to visit customer sites on an as-needed basis to clients in the Bay Area.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze, Troubleshoot and Resolve technical issues reported by customers
- Review and interpret customer requirements and specifications and may act as primary customer contact
- Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions
- Design, modify and implement systems that meet customer needs E.g. Creation of schematics, Bills of material, Technical documents, , etc.
- Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
- Solve complex problems
- Liaison with vendors, customers, and other internal teams
- Analyze and interpret data and information
- Manage hardware lab. and equipment
- If needed, you will provide backup support for other tasks.
Compensation:
$100-125k per year annual salary. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
Benefit packages for this role include:
Our packages include competitive salary and benefits, paid time off, mental health and wellness resources, and time off to volunteer.
Salary : $100,000 - $125,000
