Hardware Engineer

Location : Cedar Rapids, IA

Setting : Onsite

Contract Length : 11 months

Contract Rate : $56.33 / hour (W2)

Job Details :

• Design and implement high-reliability electronic systems, including PCBs, embedded systems, and power electronics.
• Lead and perform all aspects of circuit card design lifecycle activities, including requirements capture, schematic capture, component selection, signal integrity analysis, simulations, timing analysis, and thermal analysis.
• Generate PCB layout constraint guidelines, routing instructions, creation of board stackup and oversee the routing, layout, fabrication, and assembly of complex designs.
• Creation of test plans, root cause analysis, and testing of electronic circuits and systems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware-related issues during the development and testing phases.
• Design circuit cards using FPGA, processor, and DDR memory components, as well as industry interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, I2C, USB, LVDS, and SERDES bus technologies.
• Work collaboratively with team members and independently on assigned tasks.
• Utilize schematic capture tools for the creation of circuit card designs, such as Siemens Mentor Graphics DxDesigner and / or Xpedition, Altium, Cadence Allegro, EAGLE, KiCAD, etc.

Requirements :

• Familiarity with Agile for Hardware Development, including planning, tracking, and managing hardware development projects in JIRA.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Hardware Verification and Validation of high-level and low-level requirements complying with DO-254 standards.
• Compliance with industry standards and regulations, including DO-254 and DO-160.
• Experience working with requirement management tools like IBM Doors, Jama.

Education :

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Certifications and Licenses :

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel

Salary : $56