Hardware Design Engineer Job in Galway, Galway Ireland
Responsibilities:
•Hardware design and development of embedded systems for use in the automotive industry.
•Carry out circuit simulations (PSpice) to prove out concepts and designs
•Ensure schematic design and PCB layout optimized for EMC performance
•Generation of System and Hardware requirement specifications.
•Efficient day to day technical guidance and management of assigned resources.
•Provide Technical Leadership and decision making to the Project Team for
-Reviews of Customer Requirements and Specification
-Selecting appropriate design solutions and platforms
-General design reviews and problem resolution
-Issues during product validation and homologation
•Manage electronic testing of prototypes including: EMI/RFI, Environmental and ESD.
•Evaluation of new technologies and design trade-offs.
•Lead DFMEA, DFMT and DVPR activities
•Manage technical communication with Customer
•Responsibility for identifying scheduling all hardware development tasks in conjunction with relevant Project Manager. Generation of timing plans for same.
•Interface with S/W Dev Engineers re adherence to Timing Plan for key milestones.
•Adhere to Internal Customer Procedures
•Keep up to date with new Standards in the Industry
Requirements:
•Degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent
•Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in hardware design
•Experience with 8 bit 16 bit micro-controllers PIC16 and PIC 18, Freescale S12 and S12X
•Experience with FPGA's, DSP's and video processing would be an advantage
•Experience of high volume electronic manufacturing
•Experience with LVDS high speed digital design would be an advantage
•High degree of innovation and creativity
•Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
•Ability to bring a project from concept to volume manufacturing
•Project management skills
•Experience in the automotive industry would be an advantage
•Mindset of continuous improvement