Hardware Engineer

Hardware Engineer
 

• Electrical and Optical design

 

• • Selecting COTs components for new designs

       o For computers: Motherboards, memory, storage, graphics cards, power supplies, etc
       o For displays: video boards, video conversion boards, power supplies, etc
 

• • Identify need for custom boards and define requirements
  • Creating engineering drawings that define assigned products

       o System Requirements
       o System Block Diagrams
       o Cable specs
       o Reliability
 

• • Participate in engineering peer reviews for requirements, system designs, enclosure design, and board designs
  • Participate in formal phase gate reviews such as PDR, CDR, TRR and PRR
  • Assemble computers, displays or tablets for testing
  • Lead design verification testing for assigned projects

       o Assemble computers, displays or tablets for testing
       o Load BIOS and recommend any necessary changes
       o Load Windows or Linux OS and install drivers
 

• • Write acceptance test procedures
  • Write qualification test procedures
  • Find root cause of failures
  • Define the optical stack for displays

 
 

• Knowledge of modern motherboard features and busses
• • Understanding of computer, display and peripheral systems
• • Use tools such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, spectrum analyzer, and other common lab tools
• • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

 

• Experience with testing or problem solving of display, computing, and peripheral products per    

               military design specifications strongly preferred

• Familiar with DoD standards, MIL specs, or other testing standards related to manufacturing.  
• Preferred: Experience with films, adhesives, glass, and touch screens used in LCD assemblies
• Preferred: Schematic capture and board layout (Altium exp a plus)

 

•         BS Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related  
•         Travel is infrequent, but occasionally necessary