Hardware Design Engineer

San Jose, CA
Full Time
SJDC
Entry Level

About Us:
Founded in 1995, ADLINK is one of the world’s leading edge computing companies and a technology-leading platform provider in the embedded computing industry. Headquartered in Taiwan, ADLINK has operations in the United States, UK, Singapore, China, Japan, Korea and Germany. With more than 1,800 dedicated employees around the world, we are proud to provide ADLINK products to over 40 countries across five continents, with worldwide distribution networks. ADLINK is also proud to be associated with many major technology leaders and Fortune 500 companies.
It's a great time to join ADLINK as we are growing! When you join ADLINK, you won’t just be joining any organization, you’ll be joining a group of industry experts leading and pioneering technology in embedded computing solutions for Robotics, Autonomous Vehicle, Private 5G, and Artificial Intelligence Technologies among others. Visit us at www.adlinktech.com to find out more about what we do and the impact we are creating!

Benefits We Offer:

  • Competitive, company subsidized premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
  • 100% company paid premiums for Life, AD&D, Short Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability insurance.
  • Retirement plan with matching contributions.
  • Flexible spending plans for health care, dependent care, and commuter benefits.
  • Employee Assistance program and Travel Assistance.
  • Competitive Vacation and Sick Leave.
  • 12 paid holidays including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lunar New Year, and Juneteenth.
  • Float holidays.
  • Paid community volunteer time.
  • Discounts at participating travel, groceries, retail, and other providers via ADP LifeMart.
  • EV charging available at our San Jose facility.
  • Fun, engaging monthly events and company parties.
  • Weekly snacks, fresh fruit services, bagels and donuts on specified days in our San Jose facility and much more!
Job Summary:
Responsibilities will range from root cause a product problem by understanding the symptoms, developing theories of possible design errors that could contribute to the failure, researching relevant design documentation, reviewing schematic and layout files for compliance to the design documents and resolving the issue; to the design of next generation single board computers. Design activities will include DC-DC converter architecture, basic logic design, high speed signal integrity, and RISC/x 86 microprocessor designs. Learn how to design with next generation interfaces including vision and AI. 

Essential Job Functions (include, but are not limited to the following):
Job Responsibilities:
•    Translate customer requirements into detailed design specifications and execute schematic capture. Optimize Bill of Materials (BOM) by selecting suitable components. Conduct thorough debugging and testing at both board and system levels.
•    Collaborate closely with layout engineers, overseeing board placement, and establishing layout guidelines. Engage with engineers from various functional teams to identify and address hardware system issues during the development phase, ensuring product quality enhancement.
•    Ensure project deliverables adhere to engineering specifications, regulatory standards, and EMC compliance.
•    Provide robust technical support to the production team throughout both development and mass production stages.
•    Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills by preparing comprehensive technical documentation, including layout instructions, product specifications, and verification plans.
•    Lead hardware design activities from prototype to production phases, driving resolutions for customer-reported issues.

Job Qualifications (To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions):

Education:
•    Minimum Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. 

Experience:
•    Up to 2 years’ experience in troubleshooting and repair electronic assemblies to the component level is preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Qualifications:
•    Demonstrated leadership skills.
•    Ability to work with customers as well as internal teams.
•    Demonstrated ability to work with cross functional teams.
•    Familiarity with high-speed design and debug techniques.
•    Familiarity with PC architecture.
•    Must be organized through and possess excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
•    Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
•    Able to use engineering tools, including Orcad Schematic Capture, to view schematics. 
•    Able to use Allegro Viewers to read and understand Printed Circuit Board layouts. 
•    Know how to use small tools like screw drivers and plyers. 
•    Familiar with Product Life Management tools such as Agile and understand.
•    Ability and organize data and information, and discuss/present it to cross functional teams, customers, and/or as needed. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment (The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by the individual to successfully perform the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job functions):
•    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; regularly use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and hear; and doing things such as analytical work or reports, which requires focus, while utilizing a computer.
•    Must be able to operate general office equipment. 
•    Physical stamina to stand, reach, bend, lift, grasp, and kneel.
•    The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
•    Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 
•    The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
•    Ability to travel, include overnight travel, to company’s office, customers’ sites and to attend industry events and trade shows as needed.

Our base pay range for this position is expected to be between $90,000 and $120,000 a year. Multiple factors are considered in determining base pay including an individual’s skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive, and employees shall perform other duties as appropriate. Ampro ADLINK Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change or modify the employee’s job description whether orally or in writing, at any time during the employment relationship. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. Ampro ADLINK Technology, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled.
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