Hardware Design Engineer

Analog Photonics is a Boston-based technology company with expertise in advanced, large-scale and high-performance photonic and electronic application-specific integrated circuits. We use our proprietary silicon photonic platform to serve the automotive lidar and data communications markets with innovative, chip-scale solutions. Analog Photonics has developed a portfolio of state-of-the-art silicon photonics-based designs including the world's best optical phased arrays. Our designs are fabricated in a 300mm CMOS foundry using a proprietary photonics platform that is optimized for low cost, high reliability, and high yield.

The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.
Overview

We’re seeking a self-starting hardware design engineer for our automotive LiDAR business area. As a Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for capturing electrical requirements, designing/testing complex mixed-signal PCBs, mentoring junior engineers, and interfacing with engineers in other disciplines to develop the system.

The candidate brings technical experience in digital design, analog design, low-noise design, experience with FPGAs, experience in controls, and some knowledge of electro-optics or photonics. This person is also an effective communicator, keeps an open mind, and is interested in both learning from and teaching colleagues who are experts in their field.

Join our team if you are:

• interested in working in a fast-growing early-stage startup
  
• enthusiastic about working on disruptive silicon photonics to shape the automotive LiDAR space
  
• a team player who thrives working in a dynamic environment
  

Skill Requirements

• Design and test of low-noise circuits
  
• Experience with high-speed ADCs and DACs
  
• Experience with FPGAs
  
• Basic knowledge of control systems
  
• Managing manufacturing and production of boards and modules
  
• Experience designing complex systems despite risk and uncertainty
  

Required Qualifications

1. Strong hands-on engineering and prototyping skills
   
2. Schematic capture and layout of analog, mixed signal and high-speed designs (Altium preferred)
   
3. Comfortable identifying and choosing ICs as well as guiding architecture decisions
   
4. Knowledge of SPICE, Matlab or other simulation programs
   
5. BS Electrical Engineering 7+ years / MS Electrical Engineering 5+ years’ experience
   

The ideal candidate will have experiences in several of these areas

• Mixed signal PCB design
  
• Electro-optic systems, especially LiDAR
  
• Digital communication protocols, such as USB, Ethernet, RGMII/SGMII, I2C, SPI, UART, etc.
  
• Designing for and debugging FPGAs, especially Xilinx devices
  
• Digital signal processing
  

The position is full-time, on-site, and available to be filled immediately. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level
  

Employment type

• Full-time
  

Job function

• Engineering and Design
  

Industries

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
  

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