Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• The Hardware Engineer is responsible for the delivery of high-quality engineering electronic hardware designs.  Work scope typically includes the following essential responsibilities:
• Develop creative solutions and reduce complexity to create accurate and effective solutions for complex engineering problems. 
• Typical hardware activities will include creating a design from requirements and helping define requirements where necessary.
• Design activities include schematic design, component selection, PCB layout, PLD/FPGA design, performing simulation/module testing, PLD/FPGA code reviews, and integration testing of the design.  This also includes design verification of these same activities.
• Documenting designs by creating Design Specifications, performing PLD/FPGA code reviews, and writing test reports.
• Engage customers to define scope, review results, and discuss technical risks.
• Work with the technical leader to establish an effective work plan, including time estimates, schedule estimates, requirements, and work processes.
• Apply engineering fundamentals and 1st order engineering principles to establish and/or confirm expected performance.
• Provide clear and complete analysis documentation in accordance with GE engineering procedures.
• Manage time effectively to provide quality deliverables within the expected project timeline.  Communicate effectively to leadership the status of work activities.
• Effectively manage multiple priorities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in electrical, computer or software engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Experience with creating and maintaining electronic circuit boards using the Altium software suite.
• 5-10 years of experience in field.

​Working from a requirements specification:

• Design new circuit cards to include sub-circuits, component selection, drawing schematics, performing layout, generating GERBERs and BOM, packaging for prototype build.
• Receive, inspect, energize, test, and troubleshoot assembled prototype in a lab setting.
• Revise requirements specifications as needed during design iteration.

Reverse engineer existing designs with obsolescence issues:

• Design a form-fit-function backward compatible module.
• Select alternate components and/or revised circuits.
• Revise existing requirements specification to ensure that they are consistent with the new design.

Eligibility Requirements:

• The preferred work location for this role is at the GEH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC; but highly qualified (US based) remote candidates will be considered.

Desired Characteristics:

• Design new circuit cards to include sub-circuits, component selection, drawing schematics, performing layout, generating GERBERs and BOM, packaging for prototype build.
• Receive, inspect, energize, test, and troubleshoot assembled prototype in a lab setting.
• Revise requirements specifications as needed during design iteration.
• Knowledge and experience with common HDL languages and PLD/FPGA development tools (Quartus, Vivado, ModelSim, Questa, etc.).
• Solves technical challenges through application of common design patterns and identifying appropriate patterns for use in problem solving.
• Experience in design verification and validation.
• Leadership experience inside and/or outside the classroom.
•  Excellent written and verbal communications skills and ability to articulate clearly.
• Contributes to creative solutions and challenges status quo.
• Proactively learns new tools and identifies opportunities for improvement and promotes their adoption.  

The salary range for this position is $112-158k. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus.

Available health and welfare benefits include healthcare, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage; savings account options (such as a Health Care Flexible Savings Account, Health Reimbursement Account, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account, and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account); and an employee assistance program. Additional benefits include a defined contribution 401(k) plan, employee life insurance, optional dependent life insurance, employee accidental death or dismemberment insurance coverage, salary continuance program benefits for disability, optional long-term disability, pre-tax transportation/commuter program, paid holidays, paid time off, parental leave, a layoff plan for salaried employees, tuition reimbursement program, use of Cariloop, adoption assistance, optional identity theft prevention insurance, optional personal legal assistance, and optional personal excess liability insurance.

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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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