Principal Hardware Design Engineer

Adtran•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

The Hardware Design Engineer will be a member of a team responsible for the development and maintenance of ADTRAN’s product family. This Hardware Design Engineer is a Senior Level professional Engineer. This position has full technical leadership of all aspects of a project in the full product development cycle: conceptualizing, developing prototypes, testing, perfecting designs, and introduction into manufacturing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or Computer Engineering) required.
12-15 years of prior experience demonstrating specialized knowledge within the Engineering field, experience in leadership, and project management.
Strong communication skills needed to interface with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, technicians, technical writers, and others.
Experience with high-speed data buses, serializers, deserializers, signal integrity issues required.
Experience with the use of large-scale FPGAs and with lead-free PCB design required.
Strong fundamental knowledge of analog design principles and architecture skills required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or Computer Engineering) preferred.
Experience with regulatory EMI/EMC compliance requirements for telecom equipment is preferred.
Experience with Ethernet and Passive Optical Networking
Experience with implementation and validation of DDRx/LPDDRx, PCIex and embedded microcontrollers.

Responsibilities

Design or assist in the design, development, debugging, and integration of hardware for ADTRAN’s product family.
Design or assist in the design of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) for advanced, very high-speed communications products.
Design or assist in the design of hardware architecture, schematic capture, prototype testing, and PCB layout review.
Troubleshoot regulatory compliance failures.
Lead hardware architecture development efforts.
Lead projects and oversee other engineer’s design and architecture decisions.
Assist others within engineering and tech support in debugging issues.
Provide input in determining the level of effort required for hardware and product features requested from product management.
Other projects and assignments may result and be assigned to accommodate the changing needs of the department and the Company.
Work with software, mechanical and power supply teams to optimize design and architecture decisions.