Job Description & Details
This is a heavy-hitting 12+ month contract for a Senior Electronics Engineer who can literally own a hardware project from a blank sheet of paper all the way to a manufactured launch. You'll be operating entirely autonomously on your projects, meaning you need the battle scars of taking complex electromechanical systems through rigorous regulatory and EMI/EMC testing without leaning on a massive team for support.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
Your day-to-day will involve high-level system architecture design, schematic capture, and layout, requiring you to constantly balance the realities of analog and digital circuit design. Because you are the sole hardware owner per project, you'll be actively troubleshooting noise issues, integrating light sources or motor control systems, and interfacing directly with mechanical, software, and optical engineering teams to make sure your boards actually fit and function in the final assembly. You'll shepherd the design through safety and regulatory hurdles, ensuring everything passes compliance before it ever hits the production line.
The Core Tech Stack
You need deep, practical fluency with Mentor Graphics tools for your schematic entry and layout, paired with a solid foundation in high-speed board design and programmable logic. Experience with embedded microprocessor integration and high-speed interfaces is non-negotiable since you'll be building complex processing nodes. Beyond the digital side, your analog chops need to be sharp enough to handle precision motion, motor control, and rigorous noise mitigation, all while keeping a close eye on thermal and optical interactions.
Interview Expectations
Expect the hiring team to drill down into your past product launches by asking you to walk through a catastrophic hardware failure you experienced during regulatory or EMI/EMC testing and exactly how you debugged and fixed it under a tight deadline. They aren't just looking for the technical fix; they want to see your systematic debugging methodology and how you isolated variables in a mixed-signal environment. They will also likely quiz you on high-speed signal integrity challenges, asking how you handle impedance matching and crosstalk on dense boards using Mentor Graphics.
Application Advice
To get past the ATS and catch the hiring manager's eye, your resume needs to explicitly highlight end-to-end product lifecycles rather than just listing isolated design tasks. Make sure keywords like 'Mentor Graphics', 'EMI/EMC compliance', 'high-speed board design', and 'motor control' are front and center in your professional summary. Emphasize your autonomy by explicitly stating projects where you were the sole hardware owner from initial requirements definition through manufacturing release.