Principal Hardware Engineer: High Speed Mixed Signal Designer

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

10+ years of relevant postgraduate professional experience in board-level analog and digital circuit design, preferably with Altium Designer.

Direct experience designing boards with large, high pin count ICs (FPGAs, processors) with interfaces to high speed communication busses, memory, sophisticated clocking, and high speed analog / RF circuitry

Self-motivated, collaborative, and driven to work effectively in a fast-growing startup environment.

Experience teaching and mentoring others in hardware design concepts and process

Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse team of experimental physicists, hardware, and software engineers.

Strong grasp of PCB design best practices across the full design cycle, from concept through fabrication and bring-up and production

Mixed signal design experience

Demonstrated proficiency with electronic test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, spectrum and logic analyzers, signal generators) for the bring-up and debug of prototype electronics assemblies.

Familiarity with RF design concepts and/or software defined radio

Experience with high speed digital and analog I/O and connector/cable selection and characterization

Experience with multi-gigabit serial transceiver lane design, evaluation, equalization

Experience with IBIS-AMI modeling and correlation for multi-gigabit serial interfaces

Capable in scripting languages (e.g., Python) for basic data acquisition, instrument control, and automating hardware test and characterization.

Experience designing high speed memory interfaces

Experience working in a Linux environment

Familiarity with the MicroTCA, PXIe, or similar pluggable instrument standards

Atom Computing provides a wide variety of perks and benefits, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for our employees and their dependents. Additionally, unlimited paid time off, 401K company matching, short- and long-term disability, FSA, dependent care benefits, and life insurance. We also offer drinks, snacks, and catered team lunches in our offices, every day!

The base salary range for this position is between $180,000 - $220,000 annually, commensurate with experience. In addition to salary, we offer an annual bonus and equity in the company.