Senior Hardware Engineer: High Speed Mixed Signal Designer

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

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

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

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

Experience in a full design cycle, from concept and schematic capture through to layout, fabrication, and initial board bring-up.

Working knowledge of PCB design best practices and a keen attention to detail.

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.

Experience working on boards with complicated ICs (FPGAs, processors, etc) requiring several power supplies, high speed busses, and high speed memory interfaces

Familiarity with RF design concepts and/or software defined radio

Experience designing for and characterizing high-speed data-converter systems for low phase noise, low spurious content, and high linearity.

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

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

Experience designing high speed memory interfaces

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

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

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 $140,000 - $160,000 annually, commensurate with experience. In addition to salary, we offer an annual bonus and equity in the company.