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# Hardware Design Engineer

- **Company:** Goldenpick Technologies
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Systems Engineering, Software Debugging, Electronic Design Automation, Firmware, Design of User Interfaces, Hardware Description Language, Hardware Design, OrCAD, PCI Express, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Pcb Layout, Hardware Debugging
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ee07d219-673f-4774-8889-f217ccf70c4b

## About the Role

* Digital and embedded hardware design: 5-7 years of hands-on experience taking designs from concept, schematic through bring-up testing.
 * PCIe interface design: Experience designing and debugging PCIe Gen1, including reference clock distribution, AC coupling, lane routing constraints, link training issues, and eye/compliance debug.
 * Low-voltage DC power design: Power tree and sequencing design with buck converters and LDOs, power-integrity checks, and low-power techniques (power budgeting, sleep modes, leakage reduction).
 * Signal integrity: Practical knowledge of high-speed interface design, including impedance-controlled stackups, termination, crosstalk, return-path management, and pre-/post-layout SI review.
 * Precision analog and low-noise mixed-signal design: ADC/DAC and sensor front ends, reference and op-amp design, analog/digital grounding and partitioning, and noise budgeting.
 * EDA tools: Proficiency in Cadence Allegro Design Entry HDL (Concept HDL) for schematic capture, including library/symbol management and clean BOM and netlist handoff to layout.

## Description

* Execute design validation, board bring-up, functional testing, and performance verification.
 * Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and debug hardware issues during development, validation, and production phases.
 * Bring-up and validation: Board bring-up, hardware debugging, and design validation using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers, with documented test results.
 * Cross-functional collaboration: Works closely with PCB layout, firmware, and system engineering teams, including design reviews, DFM/DFT feedback, and component selection with lifecycle/obsolescence checks.