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# Hardware Engineering Manager

- **Company:** Cohu, Inc.
- **Location:** Norwood, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000 - $185,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), OrCAD, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Control Structures
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=55b4f49aa00fbaae

## About the Role

* BSEE required; MSEE preferred
 * Minimum 10 years of experience designing analog hardware, with a record of taking complex instruments from concept to production
 * Expert knowledge of VI instrumentation design, such as device power supplies or source-measure units, including force/sense architectures and accuracy and stability across wide voltage and current ranges
 * Strong knowledge of feedback control for digitally controlled analog loops, including compensation, stability analysis, and transient response with varying and capacitive loads
 * Expert knowledge of precision analog design at IC and discrete level, including data converters, power converters, and high voltage and high current design with thermal, safety, and reliability considerations
 * Experience defining requirements for custom ASICs or advanced packages and managing external design partners through development to production
 * Proficiency with SPICE and schematic capture/PCB tools such as Cadence Allegro, and with signal integrity, power integrity, and low-noise design practices
 * Extensive hands-on laboratory test, debug, and characterization experience
 * Proven ability to lead large projects on schedule, guide cross-functional teams and external partners, and communicate complex design concepts clearly

Desired Qualifications:

 * Experience with ATE instruments, such as device power supplies or parametric measurement
 * Experience implementing digital control and DSP for control loops, such as digital compensators and filters in an FPGA, ASIC, or DSP
 * Experience with metrology and calibration Experience managing or technically leading engineering teams
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## Description

This role is an exciting opportunity to lead the architecture and design of VI instrumentation for semiconductor ATE. You will manage a team of hardware engineers while remaining technically hands-on, owning large, multi-disciplinary projects from concept through release to manufacturing alongside firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers. This includes:

 * Precision, high voltage, and high current VI instrumentation
 * Custom ASIC-enabled instrument architectures Advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration, such as SiP, MCM, and chiplets
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Work activities involve:

 * Building, managing, and mentoring a team of hardware engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career growth
 * Leading project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and technical direction
 * Translating product marketing and customer requirements into instrument architecture, and deciding where custom ASIC, advanced packaging, or discrete design best meets performance, power, density, and cost goals
 * Defining ASIC, SiP, or MCM requirements at the system level, and selecting and managing external partners through milestones, deliverable reviews, and verification that parts meet requirements
 * Leading analog design from simulation and prototyping through layout, bring-up, and characterization of instruments and partner-built silicon
 * Defining theory of operation and test strategy, and guiding firmware and software development Driving difficult design and customer issues to root cause and corrective action, and shaping future instrument roadmaps with marketing and applications
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