Hybrid Hardware Digital Engineer

at Emerson

• Job title: Hardware Digital Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Austin, United States

About the role

• Principal Digital Hardware Engineer developing products and systems for the test and measurement industry in Austin, TX. Opportunity to expand digital design skills throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary hardware engineering teams to develop test and measurement products.
• Own all aspects of digital board level design, including schematic entry, PCB stack-up, layout guidelines, signal integrity simulations, and prototype validation.
• Develop and execute plans for prototype hardware bring-up and board level validation.
• Be the voice of digital design in project meetings by estimating level of effort for design tasks, providing input on status of work, and proactively raising technical concerns.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years relevant engineering experience in digital hardware design.
• Strong high-speed design fundamentals, including signal integrity, crosstalk, impedance control, EMI, and PCB stack-up.
• Experience with clocking architectures, including clock tree design, PLL configuration, and jitter analysis and mitigation techniques for high-speed digital systems.
• Experience designing and validating high-speed interfaces (DDR, PCIe, JESD204, Ethernet).
• Proficient in using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, TDRs, VNAs, logic analyzers, etc.
• Hands-on experience with EDA tools for schematic capture and PCB layout
• Experience writing and executing test plans to verify board level digital circuits and bringing up prototype hardware.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex technical challenges.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical ideas to diverse stakeholders.
• Located within a commutable distance to NI’s offices in Austin, TX, or willing to relocate.

Benefits

• We provide a market leading 401(k) and profit-sharing plan
• A variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage
• Family formation benefits in addition to paid parental leave (maternal and paternal)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee resource groups
• Recognition
• Flexible time off plans, inclusive of vacation, holiday and sick leave