Principal Board Solutions Design Engineer

What You'll Do

• Architect, design, and support a variety of mission critical NXP platforms and associated tradeoffs for complex electronic systems that span hardware, software, and mechanical aspects.
• Participate in reviews of schematics and layouts to improve products across the Hardware Solutions team Perform PISI simulations when required.
• Provide design expertise and regional support for BU silicon, application teams, and third parties as needed.
• Work closely with our SoC and Applications team & Third parties to ensure requirements are properly defined and documented.
• Ensure board designs are cost effective for their intended applications.
• Provide technical oversight into the CAD team with respect to proper PCB layout design and best practices.
• Prepare test procedures and associated test reports documenting the lab results.
• Strong bring up and debugging skills in a lab environment along with running associated test equipment Ability to work independently and in a design team environment.
• Improve core competency in board design technologies.
• Engage and provide consultation to external customers on board design and best practices.
• Perform critical design reviews for key customer accounts as needed.
• Excellent communication skills to work across organizational boundaries (Marketing, SoC, SW, Applications , Validation, PE/TE etc).
• Key Competencies: Define architecture to implement design per Technical Requirements Document (TRD) Ability to develop system architecture options that meet requirements, analyze system performance, and make recommendations based on various optimization criteria.
• Full ownership and leadership in the area of HW design, both at the board and system level.
• Implement designs that are competitive with industry standards, high quality, cost effective, and delivered on time.
• Critical out-of-the-box thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Planning, organizing, decision-making & communication skills.
• Drive standards for schematics, logic symbols, design for test, design for manufacturing, and certifications Ability to adapt to a dynamic and changing environment and business conditions.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team spanning various disciplines: Marketing, Sales, Development, System & Application Engineering, System Architecture, SW engineering, Silicon Validation teams, Design, Library/CAD, Layout, Product & Test Engineering.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks and projects in a high-pressure environment.
• Drive innovations in design process and design IP reuse and provide training and promotion for new technologies and methodologies to teams.
• Ability to articulate and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience on Analog & Digital circuit, PMIC, Microcontrollers, Microprocessor, Working knowledge of LPDDR4, LPDDR5, Ethernet, PCIe, USB, UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, SDHC, eMMC, other high-speed serial and parallel interfaces.
• Knowledge and experience in RF communication using WiFi, BLE, NFC, V2X, GSM and other RF low frequency communication Good knowledge and hands-on experience on EMI/EMC analysis & testing.
• Good knowledge and hands-on experience on Power Integrity and Signal Integrity simulations.
• Estimation of time and effort for design and development of Hardware design.
• Education and Experience: Education: BS or MS in Electrical Engineering. 12+ years of board design experience Exposure and design experience in Consumer, Automotive, Networking, Wireless and/or Industrial applications is a plus.
• Technical knowledge and/or experience in Board Design & Manufacturing preferred.
• Strong inter-personal and written & oral communication skills.
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