RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead the architecture and delivery of embedded signal acquisition/transduction subsystems; own electrical specs, performance metrics, and execution plan.
- Design low-power, low-noise mixed-signal hardware from component selection through system integration, including schematic capture and PCB layout/review.
- Drive signal and power integrity strategy (grounding, isolation, coupling mitigation) and EMI/EMC robustness in a tightly integrated wireless wearable.
- Define clocking, timing, and synchronization across domains; set and verify sampling and latency budgets.
- Translate system and algorithm goals into measurable electrical requirements and verification plans (dynamic range/noise, bandwidth, power modes, calibration).
- Partner with firmware and algorithm/DSP teams on latency-sensitive, real-time streaming data paths and interface contracts (buffering, timestamps, observability).
- Lead bring-up, debug, and characterization using lab instrumentation; correlate bench behavior with device telemetry and end-to-end performance metrics.
- Build analysis/validation workflows (Python/MATLAB) using test vectors, golden datasets, and automated characterization/regression to support tuning and production readiness.
- Travel up to 15% domestically and internationally to partners, suppliers, and contract.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS or higher in Electrical Engineering (or related); 7+ years in relevant hardware engineering roles.
- Proven ownership of embedded electronics from architecture through schematic, PCB layout/review (e.g. via Altium), bring-up, and production release (e.g. via Arena).
- Strong circuit design fundamentals spanning mixed-signal design, power, and digital interfaces in low-power systems.
- Demonstrated success delivering low-noise, interference-resilient signal chains, including noise budgeting, grounding/isolation, coupling mitigation, and EMI/EMC robustness.
- Experience defining sampling and timing/synchronization requirements for embedded acquisition systems (clock domains, jitter sensitivity, multi-rate considerations).
- Hands-on debug and characterization expertise using standard lab instrumentation (scope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, etc.).
- Effective cross-functional partner to firmware and modeling/DSP teams: able to translate performance goals into hardware requirements, interface/observability hooks, and validation plans.
- Working fluency in DSP fundamentals (sampling/aliasing, filtering concepts, precision/fixed-point tradeoffs) sufficient to drive hardware architecture choices and end-to-end performance debugging.
- Data-driven validation mindset and tooling experience (Python/MATLAB or equivalent) to analyze captured datasets, generate test vectors, and support automated characterization/regression.
- Experience building miniaturized wearables or other highly integrated wireless consumer devices with challenging interference/coexistence constraints desired.
- Prior experience with latency-sensitive, real-time streaming data paths in low-power devices, including cross-functional performance tuning across hardware/firmware/algorithms desired.
