Senior Hardware Digital Design Engineers

The path towards a new era of full autonomous vehicles is already set and the rise of central computing paradigms is accelerating the introduction of new in-vehicle networking (IVN) technologies required for the vehicle of the future, like automotive ethernet and SERDES. To help us develop these concepts, we @Technica-Engineering are building a completely new engineering team located in Barcelona area, and working closely in contact with company headquarters in Munich. This is going to be an interdisciplinary team composed of hardware and software experts focused on the development of the company's own product roadmap and ProofOfConcepts and Prototypes for clients, mostly OEMs. Therefore, to build up this team, if you are interested in vehicle connectivity technologies, central computing paradigms, and the new mobility trends we are looking for a passionate hardware engineer specialized in electronics to join the team and help us: High diversity of state-of-the-art projects with technologies 3-4 years beyond what is currently in series production vehicles. ~ Professional career development plan tailored individually to maximize opportunities for employee growth. ~ Opportunity to further expand your training, from personal abilities to technical areas. ~ Opportunity to participate in the growth of a new engineering team from the ground up. ~ Company culture oriented to research engineering with a clear reinvestment mindset. Attractive professional career development inside the HW group. ~ Additional extra hours as vacation in exchange. ~ Regular team building activities with a specific company budget. ~30 working days as holidays, with full flexibility to manage them. Participate in system architecture definition at early project phases and in pure research projects with non-fixed requirements at project kick-off. In this kind of project, be able to give appropriate feedback to customer and internal stakeholders to assure best architecture selection. As a Senior member, one of your main tasks consists of supporting technically but also organizationally the other members of the group, focusing also on less experienced members, helping and mentoring them. Understand globally product requirements and system architecture with a global view to perform an appropriate hardware design. Prepare and execute test plans to assure design quality with specific hardware testing of each block. Perform investigation activities during hardware bring-up and identify and fix problems found on validation or by external parties in the assigned electronic system. Prepare EMC/Electrical/ESD test plans and coordinate test activities as well as investigation activities if required. Participate in demos of team capabilities to company management and to customers with the creation of prototype setups, sometimes to be presented in fairs where the company is present too. At least 5+ years of experience in the development and/or design of hardware for electronic devices. Good team player with strong analytical and investigation skills to work in research projects with new technologies in early design phases. Experience in complex projects with multiple power rails at different voltages and complex architectures with a combination of several switching and linear regulators for complex SOC & FPGA devices. Experience in low noise and EMI optimization of DC/DC converters and in general hands-on experience on EMI/EMC analysis of power electronics designs. to assure performance in intended operation temperature range of the design. Knowledge of how to optimize circuit design for ease of manufacturing processes and electronics testing (DFM / DFT). Experience and ability to use any kind of laboratory instrumentation (oscilloscopes, active/passive/current probes, power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers). Precise soldering skills (SMD components, fine pitch ICs). Knowledge of specific automotive test regulations (pulses and transient testing, fast voltage drops and micro-interruptions, BCI, EMC/ESD automotive regulations,…) is desirable. Experience in power integrity design and simulation tools (to analyze voltage drop and current density capacity of power rails, IC switching noise propagation through boards, PDN impedance across different frequencies, etc.) Fluency in English is a must, German is nice to have.