Principal Hardware Engineer

Ribbon Communications

$125K — $140K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and 10+ years related experience.
  • Familiarity with Telecom principles and standards, including TDM and IP switching systems.
  • Hands-on experience with test and debug tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
  • Experience with RTOS and Linux systems, including drivers and kernel/user space implementations.
  • Ability to work independently to meet specific goals with minimal guidance.
  • Skill in collaborating with multi-discipline, multi-site teams.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop electrical hardware for telecommunications equipment, focusing mainly on printed circuit boards.
  • Design, document, and test both prototypes and production designs in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Support ongoing production hardware products, providing assistance to customer service groups and evaluating issues.
  • Recommend solutions for hardware issues, including redesigns or component substitutions to improve product performance.
  • Work with various teams, including installation, deployment, and manufacturing, to meet time-to-market and cost objectives.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for an incentive plan
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of telecommunications products
  • Ability to collaborate in a multi-site team environment
  • Chance to contribute to both new and legacy products for Carrier and Enterprise customers.
Full Job Description

Job Description: Electrical Hardware Design and Bring-up Engineer

Seeking Electrical Hardware Design Engineer to work on a wide variety of telecommunications products.  This individual will work with a multi-site team of other HW and Firmware Engineers to design, bring-up, and support a large portfolio of new and legacy custom products used by Carrier and Enterprise customers.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Development of electrical hardware used in telecommunications equipment.  Equipment is primarily printed circuit board based, but may also include associated electro-mechanical equipment, cables and OEM system and chassis solutions.
  • Design, documentation and testing of prototype and production designs.  Work with team of HW designers as well as SW designers, manufacturing, installation, product management and other key product introduction roles to achieve time-to-market and cost objectives.
  • On-going support of production hardware products, including supporting customer service groups (installation, deployment, technical support, repair), manufacturing, manufacturing test.  Evaluate issues and recommend solutions via redesign, component substitution, etc.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and 10+ years related experience. 
  • Familiarity with Telecom principles and standards.  TDM and IP switching systems.  Embedded processor systems.  Real-time computing.  Telecom and networking digital and analog interfaces.
  • Hands on experience with test and debug tools: Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, telecom traffic and signal analyzers
  • Experience with RTOS, Kernel/user space implementation, drivers, and Linux.
  • Able to work independently to achieve specific goals and objectives with minimal guidance
  • Able to work with multi-discipline, multi-site teams
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Tools:

  • PCB:  Cadence Concept/Orcad/Allegro
  • FPGA: Verilog, VHDL, vendor specific tools
  • SW: Linux, RTOS compliers

The anticipated base pay range for this full-time position in all geographic locations is $125,000.00 - $140,000.00 annually. Actual compensation within the range will be determined based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to the candidate’s experience, skills and education. The compensation package also includes eligibility for an incentive plan and comprehensive benefits, subject to applicable requirements.

  

 

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