Responsibilities of a Spire Hardware Engineering Lead

• Be in charge of the overall engineering developing of a Spire design
• Own electrical and mechanical design
• Own test plan development
• Drive prototyping and testing mechanical and electro-mechanical systems
• Help with preparation of detailed system documentation
• Providing production support to the manufacturing team
• Assisting other team members from multiple disciplines achieve their goals

Key skills

• Degree in electrical or mechanical engineering
• Knowledge in electronics theory, including component knowledge and analogue and digital circuitry expertise
• PCB design experience including schematic capture, PCB layout using any enterprise software with focus on Design for manufacturing (DFM) principles.
• Knowledge of High-speed digital layout design practices and signal integrity (matched impedance, stack up and manufacturing restrictions)
• Experience with digital communication interfaces (I2C, SPI, CAN, UART, USB, LVDS, Ethernet etc).
• Experience with lab equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analysers, multimeters, etc.
• Experience using mechanical CAD tools (e.g. SolidWorks) and mechanical DFM
• Strong debugging experience and fault identification.

Preferred skills

• Experience with rapid prototyping
• Knowledge of RF theory/circuitry (Power amps, filters, layout etc).
• Knowledge of RF systems engineering
• Experience with environmental testing
• Basic software skills, familiarity with Linux, Python, scripting, testing automation etc.
• Thermal design experience

Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in office.

Access to US export controlled software and/or technology may be required.   #LI-MI1