Senior Staff Hardware Design Engineer

Tarana is a fast revenue growth company built by outstanding talented people with innovative technology. Our hardware development team is looking for a smart, experienced, and hardworking member working to test various Hardware systems in different configurations. The ideal candidate would have 12+ years of experience with wireless hardware (5G, WiFi, etc.) testing using such equipment as spectrum analyzers and high-speed oscilloscopes. Experience with Ethernet, DDR4 waveforms and protocols, and wireless performance tests are desired. Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and 15 years of hardware design and test.

Job Responsibilities:

• Take a leadership role in architecting and designing wireless PCBAs from prototype to NPI and high-volume production stage
• Schematics and layout design for innovative high-speed wireless systems
• Circuit designs using discrete (passive and active) for integration, filtering, etc.
• Work with extended cross-functional teams of other hardware designers, mechanical engineers, operations engineers, and software engineers
• Work with product management, Operations, and Engineering leadership to define the requirements and trade-offs
• Provide leadership in value engineering to continuously improve performance and cost
• Understand and make design recommendations to improve radio frequency performance

 Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (MS preferred) Electrical Engineering with 12+ years of relevant experience is required 
• Must have extensive design experience in high-speed digital system design
• Familiarity with DDR4 memories, multicore CPUs, large-scale high-speed FPGAs, high-speed SERDES and interfaces, switching power supplies, and basic analog circuits
• Working knowledge of networking, multi-gigabit Ethernet switches, MAC, XAUI, PHY, and interface designs
• Expert in designing PCBAs, familiar with best practices to keep signal integrity, experienced in designing for high-volume production
• Hardware test equipment usage (eg. O-scope, spectrum analyzers or power meters)
• Wireless hardware design expertise (digital and analog)
• Ability to define subsystem performance requirements, analyze through modeling, simulations
• Work with the compliance team to help get regulatory approvals
• Work with RF engineers to test and integrate into products with antennas
• Statistical analysis abilities are a plus
• Ability to create ECOs, Deviations, etc., and signoff in Arena BOM management environment
• RF testing and knowledge of S parameters, phase noise, isolation, return loss, etc.

The salary range for this position is: $175,000 to $220,000
Compensation will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to: skill set, years of experience and the employee’s geographic location.
Tarana provides competitive benefits to employees in this role including: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401K match, flexible time off, and stock options.