Hardware Engineer

W2 Candidates Only - No C2C - No 3rd Parties Local Candidates Only Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Setting: Onsite Contract Length: 11 months Contract Rate: $56.33/hour (W2) Job Details: • Design and implement high-reliability electronic systems, including PCBs, embedded systems, and power electronics. • Lead and perform all aspects of circuit card design lifecycle activities, including requirements capture, schematic capture, component selection, signal integrity analysis, simulations, timing analysis, and thermal analysis. • Generate PCB layout constraint guidelines, routing instructions, creation of board stackup and oversee the routing, layout, fabrication, and assembly of complex designs. • Creation of test plans, root cause analysis, and testing of electronic circuits and systems. • Troubleshoot and resolve hardware-related issues during the development and testing phases. • Design circuit cards using FPGA, processor, and DDR memory components, as well as industry interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, I2C, USB, LVDS, and SERDES bus technologies. • Work collaboratively with team members and independently on assigned tasks. • Utilize schematic capture tools for the creation of circuit card designs, such as Siemens Mentor Graphics DxDesigner and/or Xpedition, Altium, Cadence Allegro, EAGLE, KiCAD, etc. Requirements: • Familiarity with Agile for Hardware Development, including planning, tracking, and managing hardware development projects in JIRA. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. • Hardware Verification and Validation of high-level and low-level requirements complying with DO-254 standards. • Compliance with industry standards and regulations, including DO-254 and DO-160. • Experience working with requirement management tools like IBM Doors, Jama. Education: • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Certifications and Licenses: • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel