Harmattan AI Embedded Electrical Engineer - SoM at Harmattan AI responsible for end-to-end design of compute modules and associated boards. Manage high-speed digital design, power design, and board bring-up and qualification.
Responsibilities
As an Embedded Electrical Engineer at Harmattan AI, you will join the R&D team to design the compute modules and associated boards used across our platforms. You will own these designs end-to-end, from system architecture and schematic through layout guidance, fabrication, bring-up, and qualification. This is a high-impact role that combines demanding high-speed design work with hands-on bench work, taking hardware from a first prototype through to boards that fly.
Board Design: Design SoMs, baseboards, and test boards for our compute platforms.
High-Speed Digital Design: Design around high-end application processors, covering PCIe, 10 Gb Ethernet, USB 3.x, and MIPI, managing layout constraints and signal integrity.
Power Design: Design power trees, sequencing, and conversion topologies, and verify power-up and power-down behaviour.
Design Reviews: Prepare and lead design reviews at each milestone, from block diagram to release for fabrication.
Manufacture: Work with PCB and EMS partners on stack-up, via technology, layout guidance, and cost trade-offs.
Bring Up and Qualification: Define verification test plans, troubleshoot and characterise boards, and run thermal, vibration, EMC, and ESD qualification.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with the embedded software team through board bring-up, the mechanical team on form factor and thermal constraints, and validation for flight qualification.
Candidate requirements
Educational Background: MSc in electrical, computer, or a related engineering field. A PhD is a plus. A hands-on design and bring-up record matters more than the specific degree.
Experience: 5 years minimum in embedded hardware design, with boards taken from specification through bring-up and qualification into production.
Technical Expertise: High-speed design including layout constraints, signal integrity, and validation. Systems built around a processor with external memory (DDR, Flash) are carried through to a committed layout. Power trees with deliberate conversion topologies and verified power-up and power-down behaviour.
Qualification
MSc in electricalExperience planning thermalPhD is a plus
Required
MSc in electrical, computer, or related engineering field
5 years minimum experience in embedded hardware design
Experience with high-speed design including layout constraints and signal integrity
Experience with systems built around a processor with external memory (DDR, Flash)
Experience designing power trees with verified power-up and power-down behavior
In-depth knowledge of electronic CAD tools (e.g., Altium)
Proficiency with electronic test equipment
Experience planning thermal, vibration, EMC, and ESD qualification