Staff Hardware Engineer - HW Tools IoT at Silicon Labs

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at www.silabs.com.

The Team

The Hardware Tools team is a dedicated team of hardware engineers, partly located in Oslo, Norway. We are responsible for delivering world-class development tools for Silicon Labs’ current and future portfolio of wireless devices and microcontrollers.

Our tasks cover all aspects of hardware development, from design specification to following up our contract manufacturer, ensuring timely delivery of around 150 different development kit types to customers worldwide. We also design our own hardware infrastructure for circuit board production tests.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior or staff hardware engineer with a background in embedded systems design. Key responsibilities will be hardware development, from architecture development through schematic capture, PCB design, and prototype validation in the lab.

Key Responsibilities

• Embedded system design and architecture
• Board design, including schematics and layout
• Prototype test and design validation
• Design for manufacturing
• Automated test system development
• Documentation

Education and Experience:

MS in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent education) and 5+ years of professional experience in electronics design. An advanced degree or extensive relevant experience may reduce the minimum experience required.

Qualifications:

• Embedded system designer with deep knowledge of all phases of electronic circuit design, including manufacturing and production testing
• Experience/knowledge in low-power design techniques
• Knowledge of microcontrollers, wireless microcontrollers, and FPGAs
• Proficiency with schematic capture tools
• Experience with automation and scripting
• Genuine interest for development processes
• Good understanding of embedded software, or the desire to learn more about the interaction between hardware, firmware and software in an embedded system

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience using Altium Designer
• Knowledge of programming languages like C and Python

Soft Skills:

• Enthusiastic, creative and innovative
• Excellent analytical and system troubleshooting skills
• Methodical, thorough and dedicated to quality
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Team player

What You’ll Get

You will be joining a highly skilled and tight-knit team where every engineer makes a significant impact on the end-product. Our office is superbly located in beautiful, easily accessible Nydalen in Oslo.

We can also offer:

• Monthly social gathering like summer and new year’s parties, celebrations, team building and happy hours (“lønningspils”)
• Weekly sport activities like cageball, indoor climbing and running
• Monthly innovation day - “Hack a Gecko” (hack-a-thon event for fun and learning)
• Weekly info meeting for all employees
• Paid volunteer days
• 5 weeks of vacation, plus Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
• Parking for car, motorbike and bikes available
• Flexible working hours
• Free mobile telephone
• Last, but not least: an amazing culture with skilled colleagues

Sound like good match for you? Apply now!

Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and job-related criteria without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.