Hardware Design/Test Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Hardware Solutions Competency Center (HWS-CC) is a central team within NXP’s Global Operations Engineering (GOE) organization responsible for design, manufacturing, compliance and supply chain operations of hardware boards.  The organization provides hardware solutions to all business units within NXP through its global presence in North America, Europe, and Asia.  Board types include customer reference design, silicon validation, failure analysis, and reliability applications. The role spans the full hardware lifecycle: requirements capture, circuit design, PCB coordination, prototype bring-up, functional and electrical validation, EMI/EMC support, and sustaining engineering. You will independently own defined circuit blocks and validation activities while working with senior engineers on complex architecture and system-level decisions. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Circuit Design & Architecture ·       Understand technical requirements and contribute to board-level architecture and component selection. ·       Design analog, digital, power-supply, clock, reset, boot-configuration, and interface circuits. ·       Develop and review schematics for microcontroller-, microprocessor-, or SoC-based hardware. ·       Read and interpret component datasheets, reference manuals, design guidelines, and interface specifications. PCB Implementation ·       Define PCB placement, routing, stack-up, grounding, impedance, and power-distribution requirements. ·       Coordinate with PCB layout engineers and participate in schematic and layout reviews. ·       Apply design-for-manufacturing, design-for-test, reliability, and component-derating guidelines. ·       Maintain design data in PDM/PLM or version-control systems; support ECOs and NPI activities. Bring-Up & Debug ·       Prepare board bring-up plans and perform initial power, clock, reset, boot, and interface validation. ·       Debug board-level issues using schematics, PCB files, measurements, firmware logs, and component documentation. ·       Use laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, programmable power supplies, electronic loads, protocol analyzers, and JTAG/boundary-scan debug tools. Test & Validation ·       Develop and execute functional, electrical, interface, power, thermal, and margin test procedures. ·       Document test setups, measurements, observations, failures, root causes, and corrective actions. ·       Leverage basic scripting (Python or similar) for test automation, data logging, or measurement analysis. EMI/EMC & Compliance ·       Support EMI/EMC design reviews covering grounding, shielding, filtering, return paths, and interface protection. ·       Participate in pre-compliance and certification testing (radiated/conducted emissions, immunity, ESD, electrical safety, environmental compliance). ·       Work with compliance laboratories and internal teams to investigate certification failures and validate corrective actions.