Electrical Signal Integrity Engineer
About The Position
Snap Inc. is seeking an Electrical Signal Integrity Engineer to join the Spectacles team. This role will focus on ensuring the quality performance of Spectacles subsystems through detailed simulations and designs related to high-speed signal integrity and power system integrity. The engineer will design in complex SOCs, PMICs, Wireless ICs, and sensors for low-power consumer electronics, lead technical design reviews, and supervise PCB/Flex/Rigid Flex designs for SI, PI, EMC, and EMI. Responsibilities also include debugging hardware issues, analyzing circuit parasitics, testing and validating electrical designs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, authoring test documentation, developing electronic prototypes, and supporting development builds at contract manufacturers.
Requirements
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and understanding of best practices
- Experience in electronic design, including component selection, schematic design, and familiarity with schematic capture and layout tools such as Cadence Allegro and OrCAD Capture
- Experience working with various communication interfaces such as USB, I2C/I3C, SPI, UART, MIPI, SWD and PCIE
- Knowledge of layout strategies and tradeoffs for linear and switching power supply circuits, EMI mitigation, high-speed signal integrity and power delivery networks
- Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, battery simulators, logic analyzers and thermal chambers
- Great interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate across groups through written, verbal and visual formats
- Familiarity with PDN/SI simulation tools such as Sigrity, ADS, HFSS, etc
- BS/BA degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience
- 3+ years of experience in electrical or hardware engineering
- Ability to travel internationally 10% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field or equivalent years of experience
- Experience defining integrated circuit design power delivery specifications such as impedance masks and DCR targets
- Experience working cross functionally to resolve problematic signal integrity issues including with mechanical, electrical, and firmware teams.
- Great interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate across groups
- Excellent process development and documentation skills
- A passion for Snapchat and creativity!
Responsibilities
- Perform detailed simulations related to high speed signal integrity, power system integrity, etc that ensure quality performance of Spectacles subsystems.
- Simulate and AC and DC power distribution networks and define impedance masks
- Design in complex SOCs, PMICs, Wireless ICs and sensors used in low-power consumer electronics
- Lead and contribute to technical design reviews
- Supervise and review layout for PCB, Flex, and Rigid Flex designs related SI, PI, EMC, EMI, etc
- Debug hardware issues with cross-functional teams such as desense, power states, signal integrity, ESD and EMI
- Analyze circuit parasitics and tolerances to ensure correct operation over the specified voltage and temperature range
- Test and validate board level and systems level aspects of electrical designs
- Collaborate closely with mechanical, software, RF, thermal and industrial design teams
- Author clear and comprehensive electrical test documentation
- Develop electronic prototypes for new product concepts
- Support development builds onsite at external contract manufacturers
Benefits
- paid parental leave
- comprehensive medical coverage
- emotional and mental health support programs
- compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
