Hardware Engineering Manager

Cohu•Norwood, MA

13h•$150,000 - $185,000

About The Position

Cohu is seeking a Hardware Engineering Manager to lead a team defining next-generation voltage/current (VI) instruments for semiconductor automated test equipment (ATE). The role combines team leadership with hands-on hardware engineering and ownership of multidisciplinary projects from concept through release to manufacturing, in collaboration with firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers. The manager will lead the architecture and design of precision, high-voltage, and high-current VI instrumentation, including custom ASIC-enabled architectures and advanced packaging such as SiP, MCM, and chiplets. The role includes translating product marketing and customer requirements into instrument architecture; determining whether custom ASICs, advanced packaging, or discrete designs best meet performance, power, density, and cost goals; and defining system-level requirements for ASICs and packages while managing external design partners. The position also leads analog design from simulation and prototyping through layout, bring-up, and characterization, defines the theory of operation and test strategy, and guides firmware and software development. The manager leads project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and technical direction; develops the hardware engineering team; resolves difficult design and customer issues; and helps shape future instrument roadmaps with marketing and applications. The estimated base pay range is $150,000–$185,000 per year, depending on qualifications, experience, education, and other job-related factors. The role may also be eligible for other compensation programs under company policy.

Requirements

BSEE required; MSEE preferred.
At least 10 years of experience designing analog hardware, with a record of taking complex instruments from concept to production.
Expert knowledge of VI instrumentation design, such as device power supplies or source-measure units, including force/sense architectures and accuracy and stability across wide voltage and current ranges.
Strong knowledge of feedback control for digitally controlled analog loops, including compensation, stability analysis, and transient response with varying and capacitive loads.
Expert knowledge of precision analog design at IC and discrete levels, including data converters, power converters, and high-voltage and high-current design with thermal, safety, and reliability considerations.
Experience defining requirements for custom ASICs or advanced packages and managing external design partners through development to production.
Proficiency with SPICE and schematic capture/PCB tools such as Cadence Allegro, and with signal integrity, power integrity, and low-noise design practices.
Extensive hands-on laboratory test, debug, and characterization experience.
Proven ability to lead large projects on schedule, guide cross-functional teams and external partners, and communicate complex design concepts clearly.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ATE instruments, such as device power supplies or parametric measurement.
Experience implementing digital control and DSP for control loops, such as digital compensators and filters in an FPGA, ASIC, or DSP.
Experience with metrology and calibration.
Experience managing or technically leading engineering teams.
MSEE.

Responsibilities

Build, manage, and mentor a team of hardware engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career growth.
Lead project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and technical direction.
Translate product marketing and customer requirements into instrument architecture and select design approaches that meet performance, power, density, and cost goals.
Define system-level ASIC, SiP, or MCM requirements and select and manage external partners through milestones, deliverable reviews, and verification.
Lead analog design from simulation and prototyping through layout, bring-up, and characterization of instruments and partner-built silicon.
Define theory of operation and test strategy, and guide firmware and software development.
Drive difficult design and customer issues to root cause and corrective action.
Shape future instrument roadmaps with marketing and applications.
Own multidisciplinary projects from concept through release to manufacturing in collaboration with firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers.