Electronics Hardware Engineer

At Ubiquiti Inc., we create technology platforms for Businesses, Smart Homes, and Internet Service Providers, driven by our goal to connect everyone, everywhere. To date, Ubiquiti has shipped over 100 million devices worldwide, from ISP networking products to next generation of IT solutions. Our growth is made possible by the dedicated team of hundreds behind the scenes. From software developers and product managers to designers and strategists, Team UI is driven to achieve our common goal: Rethinking IT.

At Ubiquiti, you’ll heighten your potential and broaden your horizons - all while shaping the future of connectivity. Ubiquiti R&D team in Riga with over 130 engineers, is leading development of many exciting new products. 


 

Role Description:

Ubiquiti Riga office is looking for an Electronics Hardware Engineer who shares our passion for innovation and technology and desire to do something extraordinary. You will participate in hardware design and hardware design audits/validations for UniFi products, like Ethernet Switches, Gateway routers, Access Points and Cameras with worldwide impact. Working closely with our R&D labs from different countries around the globe. We expect you to bring your experience, enthusiasm, and creativity wherever you go and put them into your work. You should think out of the box when finding solutions to new problems and make things work.

Responsibilities:

• Design and verify electronic PCBs (considering HW, SW, FW, ME, SI, thermal, and acoustic possible issues) ensuring they meet high standards of performance and reliability, and work closely with BSP and FW team to figure out issues and system bring up. 
• Be involved into product life phases from NPI, MP, to EOL.
• Co-work with function teams, PCB layout, component engineering, firmware, mechanical engineering, electrical power engineering, thermal engineering, QA, software engineering, project management, ID, compliance engineering, etc. to achieve cost-efficient, high-quality, and robust HW design. 
• Work with OEM/CM on manufacturing definition, tests, efficiency, and issues resolved. 
• Define testing items/criteria/coverage to ensure developed system quality. 

Requirements:

• BS degree or above in electrical engineering or related field;
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in consumer electronics/embedded systems design, prototype, bring up, debugging, functional verification and NPI support, DFx (Design for cost, test, manufacturing) experience;
• Experience in a related role with experience in system (hardware) designs and leading a design team;
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design using Cadence OrCAD, Allegro, PADS, or equivalent;
• Electrical engineering or design experience in one or more of these areas: SOCs/MCUs, Power Management and DC/DC power circuit design, PoE, RF fundamentals, etc;
• Knowledge of processor architecture, digital circuit design, and various communications protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, Ethernet and USB etc;
• Knowledge of developing robust designs in one or more of these areas: ESD, EMI immunities, Surge, RF Desense;
• Experience with compliance regulations;
• Ability to be hands-on in the lab and want to be in the details (soldering, oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, data acquisition);
• Familiar with one or more of these ICs: Qualcomm/Synaptic/MediaTek/Realtek/Marvell, etc. solutions, and ARM/MIPS platforms;
• Proficient English and Latvian.

Nice to have:

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or related field;
• Outdoor, industrial-grade product design experience;
• Experience in leading an engineering team would be an advantage;
• Knowledge of high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe, DDR3/4, MIPI, LVDS, etc;
• Experience with analog design, low power design, audio acoustics, various RF technologies (such as WiFi / BLE/ Zigbee/NFC);
• Experience with physical characterization of sensors such as light sensors, ToF sensors, Temperature sensors, Radar sensors, G-Sensors, etc.