Hiring: Principal Engineer, Electronic Hardware Design Company: Ayar Labs Location: San Jose, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 11:29:48 Employment Type: Full-time / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, AutoCAD, CAD, Embedded Systems, FPGA, Firmware, PCB, Python, RTOS, SolidWorks, Systems Design About the job Experience: •Bachelors in Electrical Engineering with 12+ years of industry experience, or Masters/PhD in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of industry experience •12+ years of industry experience, or Masters/PhD in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of industry experience Required Skills: •Create and maintain External Laser Source module specifications to meet product requirements •Manage communication between cross-functional teams including optical, mechanical and thermal design disciplines •Design printed circuit boards schematics for all functions of External Laser Source NPI •Manage hardware design resources internal and external to Ayar Labs •Develop and execute validation test plans for all laser module hardware design components Qualifications: •Strong fundamentals in low-noise analog circuit design and electromagnetics •Expert knowledge of electro-optic building blocks such as TIA and Laser Driver •Power user of Altium PCB design tools, including Altium 365 and Agile workflows •Comprehensive expertise in BMC architecture for enclosure management (OCP) •Expert experience using electrical and electro-optic lab equipment such as: Oscilloscope, VNA, ESA, OSA, protocol analyzer, etc.. •Expert user of circuit simulation tools such as LTspice, PSpice, and vendor-specific switching regulator software •Strong programming ability in python, with the ability to automate hardware testing and analysis •Strong ability in fundamental embedded programming concepts: real-time operating systems, MCU memory usage, bootloader, serial interfaces •Optical transceiver design experience (OSFP, QSFP-DD, CDFP) •Firmware development in C (bare-metal / RTOS) Compensation: •$180,000 - $250,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!