Essential Responsibilities:
• Lead and design the embedded system architecture, as well as significant hands-on testing and optimization work.
• Participate in all aspects of the electromagnetic design of inductively coupled antenna coils for use in wireless ultra-low-power systems.
• Design novel circuit solutions for essential wireless ultra-low-power subsystems such as amplifiers, rectifiers, adaptive tuning circuits, in-band modulation, demodulation circuits, protection mechanisms, and control subsystems.
• Implement a holistic design strategy, considering power output, efficiency, component sensitivity, communication robustness, and form factor requirements.
• Realize analytical derivations of wireless power systems to understand tradeoffs, and sensitivity performance and come up with potential system improvements.
• Utilize EM software simulation tools to optimize parameters such as winding configurations, mutual inductance, resistive losses, and field uniformity across intended charging volumes.
• Working with ASIC design house in designing a dedicated IC solution.
• Translate product requirements into engineering deliverables.
• Work and adhere to project timelines to deliver on-time prototypes, test results, and documentation.
• Brief the company management on a regular basis on achievements and goals.
• Contribute to the development of Intellectual Property.
Essential Knowledge and Skills:
• B.Sc. / M.Sc. Electrical Engineering
• Background of at least 4 years as an Embedded or Board designer.
• Excellent written & verbal communications skills, and good interpersonal skills.
• Experience in wireless low-power applications, and knowledge of inductive coupling systems.
• Experience with translating system performance requirements into hardware requirements.
• Very comfortable with hands-on lab testing.
• Experience designing various analog circuits including DC-DC converters, oscillators, low noise amplifiers, analog to digital interfacing, ground plain separation, and more.
• Experience with low power, battery-powered, embedded electronic analog, and digital circuit design.
• Demonstrated success in the resolution of technical challenges leveraging strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work individually and in small teams that may include contractors working remotely.
• A relentless and enterprising approach to solving problems.
• Passion for working and testing electrical hardware.
• Ability to multitask and be flexible.
Preferable Knowledge and Skills:
• Experience designing subthreshold-biased or ultra-low power analog circuits.
• Knowledge of Near-field-communication %28NFC%29 circuits
• Strong understanding of electromagnetics and magnetostatics %28ideally 100 KHz – 100 MHz%29.
• RF-related NFC system design and validation and testing activities for RF and system performance per RF Specifications, e.g., NFC Forum specifications and ISO/IEC standards %2814443-A, B, 15693%29.
• Knowledge of integration of wireless technologies such as NFC and BLE into low-power products
• Experience with translating system performance requirements to ASIC design requirements.
• Strong understanding of coil design for wireless power.
• Experience with test evaluation and hands-on debugging of troubleshooting NFC.
• Knowledge in modeling magnetic and conductive materials within magnetic coupling systems on EM software and assessing their impact on performance.
• Small SMT components assembly and replacement.
• Familiarity with EM simulation tools such as ANSYS %28HFSS and Maxwell%29.
• Technical and social skills for collaboration with ASIC design house.
• Experience in Chip and SoC packaging processes.
