Senior Technical Staff Engineer - Hardware

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

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Job Description:

Our Beverly, MA site is home to Microchip's Frequency and Time Systems Clock’s business. The team there builds some of the most precise clocks in the world: cesium beam frequency standards, rubidium oscillators, and Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks used in commercial, defense, and aerospace systems. The Beverly team has delivered products that changed our world including the atomic clocks that enabled the GPS satellites to operate and more recently the world’s smallest and lowest power atomic clock.  We're looking for a senior hardware leader to own system architecture from first schematic to fielded product and to raise the technical bar for the engineers around them.

What you'll do

• Lead the development of architecture, design, and implementation of complex hardware, including embedded controllers, analog and digital circuits, data converters, and RF/microwave subsystems.
• Set technical direction and mentor engineers across the team.
• Own validation strategy, including test, debug, and root-cause analysis, through to production.
• Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver products.
• Review and approve schematics, layouts, and design documentation.
• Ensure designs meet industry, safety, and regulatory standards.
• Work directly with customers to define requirements and solve hard technical problems.
• Continuously improve how we design: methods, tools, and process.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Requirements:

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• 10+ years leading hardware or embedded system design, with products you've taken to market
• Depth in the analysis, simulation, and implementation of embedded control systems, data converters, RF/microwave circuits, and analog/digital filters
• Clear communication and a track record of working well across disciplines and with leadership

Desired:

• Experience with atomic clocks, precision timing, or positioning/navigation/timing (PNT)
• FPGA/CPLD design experience

U.S. Export Controls Requirements: This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Feeling, Handling, Hearing, Lifting, Other, Reaching, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

Physical Requirements Text (USA Only) 70% sitting, 30% standing, 100% inside. Lift 15 LBS.

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $91,000 - $232,000.*

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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