Hardware Electrical Engineer, Fitbit

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in consumer electronics or embedded systems design.
• Experience with prototype bring-up, debugging, functional verification, manufacturing support, or circuit board level design engineering, (e.g. chipset/memory/high speed interface/power supplies).
• Experience working within a lab.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience with system development in consumer electronics/embedded design.
• Experience with embedded systems, processor selection, various communication protocols (e.g., SPI, I2C, UART, USB), analog design, sensor design, low power system design, Cadence/Allegro, RF, and cutting edge sensor technologies.
• Experience with system integration with software development from firmware through system level.
• Experience with high speed design and standard RF/WiFi interfaces at chipset, baseband, and antenna integration levels.
• Experience working with OEM/ODM/JDM/CM partners.
• Understand entire product development process for mass-volume production design, with focus on design for manufacturing and design for test.
  
  

About The Job

Our computational challenges are so big, complex and unique we can’t just purchase off-the-shelf hardware, we’ve got to make it ourselves. Your team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google’s services. As a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world’s largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of Google users.

In this role, you will develop new devices and services for our users. You will be able to adapt quickly and demonstrate a passion for addressing new problems as we continue to push technology forward. Your work has the potential to find new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods.

Fitbit’s wide range of innovative products, including smartwatches, trackers, and a smart scale, help people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration, and guidance to reach their health and fitness goals. Coupled with our leading software and Fitbit Premium, our immersive platform experience delivers personalized experiences, insights, and guidance to support our users’ health and wellness. Fitbit’s mission has always been to help make everyone in the world healthier and now, as part of Google we’ll be able to make health even more accessible to everyone.

Responsibilities

• Work with the internal team to evaluate components and new technologies for next generation products based on product goals and user experiences.
• Design, develop, and review device systems and components from concept to mass production. Direct development to bring designs to mass production by setting factory test requirements, assisting in software bring up, and traveling on-site to the manufacturer to ensure the design is built and tested successfully.
• Create system specifications and plan validation of designs. Lead complete functional verification, signal characterization, power modeling/test, and system coexistence testing.
• Drive resolution of cross-functional issues including those related to architecture (e.g., performance, power consumption), production (e.g., quality, failure analysis, manufacturing), and development (e.g., schematic design, PCB layout, and overall system integration).
• Work with and manage suppliers/manufacturing partners to establish collaborations for future product designs.
  
  

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