Design Engineer Principal Job Description
Design engineer principal
provides guidance and direction for fabrication, inspection, assembly, test and troubleshooting, of printed circuit boards and assembly wiring.
Design Engineer Principal Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Lead the full life cycle development of new camera products including concept, specification, design, test, supplier management, and factory/field introduction
Select and evaluate image sensors and Image Signal Processor (ISP) components
Design, conduct and document comprehensive camera image quality testing programs
Construct and direct worldwide camera field testing programs, including analysis of user experience and performance preferences
Accept ownership of work to be done
Computer literate, being proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint with a good working knowledge of specialist design packages, AutoCAD and other 3D drawing packages
A team player and self-starter comfortable in taking responsibility for your own work
Good understanding of business development activities, and able to demonstrate successful role in bids/tender
Undertake design management and coordination on multi-disciplinary projects
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Design Engineer Principal Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Design Engineer Principal
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ASQ, CQE, CRE, CSQE, CQA, IP, PMP, FAA, DFSS, RHCE
Education for Design Engineer Principal
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the design engineer principal job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Design, Science, Technical, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Technology
Skills for Design Engineer Principal
Desired skills for design engineer principal include:
ASIC Design
With full product life cycle of FPGA Design
Basic circuits
BiCMOS
CMOS technology
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Component assembly
DSP structures and techniques
Inspection and test
Printed wiring board fabrication
Desired experience for design engineer principal includes:
Minimum of 10 years designing, developing and testing of medical devices
Ability to solve the most complex design and engineering problems is desired
Must posses innovative out of the box problem solving ability, proven with a patent portfolio of at least 10 patents
Understanding of the core engineering theory behind fluidics, mechanics, and materials is essential
Ability to interact and work many different types of people and departments is necessary
Ability to organize and align project tasks and issues is preferred
Design Engineer Principal Examples
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Design Engineer Principal Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of design engineer principal. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for design engineer principal
- Are reliable and fit for purpose to satisfy life requirements and to help achieve product guarantee period
- Be responsible for delivering parts, assemblies and systems from concept to proof of principle
- Have the ability to understand the overall product concept and contribute significantly to the design of the product through the use of expert knowledge of the latest technologies / methods in the industry
- Be a source of design engineering expertise to advise on design, development, material, manufacturing, validation and test issues
- Work with other project team engineers to ensure product performance, reliability and cost expectations are met
- Create and manage your time and the teams using planning tools such as Microsoft Project and make sure this is integrated to the overall project plan and managed by the Project Manager regularly efficiently
- Identify skills or knowledge gaps within the team and support the Mechanical Manager with recruitment as required
- Review designs and code
- Feel end-to-end ownership of features and releases
- Be a self-starter with a results driven attitude
Qualifications for design engineer principal
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills along with the ability to coach and train the team and others is desired
- 7+ years of job-related experience with Applicable Bachelor’s Degree (Traditional Institution/Service Academy)
- Chartership of a relevant professional body preferred Institution of Civil Engineers
- Knowledge of computer architecture and DSP principles
- Knowledge of imaging and computer vision algorithms and their software implementation on embedded systems
- Familiarity of programming in a multi-core environment
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Design Engineer Principal Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of design engineer principal. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for design engineer principal
- Produce drawings from 3D solid models
- Selects best engineering techniques to solve problems and make design recommendations
- Oversee layout of critical blocks
- Interface with various testing groups for test case developments, FW knowledge transfer, debugging and bug fixing
- Deliver high quality wastewater infrastructure civil designs
- Support junior staff and provide technical guidance
- Interface with civil designers from other offices (throughout UK and overseas)
- Ensure adequate interfaces between other disciplines (modellers, geotechnical, M&E, structural etc)
- Ensure designs are completed on time to the required quality
- Ensure compliance with QSE
Qualifications for design engineer principal
- Experience with Microsoft Windows environment, Outlook, Excel, MS project, 3D CAD CAM software is a plus
- Knowledge of OpenVX, OpenCV or OpenCL desired
- SoC, embedded CPU and bus architectures, networking and control interfaces
- Expertise in developing and optimizing applications for embedded systems using DSPs, SIMD processors, or GPU with good understanding of ISA/hardware level features
- Ability to work individually or with a team of engineers to develop innovative machine learning and computer vision applications and showcasing them on real-time platforms
- Project Management intercultural experience
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of design engineer principal. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for design engineer principal
- Partner with Project Managers in the quoting process
- Initiates product improvement and cost reduction activities
- Develops test requests, procedures and validates results
- Assists with return compressor evaluations and disposition of parts
- Provides technical support for purchasing, marketing and sales
- Provides technical support for manufacturing relative to assembly and test procedures
- Contributes to the on-time completion of programs and reports on the status of projects
- Generates technical product documentation for engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and sales
- Evaluates product quality issues and implements corrective action
- Leads architecture and prototyping definition
Qualifications for design engineer principal
- Ability to do all synthesis activities including constraint development, DFT insertion, synthesis, timing closure, and formal verification
- Working knowledge of the Cadence digital design tool suite is a plus
- Proficiency in writing technical documentation such as micro-architectures, verification plans, and design reviews
- 15 years in Semiconductor package and package design
- PhD or Master degree in engineering disciplines or materials science
- Sound knowledge of IC/discrete package design
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Design Engineer Principal Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of design engineer principal. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for design engineer principal
- Interface with multiple functional disciplines for design input, requirements and potential solutions to problems
- Effective communication and teaming with other departments and customers
- Provide work direction to technicians and CADD designers for design, development and verification activities
- Act as a liaison with external suppliers to insure continuity of product supply by resolving supply and quality issues
- Ensure understanding of all quality policy/system items that are personally applicable
- Ability to work others internationally and travel globally
- At an early stage of the project, collect input from the Technical Leader to define scope of work for related container components development
- Drive design development activities throughout these innovative projects on container components (geometry, material and process) by conducting appropriate studies & data analysis, identifying/analyzing/escalating technical issues when appearing, actively participating to the technical risks mitigation activities, leveraging technical experts and Subject Matters Expert when appropriate
- Take ownership of engineering activities related to component design such as system requirements definition, concept selection & prototyping, functional performance evaluation, design space definition
- When needed, organize and coordinate activities involving other project stakeholders to respect overall project schedule
Qualifications for design engineer principal
- Hands on layout experience in various analog modules like PLLs, data converters, serial interfaces and other high-speed layouts
- Should have a very good idea of the fabrication technology and how layout effects gets translates to circuit impacts
- Should be able to understand the circuit aspects and should be able to translate it into layout care abouts and should able to guide junior engineers on these aspects
- Should have worked as lead for small teams(3-5) at least for a few years
- Should be proficient in all CAD tools related to Analog layout
- Must have good communication skills and should be team player
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Design Engineer Principal Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a design engineer principal. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for design engineer principal
- Carry out simulations of products for new and prototype projects using inhouse software for the customer and provide support and feedback on design
- Analyse and manage multiple design related issues to identify root cause
- Modify designs based on the analysis to re-test and analyse until design meets specification requirements
- Make design changes on existing products and track them
- Apply specific technical skills as required to support the customer or colleagues
- Proactively seek out opportunities for new or repeat business
- Plan longer range for the project, tracking and completing projects on time within budget
- Manage activities of a complex nature where there are limited precedents available
- Lead the development of innovative solutions to unique problems
- Identify business improvement opportunities within the organisation
Qualifications for design engineer principal
- An appreciation of other engineering disciplines such aerodynamics, thermodynamics, CFD analysis and electrical, electronics and electromagnetic systems
- Work with Validation teams for chip bring-up and Compliance debug
- Must be able to work with cross-functional teams and must possess excellent communication skills
- Highly motivated and should be able to work independently
- Reasonable scripting expertise
- Minimum of at least 8 years of professional experience