Top Design Engineer Jobs

Develop custom mechanical assemblies and technical drawings for interior glass partitions, shower doors, railings, mirrors, and related glass structures. Prepare specifications, catalog drawings, and models using measurements, sketches, diagrams, and the Imperial system. Analyze designs for cost, time, and resource efficiency, make technical decisions independently, and manage project documentation through sketches, working drawings, and specifications.

Designs and supports complex civil engineering projects for water supply, wastewater, and related infrastructure. Responsibilities include preparing plans, specifications, calculations, reports, schedules, and construction documents; conducting field investigations; reviewing shop drawings and change orders; coordinating with stakeholders; supporting construction, testing, and commissioning; and overseeing consultant and junior engineer work. The role may require signing and sealing documents, site travel, and maintaining a New York State Professional Engineer license.

Design and validate custom memory circuits for Arm CPUs, GPUs, and SoCs using advanced semiconductor processes. Responsibilities include memory architecture, transistor-level circuit design, layout collaboration, performance-power-area optimization, design margining, physical verification, characterization, front-end verification, release procedures, and quality assurance. The role also involves improving design methodologies and using AI-assisted scripting to increase efficiency and quality.

Design, build, test, align, and integrate optical and photonic sensor systems for semiconductor lithography equipment. Analyze sensor data, develop signal-processing algorithms, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and lead root-cause investigations. Coordinate work across software, electronics, manufacturing, and equipment engineering teams while communicating findings to technical and nontechnical stakeholders. The role is onsite in Wilton, Connecticut and may involve cleanroom, laboratory, laser, chemical, high-voltage, and magnetic-field environments.

Design and integrate complex quantum processing unit chips from requirements through layout and tape-out. Responsibilities include multilayer chip layout, metal-track routing, photonics and CMOS interfaces, specification development with scientists, cross-team feasibility coordination, and independent project ownership. The role requires hands-on IC layout expertise and experience guiding designs into production, with preferred experience in scripted GDSFactory/Python layout generation, Cadence, ion-trap design, photonics, or IC packaging.

Build and own SnapMagic’s AI-assisted electronics design and CAD software. Develop full-stack applications using Python, Django, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and PostgreSQL; ensure hardware-grade accuracy, reliability, and scalability; engage directly with hardware engineers; and guide product priorities based on adoption and user outcomes. The role requires hands-on hardware experience, strong product judgment, independent problem-solving, testing, code review, and ownership from concept through production.

Lead verification strategy and execution for DRAM memory circuits from gate-level to full-chip, using SPICE/HSPICE and Verilog. Collaborate across design, product engineering, test, and process integration; develop verification plans, analyze parasitics, and guide circuit reviews to ensure performance, quality, and manufacturability.

Design and develop primary and secondary flight structures and mechanisms for the Terran R rocket from concept through release. Create and release drawings with GD&T, perform packaging and tolerance stack analyses, optimize geometry for mass and manufacturability, support BOM and PLM configuration management, and coordinate closely with manufacturing to validate fabrication and assembly.

Designs and integrates brackets, mounts, enclosures, and mechanical interfaces for autonomous heavy equipment. Creates CAD models, drawings, and BOMs; supports environmental testing, fit-checks, field installations, troubleshooting, and design iteration. The role requires hands-on work with physical vehicles, cross-functional collaboration, and occasional U.S. travel.

Designs and documents cryogenic propellant management hardware for lunar landers using Creo Parametric. Responsibilities include developing models, assemblies, drawings, interfaces, GD&T, MBD/PMI, and manufacturing documentation; supporting requirements, analysis, procurement, verification, integration, supplier activities, and design reviews. The engineer manages hardware through release and delivery while ensuring configuration control, manufacturability, quality, and compliance with aerospace standards.

Senior Verification Engineer responsible for planning and executing verification across ASIC IP, subsystems, and SoCs. The role develops testbenches, reference models, scoreboards, monitors, assertions, coverage strategies, regression infrastructure, and CI systems. Responsibilities include simulation, formal analysis, directed testing, coverage closure, regression triage, sign-off readiness, and AI-assisted verification capabilities. The engineer will define methodology for a new satellite communications silicon program and mentor junior engineers.

Design and develop advanced RF/mmWave integrated front-end chipsets for satellite communications, including amplifiers, mixers, phase shifters, synthesizers, and related analog circuits. Translate system requirements into chip specifications, perform circuit and electromagnetic simulations, optimize IC/package interfaces, support top-level integration and verification, characterize and debug prototypes, and guide products through production. Collaborate with RF systems, package engineering, third-party design partners, and cross-functional teams.

Lead the design and integration of high-speed PLLs and clock distribution systems in advanced CMOS and SiGe technologies. Responsibilities include circuit design, simulation, layout oversight, verification, system integration, silicon characterization, validation, performance optimization, tape-out, and mentoring junior engineers. The role partners with RF and SoC architects and supports test planning, bring-up, debugging, and production yield improvements for space communications systems.

Design and develop fractional-N PLLs, DLLs, clock distribution circuits, and analog/RF building blocks in advanced CMOS technologies. Own system and circuit design, performance optimization, layout oversight, integration, verification, tape-out, silicon characterization, and debugging. Collaborate with RF, SoC, validation, and product engineering teams to define requirements, develop test plans, and support production. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to high-performance space communication systems.

Own multiple new product development programs from concept through qualification, production launch, and support. Design mechanical components, mechanisms, actuators, and assemblies; interpret customer specifications; create drawings and technical documentation; lead prototype development, testing, troubleshooting, FEA, DOE, failure investigations, and corrective actions. Present technical reviews and results, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and mentor less experienced engineers.

Design and lead advanced ASIC package architectures, especially FC-BGA and MCM solutions, from early trade studies through production. Responsibilities include substrate stack-ups, ball maps, SI/PI, thermal management, signal breakout, material selection, qualification, and assembly optimization. The engineer partners with silicon, RF, and systems teams and manages OSAT and substrate-vendor relationships for high-performance, power-dense mixed-signal and digital SoCs.

Lead end-to-end ASIC package architecture and execution for high-performance FC-BGA and MCM solutions. Own substrate stackups, ball maps, SI/PI, thermal design, material selection, vendor qualification, packaging standards, and production ramp. Partner with silicon, RF, and systems teams to optimize package interfaces and ensure reliable, first-pass success for high-pin-count, power-dense mixed-signal and digital ASICs.

Designs advanced ASIC packages, including FC-BGA and MCM architectures, from early trade studies through production. Responsibilities include substrate and ball-map definition, SI/PI and thermal design, high-speed signal breakout, material and assembly selection, vendor management, qualification, and collaboration with silicon, RF, and systems teams. The role focuses on high-pin-count, power-dense mixed-signal and digital SoC packages for high-reliability aerospace applications.

Lead end-to-end ASIC package architecture and execution for high-performance FC-BGA and MCM solutions. Define substrate stack-ups, ball maps, SI/PI strategies, thermal architecture, materials, and assembly processes. Partner with silicon, RF, and systems teams to optimize package interfaces, manage OSAT and substrate vendors, establish design standards, and drive qualification through production ramp for high-pin-count, power-dense ASICs.

Develop and maintain photonics Process Design Kits, including Python-based layout libraries, compact behavioral models, test structures, and automated verification pipelines. Validate models against silicon measurements through data fitting and statistical analysis. Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to support large-scale photonic integrated circuit tape-outs. The role requires advanced photonic device physics, circuit simulation, Python programming, layout automation, and experience with foundry PDKs and design verification.

Own and evolve LiveKit’s developer-facing website by building high-performance web experiences, reusable brand components, motion systems, and launch pages. Translate brand and design concepts into polished production code, maintain strong performance budgets, and collaborate closely with designers, marketers, and engineers. The role emphasizes front-end engineering, animation, interaction design, speed, and self-directed delivery.

Own the development of LiveKit’s marketing website and brand system. Build high-performance launch and product pages, reusable components, motion patterns, and tooling that translate brand designs into polished web experiences. Collaborate with designers, marketers, and design engineers while maintaining strict performance standards and Core Web Vitals. The role emphasizes front-end engineering, interaction design, animation, fast delivery, and solving complex technical problems.

Designs and develops mechanical launcher hardware for Navy weapons systems. Responsibilities include creating concepts and solid models, conducting trade studies, generating engineering drawings using GD&T, supporting procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, production, and vendor coordination. The role requires onsite work four days per week in Sunnyvale, California, occasional domestic travel, and collaboration across engineering and hybrid teams.

Lead the architecture, circuit design, integration, verification, tapeout, and silicon validation of high-speed ADCs, DACs, and analog front-ends for advanced mixed-signal SoCs. Drive architecture trade studies, calibration techniques, FinFET CMOS implementation, converter integration, simulation methodologies, and collaboration with RF, digital, systems, package, and verification teams. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to analog and mixed-signal engineers.

Leads the architecture, circuit design, integration, verification, tapeout, and silicon validation of high-speed ADCs, DACs, and analog front-ends for advanced mixed-signal SoCs. The role covers converter trade studies, FinFET CMOS circuit implementation, calibration, clocking, references, signal integrity, and DSP collaboration. It also provides technical leadership, establishes design methodologies, and mentors analog and mixed-signal engineers.