Top Design Engineer Jobs

Design, model, simulate, and lay out analog and mixed-signal IC components for advanced imaging technologies. Collaborate with pixel, digital, camera, layout, test, packaging, and device design teams to develop CMOS, CCD, III-V, and ROIC-based imagers. Address DRC, LVS, matching, shielding, electromigration, IR drop, and power integrity issues; write interface control documents; communicate with internal teams and customers.

Design, simulate, and verify analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, including amplifiers, comparators, regulators, and macro cells. Review requirements for obsolete microcircuit emulation, support layout and post-layout verification, and collaborate with test engineers on characterization and qualification. The role requires broad analog design expertise, cross-functional troubleshooting, and on-site work in Princeton, New Jersey.

Design, simulate, verify, and emulate analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, including OpAmps, comparators, and regulators. Review specifications, support macro-cell layout and post-layout verification, and collaborate with test engineers on characterization and qualification. The role requires broad analog design expertise across Bipolar, BiCMOS, and CMOS processes, with preferred experience in PLLs, switched-capacitor circuits, PWM controllers, HDL, and scripting.

Design and develop electronics for custom image sensors and imaging systems. Responsibilities include requirements definition, component selection, schematic design, PCB layout, FPGA RTL design, debugging, characterization, documentation, manufacturing transfer, and user support. The role collaborates with IC, software, mechanical, testing, and production teams and is performed onsite in Princeton, New Jersey.

Lead FPGA design through requirements, architecture, RTL coding, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, simulation, lab testing, and product support. Debug high-speed interfaces (SERDES, PCIe, DDR), develop testbenches and scripts, mentor team members, and collaborate onsite under government security requirements.

Design, build, and operate high-pressure and cryogenic fluid and mechanical test systems for rocket engine testing. Generate P&IDs, CAD models, work instructions, and system documentation. Perform fluid flow, piping flexibility, and structural (FEA) analyses; source components; manage projects; support test operations and data evaluation; and participate in design reviews.

Designs and analyzes mechanical product structures from concept through completion. Leads technical specification reviews, defines structural requirements and loading limits, performs stress and fatigue analysis, modifies drawings, and creates bills of materials and support documentation. Reviews designs for safety, manufacturability, and quality; supports tooling and fixturing development; and collaborates with engineering, operations, customers, and manufacturing teams. The role requires SolidWorks expertise, mechanical sheet metal and weldment design, FEA, tank design, and NRTL or UL compliance experience.

Designs and analyzes electrical systems for generator and industrial equipment products from concept through completion. Responsibilities include defining specifications, performing calculations, modifying drawings, creating bills of materials and technical documentation, reviewing designs for safety and manufacturability, and supporting electrical installation and control systems. The role collaborates with engineering and operations teams and requires expertise in AC/DC systems, three-phase power, equipment sizing, standards compliance, and product design software.

Designs precision tooling and fixtures for ultrasonic welding and related joining processes using customer CAD data. Performs feasibility evaluations, supports joint and assembly method selection, applies design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly principles, selects materials and components, maintains ISO-compliant documentation, tests and debugs tools, supports customers, and manages multiple projects. Occasional domestic and international travel may be required.

Design and deliver mechanical and fluid system components from concept through production and flight. Perform trade studies, detailed CAD designs, and structural/thermal/fluid analyses. Collaborate with propulsion, structures, avionics, controls, and manufacturing teams, work with suppliers, develop and run hardware test plans, support prototyping, vehicle builds, ground and flight testing, and participate in technical reviews and safety/hazard analyses.

Design and deliver high-speed photonic integrated circuits for free-space optical communication systems. Own photonic transmitter and receiver architectures, modulators, detectors, RF/microwave transmission lines, optical modulation formats, link modeling, and commercial foundry tapeouts. Contribute to system optimization, product strategy, spectral filter design, layout verification, and prototype-to-production advancement while collaborating with internal teams and external partners.

Design, optimize, and verify analog and mixed-signal block-level circuits for DRAM. Improve circuit topologies, expand verification for yield, support post-layout simulation and silicon correlation, and apply AI/automation to boost design efficiency.

Leads end-to-end hardware development for complex electro-mechanical systems used in harsh downhole oil and gas environments. Responsibilities include system architecture, electronic and power circuit design, component selection, validation, debugging, EMC and environmental testing, supplier collaboration, technical reviews, standards development, and mentoring engineers. Requires extensive analog, digital, embedded hardware, PCB, and product development expertise.

Hardware Design Engineer Interns contribute to DeltaV industrial automation hardware projects involving PCB schematics, component placement, board layout, FPGA design, circuit simulation, mechanical design, thermal management, and manufacturability. They perform prototype bring-up and troubleshooting with lab equipment, participate in design reviews and agile activities, document work, and present results. The internship is based in Round Rock or Austin, Texas, and requires current enrollment in a relevant engineering program and U.S. work authorization without sponsorship.

Design and develop mechanical components and systems using Creo and Windchill, including 3D models, 2D drawings, and specification documentation. Collaborate with suppliers, customers, manufacturing, and validation teams to create cost-effective designs. Document engineering decisions and analysis, support prototypes, address quality issues, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions.

Designs and integrates hydraulic components and systems using Creo and Windchill. Creates 3D models, 2D drawings, and design documentation; collaborates with suppliers, customers, manufacturing, quality, and validation teams; supports assembly-line issues; troubleshoots hydraulic systems; and documents engineering decisions for prototypes and production adoption.

Designs and validates mechanical components and systems supporting sales, engineering, and manufacturing. Responsibilities include creating drawings, schematics, bills of materials, calculations, simulations, and design documentation; selecting materials; managing drawing revisions; reviewing junior designers’ work; maintaining ISO, ASME, API, and QA requirements; and performing final engineering and quality checks before product shipment. The role requires advanced manufacturing knowledge and valve design experience.

Design and architect high-speed analog and mixed-signal circuits for SerDes, PHY, clocking, data conversion, references, and regulators. Lead designs from architecture through verification, silicon bring-up, characterization, and debug in advanced FinFET processes. Establish design methodologies, collaborate across engineering teams, conduct technical reviews, and mentor analog engineers developing connectivity products for AI infrastructure.

Designs, simulates, characterizes, and validates custom mixed-signal and digital interface circuits. Develops Liberty timing models across PVT, slew, load, and parasitic conditions; performs SPICE-based waveform analysis; automates characterization flows; and integrates models with synthesis, implementation, STA, signoff, and verification workflows. Collaborates with analog, digital, physical design, and verification teams while documenting methodologies and mentoring junior engineers.

Lead mechanical design for consumer electromechanical products from concept through production. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, prototyping, testing, thermal/fluid/structural analysis, cross-functional collaboration, DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and manufacturing ramp support in Asia. The role requires designing plastic, metal, and soft goods components integrated with sensors and actuators, supporting high-volume manufacturing, and traveling to China as needed.

Perform ASIC physical design from synthesis through RTL2GDSII implementation and signoff, including floorplanning, power-grid generation, place and route, timing, noise, physical verification, electromigration, voltage-drop, and logic-equivalency checks. Develop automation scripts, resolve timing and congestion issues, support architectural tradeoffs, and collaborate with ASIC design, systems, firmware, validation, and product engineering teams.

Develops physical implementation for next-generation ASICs, including synthesis, floorplanning, power grid generation, place and route, timing, noise, physical verification, electromigration, voltage drop, and signoff closure. The engineer also improves physical design methodologies and automation scripts, collaborates on architectural feasibility and RTL tradeoffs, and resolves timing, congestion, and implementation flow issues.

Develops next-generation ASICs for SpaceX Starlink systems. Responsibilities include synthesis, floorplanning, power-grid generation, place and route, timing, noise, physical verification, electromigration, voltage-drop analysis, logic equivalency, and signoff closure. The engineer also develops physical-design automation, resolves timing and congestion issues, and collaborates with ASIC teams on architecture, power, area, and timing tradeoffs.

Design Engineer Interns use SolidWorks to design and detail components, create manufacturing and assembly documentation, develop bills of materials, and support prototype construction and testing. They analyze loading, structural components, production issues, and design changes while assisting with troubleshooting and recommendations. The role requires knowledge of materials, fatigue, manufacturability, durability, serviceability, FEA, hydraulics, electronics, and statistics. The intern works onsite and collaborates with engineering technicians and production teams.

Build and maintain Palantir.com and Next.js microsites, establish a shared design system and components, advise on web/UX/accessibility/SEO, and ship secure frontend changes through a CI/CD pipeline while collaborating with designers, legal, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive brand campaigns.