Digital Hardware Engineer 1

## Job Title Digital Hardware Engineer ## Job Summary Product R&D has an immediate opening for an entry level Digital Hardware Engineer within our talented hardware design team in Austin, TX. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work throughout the product lifecycle to develop products and systems that expand the test and measurement industry's capabilities. Digital engineers at NI stand at the intersection of the many disciplines required to make new products come to life, making this role critical to the team's success. Through your work you will have opportunities to continue to expand your digital design skills by learning from experienced technical leaders and participating in initiatives to grow the craft of digital design. ## In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be - Collaborate with multi-disciplinary hardware engineering teams to develop test and measurement products. - Develop register maps and generate documentation to ensure clear design intent to the broader project team. - Own the full FPGA design, including logic implementation, data movement and analysis, testbenches, compilation, and timing analysis. - Own all aspects of digital board level design, including schematic entry, layout guidelines, signal integrity simulations, and prototype validation. - Develop and execute plans for prototype hardware bring-up and board level validation. - Be the voice of digital design in project meetings by estimating level of effort for design tasks, providing input on status of work, and proactively raising technical concerns. ## Who You Are You partner with others to get work done. You can take a creative idea and put it into practice. You build and deliver solutions that meet customer expectations. You persist in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks. ## For This Role You Will Need - Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering, or a related discipline. - Proficiency designing with digital logic and synchronous elements, including flip-flops, timing diagrams, and state machines. - Working knowledge of fundamental analog and digital circuit design (schematic, layout, V&V). - Working knowledge of programmable logic design with VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog. - Working knowledge of computer architectures and interfaces. - Fundamental knowledge of programming languages (e.g. Python, C, LabVIEW). - Located within a commutable distance to the NI Corporate headquarters in Austin, TX, or willing to relocate. ## Preferred Qualifications - Demonstrated ability to apply diagnostic insight to identify technical problems, propose viable options, and apply technical solutions. - Quickly learn applicable technologies, systems, and products. - Take initiative, be a self-starter, and work independently. - Work and communicate effectively in a team development environment. - Persistently drive tasks and projects to successful completion. - Take ownership of goals and schedules and manage time well. - Familiarity with common benchtop instruments such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, function generators, and power supplies. - Familiarity with Xilinx, Intel, or Lattice FPGAs and CPLDs, as well as their design tools. ## Our Offer to You Emerson offers flexible, competitive benefit plans to meet employees' and their families' physical, mental, financial, and social needs. Benefits include a market-leading 401(k) and profit-sharing plan; medical insurance plans with dental and vision coverage; family formation benefits and paid parental leave; an Employee Assistance Program; tuition reimbursement; employee resource groups; recognition; and flexible time off, including vacation, holiday, and sick leave. Training and development opportunities include face-to-face and virtual training, mentorship and coaching, project management, and on-the-job training. ## Work Authorization Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1 (including those with OPT or CPT), H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.