Hybrid Hardware Development Engineer

at Nomad Digital

• Job title: Hardware Development Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Firewalls, Linux, Switching
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Paris, France

About the role

• Hardware Development Engineer defining HW strategy and product roadmap for passenger connectivity solutions. Collaborating with teams to ensure high-quality and innovative networking solutions in a hybrid role from Paris.

Responsibilities

• Help to define the HW strategy in alignment with the 3-year planned roadmap.
• Redact technical specification documentation for new and replacement of end-of-life HW to be sent to external HW suppliers.
• Follow-up the market, our competitors and HW suppliers’ product roadmap.
• Gather inputs from customers, sales & service teams to identify new significant requirements.
• Manage the product backlog and prioritise the backlog items.
• Provide technical support to supplier selection & evaluation.
• Cooperate with the Head of Rail Engineering Compliance to ensure that products meet standards.
• Perform detailed inspections of initial production samples during First Article Inspection (FAI).
• Deliver and maintain detailed documentation of all testing procedures, results, and FAI reports.
• Develop necessary test plans for hardware products: functional, performance & stress testing, new features, etc.
• Plan and execute the tests in-line with the plan.
• Review roadmap, planning, EOL risks and test results with relevant teams.
• Present new solutions and provide documentation to Bid and Sales teams.
• Support for tenders: review requirements and validate solution design.
• Gather integration information about new products and features from development team.
• Plan HW testing and review test results with Hardware Integration team.
• Exchange information with Procurement team regarding third party products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or related fields.
• Qualified in networking to a formal qualification CCNA, CCDP, CCNP, WSCTA or equivalent.
• Qualification in network security and/or ethical hacking would be an advantage.
• Solid understanding of Ethernet switching and routing (L2/L3), VLANs, STP, PoE, QoS, multicast, etc.
• Knowledge of Wi-Fi standards (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), RF fundamentals, and wireless security.
• Familiarity with network management platforms, cloud-managed networking, and SDN concepts.
• A basic understanding of electronic design techniques, as well as electronics production, to a level that enables the review of specific design requirements and the evaluation of product quality in accordance with IPC standards.
• 3–5+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Owner, or Engineering role within networking/IT infrastructure and with Network Hardware – Switches, Routers and Access Points.
• Experience setting up office LAN/WAN end-to-end, including security considerations, segregation services on VLAN’s L3 routing, Iptables/Firewalls, net filtering, logging, proxy server and VPN.
• Extensive experience configuring and managing network devices from multiple vendors.
• Experience in the configuration of Wi-Fi access points/client bridges, Ethernet switches and routers.
• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Knowledge of Linux OpenWRT distribution is a real advantage.
• Experience of network monitoring and management tools used to capture and analyse performance and behaviour e.g. Wireshark.
• Design specification experience for Hardware products.
• Fluent in both French and English language, written and verbal.
• Experience using Microsoft Office products.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities