Grass Valley
Hardware Engineer (Based in Kobe)
Japan - Full Time
With our award-winning technology and trusted expertise, Grass Valley enables and empowers creators, broadcasters and media organizations to produce brilliant content that captivates audiences and connects people through the magic of media.
As the industry’s R&D powerhouse, we offer the widest and deepest range of best-in-class solutions in the industry. We are the trusted partner to many of the biggest and most creative names in the media and entertainment business as we help our customers to build successful media businesses and navigate the rapidly shifting mediascape.
Why join Grass Valley?
As the world continues to evolve, Grass Valley is also transforming: Creating innovative breakthrough solutions to serve customers’ changing needs and realities. We are proud that for over 60 years, our innovations have enabled content creators, broadcasters and media organizations to produce rich, compelling content that brings the viewer even closer to the action; more engaged with the story and more connected to others.
Our people are creative, knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated, working together to deliver high quality solutions and services to customers all over the world. We are looking for our future ambassadors, technologists, thought leaders and innovators to continue this beautiful journey with us. This is your opportunity, join us!
For further information, please visit www.grassvalley.com.
The Opportunity
Grass Valley is seeking for a motivated and experienced Hardware Engineer to join our team in Kobe, Japan. Our Hardware Engineer develops hardware and system for video editing workstations and digital disc recorders using PC architecture.
Your Role
Hardware Product Development
What you Have to Offer
As the industry’s R&D powerhouse, we offer the widest and deepest range of best-in-class solutions in the industry. We are the trusted partner to many of the biggest and most creative names in the media and entertainment business as we help our customers to build successful media businesses and navigate the rapidly shifting mediascape.
Why join Grass Valley?
As the world continues to evolve, Grass Valley is also transforming: Creating innovative breakthrough solutions to serve customers’ changing needs and realities. We are proud that for over 60 years, our innovations have enabled content creators, broadcasters and media organizations to produce rich, compelling content that brings the viewer even closer to the action; more engaged with the story and more connected to others.
Our people are creative, knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated, working together to deliver high quality solutions and services to customers all over the world. We are looking for our future ambassadors, technologists, thought leaders and innovators to continue this beautiful journey with us. This is your opportunity, join us!
For further information, please visit www.grassvalley.com.
The Opportunity
Grass Valley is seeking for a motivated and experienced Hardware Engineer to join our team in Kobe, Japan. Our Hardware Engineer develops hardware and system for video editing workstations and digital disc recorders using PC architecture.
Your Role
Hardware Product Development
- Planning of new model development
- Survey of the latest technology trends and roadmaps of PC products and PC components
- Product development plan based on roadmaps for various hardware and OS (Windows)
- Estimating development project budgets and product costs
- Hardware development work
- Product Specification Creation
- Selection of components (performance evaluation of CPUs, motherboards, graphics boards, I/O boards, storage, etc. according to the product)
- Board development (circuit design, specification creation for board designers, PCB design data inspection, board prototyping, procurement of mounting components, verification)
- Chassis development (structural design, specification creation for mechanical design contractors, 3D design data inspection, sheet metal prototyping, verification)
- Harness design (wiring design, specification creation for contract manufacturers, prototyping, verification)
- Prototype production (procurement of parts, assembly work)
- Prototype evaluation (functional testing, debugging)
- Environmental tests (temperature tests, vibration, drop, transportation tests, etc.)
- EMC tests (radio wave tests, electrostatic tests, noise tests, etc.)
- Acquisition of international safety standard certification for overseas export
Maintenance of existing products
- Windows Version Update Verification
- Application Software Upgrade Verification
- Responding to changes in specifications due to the end of production of used parts
- Alternate Component Selection and Verification
- Issuance of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
- Updating manuals
Manufacturing operations
- Transfer of products to factories (manufacturing contractors)
- Preparation of assembly and inspection procedure manuals and technical guidance
- Design, preparation, and technical guidance of product inspection equipment
- Operations associated with changes in product specifications
- Changes in procedure documents due to changes in parts and procedures
- Responding to manufacturing process defects
- Investigation of difficult-to-solve problems at the work site
- Regular Factory Meetings
Quality assurance-related operations
- Acquisition of Safety Standard Certification
- Contact for correspondence with third-party certification bodies
- Obtaining certification materials for various parts and preparing application documents, etc.
- Progress management of acquisition status
- Regulation of Hazardous Chemical Substances
- Acquisition of survey documents (RoHS certificates, etc.) for various parts
- Overall product coordination
- Overseas Export Orders
- Creation of the non-judgment parameter sheet
- Regular Quality Meetings
Preparation of documentation
- Preparation of product user guides, service manuals, etc.
- Presentation of specifications to contractors, acquisition of quotations, and schedule management
- Verifying Configuration Data
Support-related operations
- In the event of a market problem, the support department investigates the problem that is difficult to solve.
What you Have to Offer
- Experience in developing PC products (desktops, workstations) or PC based hardware products
- Experience in electrical circuit design
- Experience in digital board circuit design
- Experience in designing and evaluating PC peripheral devices (graphics, storage, etc.)
- Chassis development experience (structural design)
- Practical experience in EMC tests (radio wave tests, noise tests, electrostatic tests, etc.)
- Experience in outsourcing manufacturing of products (technical guidance to partner factories, coordination work, etc.)
- Experience in the development of overseas export products
- Experience in managing product development progress and budgets
Required Skills
- Bachelors in Engineering
- Business English is necessary.
- Knowledge of PC architecture
- Knowledge of electrical circuit design and digital circuit design
- Knowledge of board product development procedures
- Knowledge of OS (Windows)
- Knowledge of video technology
- Utilize measurement equipment such as video signal waveform monitors for evaluating video products and conducting technical research.
- Knowledge of safety standards, radio wave standards, etc.
- Knowledge of chemical substance management (RoHS Directive, REACH regulations, etc.)
- Evaluate the completeness of hardware products and assess their development and evaluation processes.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in developing board products (motherboards, etc.) using CPUs (especially Intel Xeon, Intel Core-i, etc.)
- Experience in the development of video products and video boards
- Experience in-house design development (evaluation and verification of thermal design, robustness, durability, noise, etc.)
- Grass Valley offers competitive compensation packages in an energizing and supportive work environment.
- This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.
- Grass Valley is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.
