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# Hardware Engineer

- **Company:** Yubico
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $210,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Agile Methodology, Altium Designer, Confluence, JIRA, Collaborative Software, Communications Protocols, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Routing, PCI Express, RS-232, RS-485 Standard, Schematic Capture, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, USB, Extensible Firmware Interface, Serial Peripheral Interface, PIC Microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Zigbee, Wireless Technologies, U-Boot
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-hardware-engineer-yubico-inc-8346123

## About the Role

* BS or Masters in Electrical Engineering or a relevant technical discipline
 * 7+ years of experience designing embedded hardware systems, using EDA/PCB design software (Altium or Allegro/Cadence ) Schematic Capture, Layout / Routing and DFM/DFA
 * Experience with Bus communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, RS232/RS485, PCIe, 10/100/1000 Ethernet , CAN)
 * Experience with Microcontrollers, preferably STM, TI, Freescale, NXP, and relevant software stacks
 * Use of relevant tools such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
 * Testing and Debugging, creating test protocols, reports and SOPs, * Designing software architectures for scalability, reliability, and performance
 * Wireless technologies (NFC, Bluetooth, BLE, BLE Mesh, ZigBee )
 * Hardware (PCB, JTAG, UART, SPI, ROM, microcode, custom ASIC/FPGA) x86 and/or ARM chipset and firmware security (TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, secure boot)
 * Experience with mechanical fixtures and automation
 * PLM tools experience ( Arena or Agile )
 * Collaboration Tools experience (JIRA/Confluence)

## Description

We are looking for a Senior Hardware Engineer who is innovative and has a passion for hardware and firmware design of cutting edge security devices. In this role, you will be part of the team that brings new ideas from prototypes to the mass-producible hardware. You will also be responsible for analyzing hardware design for manufacturability, security, and reliability.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

 * Electronic Design from concept to implementation and hand-over to manufacturing at scale
 * Testing prototypes, HW/FW troubleshooting, solving design and manufacturing issues
 * Collaborating with FW/SW/Test/Mfg teams to deliver compatible, reliable products
 * Overseeing the manufacturing process of electrical components/assemblies to ensure they meet the design specifications


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