Hardware Engineer Lead

The Sr. Hardware Engineer Lead provides hands-on technical leadership in the design, development, and support of embedded electronic products throughout the product lifecycle. This role leads hardware development and product improvements while partnering cross-functionally to ensure products are reliable, manufacturable, compliant, and successfully supported from development through production., * Lead the design and development of embedded electronic products from concept through production, including circuit design, component selection, prototyping, design reviews, documentation, EVT/DVT/PVT, and product release.

• Lead and perform analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, sensor, wireless, and microcontroller-based hardware design, including schematic development and PCB layout reviews to ensure performance, manufacturability, and design quality.

• Lead prototype bring-up, functional verification, environmental and reliability testing, EMC pre-compliance testing, hardware debugging, root cause analysis, and design validation.

• Provide hands-on technical support for production and existing products, including manufacturing issues, pilot builds, engineering changes, yield improvement, product enhancements, defect reduction, and complex troubleshooting.

• Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain on component availability, alternate component qualification, obsolescence, supplier technical issues, second sourcing, and cost reduction initiatives.

• Serve as a Sr technical escalation point for complex product and customer issues, including field failures, returned products, hardware/firmware troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.

• Partner with Quality to support engineering documentation, design controls, CAPA investigations, configuration management, ISO 9001 requirements, and product certifications including EMC/EMI, FCC, CE, UL, HazLoc, environmental, and reliability testing.

• Provide team, technical, and organizational guidance to engineering team members, including technical direction, mentoring, prioritization, design reviews, engineering best practices, cross-training, and knowledge sharing to support effective execution and accountability across the team.

• Work closely with Firmware, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Technical Support, and Operations to prioritize technical issues and ensure successful product development and ongoing product support.

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• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (required).

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field (preferred).

• 3-7 years of experience in hardware design and development of embedded electronic products.

• Proven experience taking products from concept through production and sustaining engineering.

• Experience supporting manufacturing, production, supply chain, and field technical support.

• Experience working in cross-functional product development teams.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design.

• Experience with microcontroller-based embedded systems and common communication interfaces (SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet).

• Experience designing power supplies, sensor interfaces, and battery-powered products.

• Proficiency with schematic capture, PCB design, and PCB layout review using tools such as PADS, Altium Designer, or OrCAD.

• Familiarity with signal integrity, EMC/EMI mitigation, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Testability (DFT).

• Experience using laboratory equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, digital multimeters, and power supplies.

• Ability to troubleshoot complex hardware issues and perform root cause analysis.

• Experience with product validation, environmental testing, and regulatory compliance (FCC, CE, UL, EMC, HazLoc preferred).

• Working knowledge of Engineering Change Notice (ECN) processes, configuration management, and engineering documentation.

• Familiarity with embedded firmware development and debugging is preferred.

• Software/middleware expertise - knowledge of python, c, c++, linux systems., Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors., OrCAD Teamwork Firmware Debugging Operations Leadership Mentorship Mitigation Middleware Procurement Prototyping Testability Multimeters Supply Chain Oscilloscope Communication Investigation Accountability Prioritization Cost Reduction Logic Analyzer Circuit Design Hardware Design Altium Designer ISO 9000 Series Embedded Systems Microcontrollers Signal Integrity Technical Issues Schematic Capture Design Validation Embedded Firmware Project Management Business Valuation Compliance Testing Root Cause Analysis Product Improvement Reliability Testing Time Off Management Computer Engineering Technical Leadership Laboratory Equipment Regulatory Compliance Printed Circuit Board Hardware Architecture Full Stack Development Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Sustaining Engineering New Product Development Wireless Communications Business Transformation Configuration Management Design Verification Test Engineering Documentation Engineering Change Notice C++ (Programming Language) Serial Peripheral Interface Product Lifecycle Management Design For Manufacturability Printed Circuit Board Design Python (Programming Language) Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter Electromagnetic Interference And Compatibility (EMC/EMI), OrCAD Teamwork Firmware Debugging Operations Leadership Mentorship Mitigation Middleware Procurement Prototyping Testability Multimeters Supply Chain Oscilloscope Communication Investigation Accountability Prioritization Cost Reduction Logic Analyzer Circuit Design Hardware Design Altium Designer ISO 9000 Series Embedded Systems Microcontrollers Signal Integrity Technical Issues Schematic Capture Design Validation Embedded Firmware Business Valuation Compliance Testing Root Cause Analysis Product Improvement Reliability Testing Time Off Management Computer Engineering Technical Leadership Laboratory Equipment Regulatory Compliance Printed Circuit Board Hardware Architecture Full Stack Development Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Sustaining Engineering New Product Development Wireless Communications Business Transformation Configuration Management Design Verification Test Engineering Documentation Engineering Change Notice C++ (Programming Language) Serial Peripheral Interface Product Lifecycle Management Design For Manufacturability Printed Circuit Board Design Python (Programming Language) Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter Electromagnetic Interference And Compatibility (EMC/EMI)

Salary and Benefits * Compensation commensurate with experience * Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance * Retirement plan with company match * Paid time off (PTO)

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