> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/4253175-sr-hardware-development-electrical-engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/4253175-sr-hardware-development-electrical-engineer). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md).

---

# Sr Hardware Development Electrical Engineer

- **Company:** FIRST ORDER EFFECTS INC.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Altium Designer, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Electronic Design Automation, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Release Management, Schematic Capture, Digital Access Carrier System, Pcb Layout
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d57cd9fe033720fb

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics.
 * 5+ years designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware in industry.
 * You've taken new boards from a blank schematic through production, not incremental revisions of something that already existed, and you can show us the layouts.
 * Fluent in at least one ECAD tool (we use KiCad; Altium or similar is fine) and able to manage a shared library and release process.

Nice To Have

 * Master's degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline.
 * Mixed-signal layout experience: processors or FPGAs, Ethernet, high-speed serial, DDR, I2C/SPI, op-amps, ADCs/DACs, and power supply design on the same board.
 * Power electronics layout: switching converters, gate drive, current sensing, magnetics placement, and managing loop area and parasitics at kilowatt scale.
 * EMI/EMC-aware design and experience taking boards through environmental or compliance testing.
 * Experience debugging and testing electronics on a bench and in the field, and the instinct to build the test setup before the problem shows up.
 * Comfortable in Python and C/C++ for test automation, data analysis, and firmware collaboration.
 * Experience on defense, aerospace, maritime, or other hardware that has to survive its environment., To conform to U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR/EAR), applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; active clearance not required.

## Description

* Own electrical boards end to end: requirements and system trades, architecture, component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, debug, documentation, production release, and test.
 * Do your own layout. You'll be placing parts and routing boards, not handing a schematic to someone else. Stackup, impedance control, power planes, thermal reliefs, creepage and clearance, and DFM for our own floor are your call.
 * Design mixed-signal boards that have to work the first time in salt air, heat, and vibration, and keep working for months without anyone watching: controllers, gate drive, sensing and instrumentation, power supplies, interface and communications boards.
 * Build the bench and the test fixtures for your boards, bring them up yourself, and write down what you learned so the next rev is better.
 * Be on the floor when your boards get built and in the field when they get deployed. If one fails, you go find out why.
 * Work closely with mechanical, thermal, firmware, test, and supply chain so the board fits the enclosure, sheds its heat, gets built repeatably, and uses parts we can actually buy.
 * Push back on requirements that don't hold up, and change your mind when the data says to.