Job Description

This position allows for 3 days per week remote / work from home.

Salary: $140,000 - 170,000/year

A global developer and manufacturer of advanced networking, connectivity, and industrial automation hardware is seeking a Lead Hardware Design Engineer. In this position, you will oversee full-lifecycle printed circuit board (PCB) and system architecture design—guiding complex electronics projects from early-stage concept to high-volume manufacturing.

You will serve as a primary technical driver across multidisciplinary teams—collaborating with software engineering, mechanical design, quality assurance, and operations to deliver durable, scalable, and cost-effective product lines.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end hardware architecture for industrial IoT, embedded computing, and telecommunications equipment.
• Translate product specifications into robust circuit topologies, system block diagrams, and hardware functional specs.
• Engineer complex mixed-signal, analog, digital, and power regulation sub-assemblies.
• Evaluate and select primary silicon platforms, including application processors, SoCs, FPGAs, power management ICs, memory modules, and high-speed communication transceivers.
• Execute schematic capture via industry-standard EDA platforms while balancing performance, target unit costs, manufacturability, and thermal constraints.
• Architect system designs supporting RTOS environments and Embedded Linux chipsets.
• Layout high-speed communication networks and memory topologies (DDRx, Gigabit/Multi-Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe, USB, SERDES, SPI, I²C, UART).
• Implement physical layer interfaces across wired, fiber, RF, or specialized industrial protocols.
• Design power supply networks, including DC-DC switching regulators, power distribution networks (PDN), and energy-efficient power rails.
• Perform thermal modeling, timing budget calculations, signal integrity (SI), and power integrity (PI) analysis.
• Lead overall hardware delivery efforts through prototype bring-up, design validation testing (DVT), pilot runs, and mass production.
• Partner with PCB layout engineers to define stack-ups, controlled impedance traces, component placement strategies, and strict routing guidelines.
• Troubleshoot board-level issues during assembly and resolve field reliability reports through structured root-cause analysis.
• Identify alternate components, manage bill-of-materials (BOM) lifecycle risks, and execute cost-reduction redesigns.
• Formulate hardware verification, validation, and automated test plans.
• Direct design execution to ensure compliance with global regulatory standards (FCC, CE, UL, EMC/EMI, and environmental regulations).
• Coordinate with external testing labs to achieve product certifications.
• Function as the primary technical authority for assigned hardware platforms.
• Mentor early- and mid-career engineers, providing peer code/schematic reviews and technical direction.
• Help drive internal engineering standards, technology roadmaps, and continuous improvement across the hardware development lifecycle.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in board-level electronics design and product development.
• Demonstrated track record of launching commercial embedded hardware products from initial design to volume production.
• Deep knowledge of high-speed digital circuit design and mixed-signal architectures.
• Hands-on experience developing hardware for SoC/microprocessor-based architectures and DDR memory interfaces.
• Experience designing power conversion systems, point-of-load (POL) converters, and power management circuits.
• Proficiency in advanced EDA tools for schematic capture and PCB layout oversight.
• Strong diagnostic skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and RF test equipment.
• Excellent technical documentation, verbal communication, and project management skills.

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