Job Description
A Sr. Hardware Systems Engineer responsible for leading the design, development, and lifecycle management of high-volume hardware products, collaborating across teams to ensure robust, manufacturable, and scalable solutions in the IoT industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute and lead the electrical engineering architecture and design for new products, including component selection and technical execution in areas like power, thermals, RF, and PCB specifications.
- Manage the full product lifecycle from prototyping and system bring-up to validation, certification, and high-volume manufacturing.
- Collaborate with product management and customers to translate system requirements into hardware specifications and designs.
- Work with cross-functional teams such as Product Design, Firmware, Engineering Program Management, and NPI to resolve integration challenges and optimize technical and schedule tradeoffs.
- Partner with JDM manufacturing partners to provide technical direction and validation for product quality and timely delivery.
Requirements
- Proven expertise in systems design, encompassing multiple areas such as chipset SoC selection, power optimization, antennas RF, batteries, sensors, and PCB design.
- A strong record of navigating and resolving complex tradeoffs among design performance, manufacturability, cost, and aggressive schedules.
- Experience in shipping high-volume hardware programs, working effectively with ODM JDM partners, with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience across a variety of hardware systems, including those leveraging low power design, wireless technologies LTE, BLE, WiFi, GPS, embedded computing, and sensing imaging.
- Expertise in system bring-up and debug, including validation, desense mitigation, and power characterization.
- BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with global cross-functional teams and drive independent work.
- Experience with certifications and testing involved with industrial and automotive settings, e.g., ISO 16750, AEC-Q100.
- Familiarity with schematic and layout tools such as Altium and Cadence Allegro.
- Experience with design for supply, design for reliability testing, and design for manufacture (DfX) principles.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation range: $165,750 - $257,000 USD annually
Hybrid work schedule: three days in-office and two days remote per week
Travel up to 25% of the time
Relocation assistance provided
Flexible working arrangements including remote and in-person options
Health benefits
Employee-led remote and flexible working options
Total compensation package including base salary, bonuses, RSUs, and performance-based equity refresh awards
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