Job Description
The Senior Hardware Systems Engineer will lead the design, development, and validation of high-volume IoT hardware products, collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions that impact industries worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture and design of hardware products based on feasibility, design, and cost studies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Management, Firmware, Hardware, and Supply Chain to make tradeoffs and design decisions.
- Lead the development process from prototyping through field validation to meet performance, cost, and schedule goals.
- Manage relationships with ODM and JDM partners to design, validate, and manufacture high-volume hardware products.
- Evaluate system feature tradeoffs and create system specifications for development.
- Conduct research on the latest semiconductor and hardware technologies to inform design choices.
- Debug and validate system bring-up, including power, desense, and validation testing.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience shipping high volume hardware programs with ODM and JDM partners.
- Systems design expertise including chipset SoC selection, power optimization, antennas RF, batteries, sensors, PCB design, etc.
- Proven record navigating tradeoffs between design, manufacturability, schedule, and cost.
- Experience working on a wide variety of systems for different use cases including automotive, indoor and outdoor industrial areas leveraging low power, wireless LTE, BLE, WiFi, GPS, embedded AI ML, imaging, sensors, etc.
- Proven record of system bring-up debug including desense, validation, power, etc.
- BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
- Ability to travel up to 25% when necessary.
- Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive independent work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Experience with certifications and testing involved with industrial and automotive settings such as ISO16750, AECQ100, etc.
- Schematic and layout design experience in Altium and Cadence Allegro.
- Systems design expertise with cameras and in extreme environmental conditions.
- Experience with design for supply, design for reliability testing, and design for manufacture.
Benefits & Perks
Annual Base Salary range: $124,057.50 - $208,500 USD
Hybrid work schedule requiring three days in the office and two days remote
Relocation assistance provided
Flexible working model supporting both in-person and remote work
Performance-based bonus and equity compensation
Comprehensive health and parental leave plans
Professional development stipend
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