Hardware System Engineer

Quectel; Manaus; On-site; BRL 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Meal and grocery vouchers

Private health insurance

Life insurance and accident cover

Paid time off and holidays

Structured onboarding and training

Job summary

Quectel's Manaus R&D Center is seeking a Junior Hardware System Engineer to translate customer requirements into well-defined hardware products. You will work between customers, project teams, and hardware engineers to define specifications, shape solutions, and support cost quotations from concept through development.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years of hardware experience, read schematics, and can communicate in Portuguese and English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 1–3 years of hardware engineering, hardware system design, or electronic product development.
• Ability to read schematics and to prepare or review Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Ability to translate customer requirements into technical specifications and documentation.
• Good communication and presentation skills for customer-facing technical discussions.
• Fluent Portuguese and professional working English.

Responsibilities

• Assist the project team in preparing and outputting costing BOMs to support accurate and rapid cost quotations for customer products.
• Collect and identify customer requirements, produce requirement reports, and serve as the project's external technical interface; visit customers to present solution advantages and development capabilities.
• Define product design specifications across system architecture, hardware function implementation, and performance metrics, and produce complete product definition documents.
• Organize the formulation of hardware solutions, including selection of main functional components and structuring of signal processing flows, and guide hardware engineers in project development.
• Coordinate with relevant departments to promptly and effectively resolve system engineering issues arising during development.
• Stay informed of development trends in industry-related technologies, and provide creative and technical support for introducing new functions and technologies into future projects.

Skills

Hardware system design

Customer requirements translation

BOM preparation

Technical interface with customers

English-Portuguese bilingual

Schematic reading

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence

OrCAD

Job description

Region: LATAM

Seniority: Junior (1–3 years of experience)

Employment Type: Full-Time — Employment Agreement (unlimited term)

About the Role

Quectel's Manaus R&D Center is looking for a Hardware System Engineer to help turn customer requirements into well-defined hardware products. Working between customers, project teams, and hardware engineers, you will support cost quotations, define product specifications, shape hardware solutions, and help resolve system engineering issues from early concept through development.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the project team in preparing and outputting costing BOMs (Bills of Materials) to support accurate and rapid cost quotations for customer products.
• Collect and identify customer requirements, produce requirement reports, and serve as the project's external technical interface; visit customers to present solution advantages and development capabilities, helping the front line win customer opportunities.
• Define product design specifications across system architecture, hardware function implementation, and performance metrics, and produce complete product definition documents.
• Organize the formulation of hardware solutions, including selection of main functional components and structuring of signal processing flows, and guide hardware engineers in project development.
• Coordinate with relevant departments to promptly and effectively resolve system engineering issues arising during development.
• Stay informed of development trends in industry-related technologies, and provide creative and technical support for introducing new functions and technologies into future projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in hardware engineering, hardware system design, or electronic product development.
• Understanding of hardware system architecture, including component selection, circuit design, and signal processing flows.
• Ability to read schematics and to prepare or review Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Ability to translate customer requirements into technical specifications and documentation.
• Good communication and presentation skills for customer-facing technical discussions.
• Fluent Portuguese and professional working English.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of wireless and IoT technologies such as cellular (LTE/5G), GNSS, Wi‑Fi, or Bluetooth.
• Experience with schematic and PCB design tools (e.g., Altium, Cadence, OrCAD).
• Familiarity with electronic component costing and supplier selection.
• Experience in an R&D or electronics manufacturing environment, including the Manaus industrial hub.

About Quectel

Quectel's passion for a smarter world drives us to accelerate IoT innovation. A highly customer-centric organization, we are an end-to-end global IoT solutions provider backed by outstanding support and services. Our global team of more than 5,800 professionals leads the way in delivering cellular, GNSS, satellite, Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth modules, high-performance antennas, value-added services, and full turnkey offerings including ODM services and system integration.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Shanghai, Quectel operates regional offices, R&D centers, and technical support teams across APAC, EMEA, North America, and LATAM — including its R&D center in Manaus — helping customers bring connected devices to market faster.

Industries & Applications

Quectel's modules and antennas power innovation across a wide range of industries:

• Smart Metering & Utilities — Electricity, water, and gas metering solutions
• Asset Tracking & Logistics — Fleet management, cold chain, and supply chain visibility
• Smart Agriculture — Precision farming, greenhouse monitoring, and livestock tracking
• Smart Cities & Infrastructure — Street lighting, parking, public safety, environmental monitoring
• Industrial IoT & Automation — Predictive maintenance, factory automation, condition monitoring
• Connected Mobility & Automotive — Telematics, V2X, EV charging, micro‑mobility
• Smart Home & Consumer IoT — Connected appliances, energy management, security

Why Quectel?

• Build Products Locally — Shape hardware products at Quectel's Manaus R&D Center, backed by global R&D teams in APAC, EMEA, and North America.
• Cutting-Edge Technology — Work with a market-leading portfolio of cellular, GNSS, Wi‑Fi/Bluetooth modules and antennas.
• Career Growth — Technical training, mentorship, international exposure, and clear advancement paths for early-career engineers.
• Inclusive, Global Team — A multicultural workplace collaborating with engineers and IoT experts across R&D, product, and sales.
• Competitive base salary benchmarked to the local market
• Annual performance bonus
• Meal and grocery vouchers
• Private health insurance with no co-pay, extendable to dependents
• Life insurance and accident cover
• Paid time off plus statutory holidays, and paid parental leave per local law
• Structured onboarding and ongoing technical training

Learn More

Explore products, careers, and news at www.quectel.com, or follow Quectel Wireless Solutions on LinkedIn.

Note: Responsibilities may evolve based on business priorities and market needs.

Quectel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic.