Electrical Design Engineer

Hextronics; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Comprehensive medical benefits

Job summary

Hextronics is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer in Miami, FL to own electrical subsystems from architecture to production. You will drive PCB layout in Altium, perform RF design across drone and dock platforms, and write firmware in C/C++ for bring-up and validation.

You will partner with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to ensure system-level performance and robust hardware solutions through rigorous testing and analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 1–5 years of professional EE experience with full development lifecycle.
• Expert proficiency in Altium for schematic capture and multi-layer PCB layout.
• Deep understanding of analog and digital circuit design, power electronics, and high-speed signal integrity.
• Hands-on RF design experience including antenna integration, impedance-controlled layout, link budget analysis, and bench testing with VNAs and spectrum analyzers.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for firmware development, particularly for board bring-up, diagnostics, and hardware validation.
• Strong experience with simulation tools (e.g., SPICE) and analysis to support design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design process for electrical subsystems - schematic, layout, bring-up, and validation.
• Drive schematic capture and multi-layer PCB layout in Altium.
• Lead RF design across drone and dock platforms.
• Write C/C++ firmware for board bring-up, diagnostics, and hardware validation.
• Define and execute verification, validation, and acceptance testing procedures for development and production hardware.
• Drive root cause analysis on hardware issues and ship robust solutions.
• Propose and validate system architecture decisions through simulation, calculation, and hands-on analysis.
• Work cross-functionally with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing to ensure system-level performance.

Skills

Firmware development in C/C++

Analog & digital circuit design

Power electronics

High-speed signal integrity

RF design

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

SPICE

Job description

Electrical Design Engineer

Miami, FL · On-site

About Hextronics

Hex is building the infrastructure for on-demand aerial data. We design and manufacture drone-in-a-box systems that automate repetitive drone operations, taking humans out of the loop so the people who depend on aerial data can move faster. We're a small, agile team, we move fast, take on extreme ownership, and build products in months, not years.

The Role

As an Electrical Design Engineer, you'll own electrical components end-to-end - from architecture through schematic, layout, bring-up, and production. You'll drive PCB designs across our drone and dock platforms, write firmware for board bring-up and validation, and partner closely with our hardware team to ship products that work in the real world.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design process for electrical subsystems - schematic, layout, bring-up, and validation

• Drive schematic capture and multi-layer PCB layout in Altium

• Lead RF design across drone and dock platforms

• Write C/C++ firmware for board bring-up, diagnostics, and hardware validation

• Define and execute verification, validation, and acceptance testing procedures for development and production hardware

• Drive root cause analysis on hardware issues and ship robust solutions

• Propose and validate system architecture decisions through simulation, calculation, and hands-on analysis

• Work cross-functionally with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing to ensure system-level performance

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related field

• 1-5 years of professional EE experience with a track record of products through a full development lifecycle

• Expert proficiency in Altium for schematic capture and multi-layer PCB layout

• Deep understanding of analog and digital circuit design, power electronics, and high-speed signal integrity

• Hands-on RF design experience - antenna integration, impedance-controlled layout, link budget analysis, and bench testing with VNAs and spectrum analyzers

• Proficiency in C/C++ for firmware development, particularly for board bring-up, diagnostics, and hardware validation

• Strong experience with simulation tools (e.g., SPICE) and analysis to support design decisions

Nice to Have

• Experience with low-power, long-range protocols like LoRa and Wi-Fi HaLow

• Direct experience taking products through FCC and equivalent international regulatory certification

• Expertise in embedded systems architecture with STM32 microcontrollers - peripheral configuration, power management, and debugging

• Experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Test (DFT), and EMI/EMC pre-compliance

• UAV, robotics, aerospace, or defense industry background
  

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and equity

• Comprehensive and highly subsidized medical, dental, and vision benefits for our team and their families

• The chance to work on electrical hardware that controls physical systems in the field

• A small, technical team where your work ships and matters

Hex is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or

Hex is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and to applicants and employees as required by applicable law.