Embedded Sensor & Hardware Design Engineer

REEKON Tools; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

REEKON Tools is seeking an Electronic Design Engineer to bridge real-world physics, sensor electronics, and hardware integration. You will own the physical hardware bring-up from sensor selection to rugged enclosures and testing with firmware and Python for validation.

You will work with our team on new consumer hardware, designing circuits, BOMs, and system architecture for next‑generation tools, including optical encoders, TOF sensors, IMUs, load cells, and actuators.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years industry experience shipping hardware products.
• General electronics knowledge; microcontrollers, sensor technologies, communication protocols, motor control, etc.
• PCB schematic capture and layout experience (preferably experience with Altium Designer).
• Familiarity with test equipment, soldering, and debugging techniques.
• Comfortable working on hardware to validate and test software (test jigs and product prototypes).
• Medium to advanced experience with embedded firmware development (C/C++).

Responsibilities

• Working with our engineering team in developing new consumer hardware products with tightly integrated mechanical and electrical elements controlled by embedded software
• Own electronics design for new product lines from early R&D through mass production at our contract manufacturing partner
• Comfortable in conducting independent research and explorations
• Design circuits and system architecture for next-generation tools
• Organize and maintain BOMs
• Implement systems integrations of sensors, displays, and microprocessors into prototypes and products
• Design analog front-ends, signal conditioning, and driver circuits for optical encoders, TOF sensors, IMUs, load cells, and actuators

Skills

Embedded firmware

Electronics design

PCB layout

Sensor technologies

Microcontrollers

Testing techniques

C/C++

Python basics

Tools

Altium Designer

Soldering

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Job description

REEKON Tools is seeking an Electronic Design Engineer to bridge real-world physics, sensor electronics, and hardware integration. You will own the physical hardware bring-up from sensor selection to rugged enclosures and testing with firmware and Python for validation.

You will work with our team on new consumer hardware, designing circuits, BOMs, and system architecture for next‑generation tools, including optical encoders, TOF sensors, IMUs, load cells, and actuators.