Hardware Design Engineer: From Concept to Production

PulseForge, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

PulseForge, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to own hardware from concept through release.

You’ll develop schematics, select components, and optimize for signal integrity, thermal performance, and EMI, collaborating across electrical, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams. We value hands-on bench experience, strong fundamentals across analog, digital, and power, and a track record of building and testing electronics.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience designing, building, and testing electronic hardware.
• Experience developing original circuits from first principles.
• Strong fundamentals across analog, digital, and power.
• Bench testing with oscilloscopes and lab equipment.
• Able to debug and troubleshoot hardware efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Develop schematics, select components, and evaluate design tradeoffs from concept through release.
• Gather requirements and define system specifications.
• Plan PCB layouts with signal integrity, thermal performance, and EMI in mind.
• Bring up, debug, characterize, and validate new designs at the bench.
• Design and execute test plans, fixtures, and experiments; use data to guide decisions.
• Collaborate with software, mechanical, manufacturing, and applications teams to make solutions work in production and at customer sites.
• Assist sustaining work and product improvements across the installed base.

Skills

Analog & digital design

Power electronics

PCB testing

Debugging

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Altium

LTspice

PSIM

Vivado

Job description

PulseForge, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to own hardware from concept through release.

You’ll develop schematics, select components, and optimize for signal integrity, thermal performance, and EMI, collaborating across electrical, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams. We value hands-on bench experience, strong fundamentals across analog, digital, and power, and a track record of building and testing electronics.