Hardware Engineer

Highlander Consultants; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Highlander Consultants seeks a Hardware Engineering Leader to drive embedded hardware development from concept to production. You will lead analog, digital and mixed-signal design, mentor engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable, manufacturable products through EVT/DVT/PVT and product release.

You will provide technical escalation support, work with quality and regulatory teams, and guide engineering documentation, CAPA actions, and change control across the product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering is required.
• 5+ years of hardware design and embedded product development experience.
• Experience taking products from concept to production and sustaining engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded hardware design from concept to production and release.
• Oversee analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, sensor, and MCU hardware design.
• Provide hands-on debugging, root-cause analysis, and hardware validation.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Chain on components and cost reductions.
• Support manufacturing issues, yield improvements, and engineering changes.

Skills

Leadership mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Design reviews

Engineering problem solving

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Master's preferred

Tools

Altium

Schematic capture

PCB layout review

ECN / configuration management

Job description

Hardware Engineering Leader for a growing firm in Jacksonville

15th September, 2026

The Hardware Engineer provides hands-on technical leadership in the design, development, and support of embedded electronic products throughout the product lifecycle. This role leads hardware development and product improvements while partnering cross-functionally to ensure products are reliable, manufacturable, compliant, and successfully supported from development through production.

• Lead the design and development of embedded electronic products from concept through production, including circuit design, component selection, prototyping, design reviews, documentation, EVT/DVT/PVT, and product release.
• Lead and perform analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, sensor, wireless, and microcontroller-based hardware design, including schematic development and PCB layout reviews to ensure performance, manufacturability, and design quality.
• Lead prototype bring-up, functional verification, environmental and reliability testing, EMC pre-compliance testing, hardware debugging, root cause analysis, and design validation.
• Provide hands-on technical support for production and existing products, including manufacturing issues, pilot builds, engineering changes, yield improvement, product enhancements, defect reduction, and complex troubleshooting.
• Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain on component availability, alternate component qualification, obsolescence, supplier technical issues, second sourcing, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex product and customer issues, including field failures, returned products, hardware/firmware troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Partner with Quality to support engineering documentation, design controls, CAPA investigations, configuration management, ISO 9001 requirements, and product certifications including EMC/EMI, FCC, CE, UL, HazLoc, environmental, and reliability testing.
• Provide team, technical, and organizational guidance to engineering team members, including technical direction, mentoring, prioritization, design reviews, engineering best practices, cross-training, and knowledge sharing to support effective execution and accountability across the team.
• Work closely with Firmware, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Technical Support, and Operations to prioritize technical issues and ensure successful product development and ongoing product support.

Qualifications

The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job well:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (required). Master's preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in hardware design and development of embedded electronic products.
• Proven experience taking products from concept through production and sustaining engineering.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, production, supply chain, and field technical support.
• Experience working in cross-functional product development teams.

Technical Skills

• Experience leading, mentoring, coaching other engineers
• Strong knowledge of analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design.
• Experience with microcontroller-based embedded systems and common communication interfaces
• Experience designing power supplies, sensor interfaces, and battery-powered products.
• Proficiency with schematic capture, PCB design, and PCB layout review using Altium (or equivalent)
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Testability (DFT) experience.
• Experience using laboratory equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, digital multimeters, and power supplies.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex hardware issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Experience with product validation, environmental testing, and regulatory compliance
• Working knowledge of Engineering Change Notice (ECN) processes, configuration management, and engineering documentation.
• Familiarity with embedded firmware development and debugging is preferred.
• Software/middleware expertise

About the Company

Our client is a growing, Jacksonville, FL-based technology company that designs monitoring solutions for industrial and plant equipment, serving customers across a range of heavy-industry sectors.