Hardware Engineer: End-to-End Design, Prototyping & Production

Safe Fleet; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Safe Fleet is seeking a hardware engineer to manage the full lifecycle of new and current products—from design and prototyping to production deployment. You will also design local programs to support production processing and quality control systems.

The role requires hands-on hardware design with CANBus/Serial expertise, extensive testing, and strong documentation skills. Travel 10-20% is expected, and FCC/CE/regulatory awareness is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Proven hardware design experience with demonstrable products.
• Familiarity with Python or C# for desktop application development.
• Strong embedded programming skills in C/C++ or similar low-level languages.
• Hands-on experience with CANBus and Serial (RS-232/RS-485/UART) communication protocols.
• Practical electronics knowledge: reading schematics, using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers, debugging hardware issues.
• Production environment experience: understanding design-for-manufacturing principles.

Responsibilities

• Hardware development: design, prototype, and test solutions for TireViewLIVE and TST lines.
• Complete knowledge of CANBus and Serial communication protocols.
• Testing and validation: design and execute hardware testing from bench to environmental tests.
• Documentation: maintain technical docs for hardware designs, interfaces, and procedures.
• Troubleshooting: debug issues spanning hardware, firmware, and software.

Skills

Hardware design

CANBus

Serial communication

Embedded C/C++

Python or C#

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

PCB Layout Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzers

Production tooling

Job description

Safe Fleet is seeking a hardware engineer to manage the full lifecycle of new and current products—from design and prototyping to production deployment. You will also design local programs to support production processing and quality control systems.

The role requires hands-on hardware design with CANBus/Serial expertise, extensive testing, and strong documentation skills. Travel 10-20% is expected, and FCC/CE/regulatory awareness is a plus.