Hardware Engineering Technician

ButterflyMX, Inc.; Irvine, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision plans

401(k) with match

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Family Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Quarterly self-care stipends

FSA/HSA options

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

ButterflyMX is seeking a hands-on Hardware Engineering Technician to support electronics assemblies, testing, troubleshooting, and quality documentation for our access hardware platform. You will work across engineering, operations, and suppliers to improve reliability and field readiness.

The role emphasizes test procedures, failure analysis, RMA support, and documenting results clearly. Strong electronics skills, lab discipline, and collaboration are essential for success in a distributed team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on electronics technician experience in engineering, manufacturing, test, repair, or lab environments.
• Ability to read schematics, drawings, work instructions, test procedures, and basic mechanical documentation.
• Working knowledge of PCBs, components, cables, connectors, power systems, sensors, controllers, and embedded hardware.
• Proficiency with standard lab tools, soldering, wiring, rework, inspection, assembly, and repair.
• Ability to troubleshoot board, cable, connector, assembly, configuration, and system-level issues.
• Strong documentation discipline for test records, repair notes, inspection findings, photos, logs, and issue summaries.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets, ticketing systems, shared documentation, test logs, and basic data tools.
• Detail-oriented, safety-conscious, ESD-aware, organized, independent, and collaborative across remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, configure, and prepare hardware for prototype and production.
• Perform soldering, wiring, labeling, fixture setup, and rework.
• Track serial numbers, revisions, configurations, and build status.
• Execute testing, validation, and reliability support across EVT, DVT, and PVT.
• Record measurements, anomalies, photos, logs, and pass/fail results.
• Diagnose failed assemblies, field returns, and intermittent hardware issues.
• Document root cause, repair actions, and final disposition.
• Maintain safe, organized lab and test areas; manage tools and fixtures.

Skills

Electronics testing

Schematic reading

PCB knowledge

Soldering

Troubleshooting

Lab documentation

Test equipment usage

Tools

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

ESD controls

Soldering station

Job description

We’re growing — come grow with us. If you love technology, real estate, and improving the lives of others, we want you to join our team!

We’re 300+ team members from all over the US, Canada, and Europe

If you’re excited by technology, real estate, and building products that make everyday life better, you’ll feel at home here.

Great people are at the heart of ButterflyMX. As a distributed, mostly remote team, we’re looking for smart, curious, collaborative, and down-to-earth people who want to do meaningful work and help shape what comes next.

Our culture is transparent, flexible, and built on trust. We offer benefits designed to support your well-being and long-term growth, from a 401(k) match to quarterly self-care stipends. And while we take our work seriously, we don’t take ourselves too seriously, and there’s always room for a good laugh.

ButterflyMX was founded in 2014 with a simple idea: use technology to make the places where people live, work, and visit safe, simple, and easy to manage.

What started as a smart video intercom has grown into a unified property access and security platform used by more than 20,000 properties. Today, our technology helps owners and operators manage access, strengthen security, automate everyday workflows, and create better experiences for residents, tenants, visitors, staff, and vendors.

We’re continuing to build what’s next for property technology, bringing hardware, software, and integrations together to solve real-world challenges at scale. And we’re looking for talented people who want to help us shape the future of how people access and experience the built world.

Our team

Our team includes 300+ talented people across the United States, Canada, and Europe, including engineers, designers, customer success professionals, salespeople, and marketers. Together, we build the hardware and software that power ButterflyMX’s unified property access and security platform — helping properties automate access, operations, and security from a single system.

With four offices worldwide, including our global headquarters in New York City, our Canadian headquarters in Toronto, and our European headquarters in Croatia, ButterflyMX combines a distributed team with a shared mission: to make properties safe, simple, and easy to operate.

ButterflyMX is on a mission to empower people to automate property access, operations, and security from a single platform. Our products are installed in more than 20,000+ multifamily, commercial, gated communities, and student-housing properties worldwide, including properties developed, owned, and managed by the most trusted names in real estate. Our features are designed for developers, owners, property managers, and tenants and our products lower operating costs and improve tenant satisfaction

Our Solution

Developers and owners no longer need to run building wiring or install in-unit hardware. Property managers can grant building access, revoke permissions, and review entry logs from an online dashboard. Residents can open doors from their smartphones, issue visitor access, and see who is trying to enter the building.

Our Culture & Values

Fantastic people are the key to our success. As a distributed, primarily remote workforce, we’re looking for more intelligent, passionate, collaborative, ai-forward, and down-to-earth individuals to join our growing team. We’re driven by a shared commitment to excellence and innovation, grounded in our core values: We delight our customers, We take ownership, We are a community of collaborators, We speak up, We think big and do small, and We are tenacious.

Role Overview

At ButterflyMX, reliable hardware is essential to delivering a dependable access control experience for our customers. We are seeking a hands‑on Hardware Engineering Technician to support the Hardware Engineering and Hardware Operations teams across product assembly, testing, troubleshooting, repair, failure analysis, quality validation, supplier quality documentation, and engineering test execution.

This role sits at the practical intersection of electronics, hardware validation, manufacturing operations, field reliability, and quality improvement. The successful candidate will be comfortable working directly with electronic assemblies, intercoms, access control devices, readers, controllers, wireless hardware, test fixtures, cables, power supplies, sensors, and production or prototype hardware.

The Hardware Engineering Technician will help build and test engineering prototypes, execute defined test procedures, document results clearly, troubleshoot failed products, perform repairs where appropriate, support RMA and field‑failure investigations, assist with quality and reliability testing, and help document supplier quality audits and corrective actions. This is a hands‑on role for someone who is organized, detail‑oriented, technically curious, and capable of turning test observations into clear, useful engineering and operations documentation.

This role is ideal for someone with strong standard electronics technician skills, good lab discipline, practical troubleshooting instincts, and the ability to work across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Manufacturing, Support, and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, Configure, and Prepare Hardware
• Assemble, modify, and configure prototype and production hardware.
• Perform soldering, wiring, labeling, fixture setup, and rework.
• Track serial numbers, revisions, configurations, and build status.
• Execute Testing, Validation, and Reliability Support
• Perform electrical, functional, environmental, and reliability testing.
• Support EVT, DVT, PVT, pilot, and production readiness testing.
• Record measurements, anomalies, photos, logs, and pass/fail results.
• Troubleshoot, Analyze, and Repair Failed Products
• Diagnose failed assemblies, field returns, and intermittent hardware issues.
• Investigate electrical, mechanical, thermal, installation, and manufacturing failures.
• Document root cause, repair actions, and final disposition.
• Support Quality, Supplier, and Corrective Action Processes
• Support inspections, supplier audits, quality reviews, and defect investigations.
• Document findings, defects, containment actions, and corrective actions.
• Verify supplier, production, and engineering corrective‑action effectiveness.
• Maintain Lab, Fixtures, Equipment, and Documentation
• Maintain safe, organized, ESD‑compliant lab and test areas.
• Set up, track, and maintain tools, fixtures, and equipment.
• Create work instructions, test procedures, checklists, and repair guides.
• Partner Across Engineering and Operations
• Support Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Support teams.
• Assist prototype builds, pilot builds, supplier evaluations, and investigations.
• Communicate findings, risks, blockers, and recommended next steps.
• Solve Practical Problems with Ownership and Tenacity
• Diagnose ambiguous issues across hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and installation.
• Escalate problems with evidence, data, and proposed actions.
• Own assigned builds, tests, investigations, documentation, and repairs

Requirements

• Hands‑on electronics technician experience in engineering, manufacturing, test, repair, quality, or lab environments.
• Ability to read schematics, drawings, work instructions, test procedures, and basic mechanical documentation.
• Working knowledge of PCBs, components, cables, connectors, power systems, sensors, controllers, and embedded hardware.
• Proficiency with standard lab tools, soldering, wiring, rework, inspection, assembly, and repair.
• Ability to troubleshoot board, cable, connector, assembly, configuration, and system‑level issues.
• Strong documentation discipline for test records, repair notes, inspection findings, photos, logs, and issue summaries.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets, ticketing systems, shared documentation, test logs, and basic data tools.
• Detail‑oriented, safety‑conscious, ESD‑aware, organized, independent, and collaborative across remote teams.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with access control, intercoms, IoT, embedded electronics, low‑voltage systems, wireless devices, or cameras.
• Experience supporting EVT, DVT, PVT, pilot builds, production validation, RMAs, supplier quality, or manufacturing test.
• Familiarity with RS‑485, Wiegand, OSDP, Ethernet, USB, Wi‑Fi, BLE, cellular, relays, and door hardware.
• Experience with environmental, thermal, humidity, vibration, ingress, electrical stress, burn‑in, or accelerated reliability testing.
• Familiarity with IPC workmanship, ESD controls, calibration, nonconforming material, corrective actions, and audit documentation.
• Experience with test fixtures, harnesses, adapters, lab setups, production test tools, serial terminals, logs, or firmware loading utilities.

Compensation

The expected base salary range for this position is $85,000-$95,000. Actual compensation will depend on factors including budget, skills, experience, location, and internal equity. This position may also be eligible for bonuses, equity, or other forms of compensation, where applicable.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans (ButterflyMX covers 80% of the cost) starting day 1
• 401(k) plan with a match
• Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (ButterflyMX covers 100% of the cost)
• Short and Long Term Disability (ButterflyMX covers 100% of the cost)
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Quarterly self‑care stipends
• Access to optional benefits including pre‑tax flexible healthcare spending accounts (FSA and HSA), Dependent Care FSA, and Commuter Benefits, as well as optional Supplemental Life, AD&D, Hospital Indemnity, Legal, Accident, Critical Illness, Pet, and Personal Liability Insurance
• And more!

ButterflyMX is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. You must have the authorization to work in the US to become an employee. We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates and employees. If you need reasonable accommodations during the application or the recruiting process, please let our recruiting team know.