Hybrid Lead Hardware Systems Architect (Founding)

Axon; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 401k

Discretionary PTO

Parental leave

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Axon seeks a Principal Hardware Systems Architect to own system architecture and cross-disciplinary design across electrical, RF, mechanical, thermal, and power domains.

As a founding leader within the Axon 911 hardware team, you will define and drive technical standards, architecture, and engineering processes that shape how our mission-critical hardware is designed, validated, and scaled to mass production.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware engineering experience.
• Experience owning system architecture and cross-disciplinary technical decisions.
• Track record of bringing compact, battery-powered hardware from concept to mass production.
• Deep experience in RF/antenna integration, power architecture, thermal management, EMI/EMC, shielding, enclosure design, and tolerances.
• Experience developing system requirements and validation plans, with familiarity across hardware certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop system architecture with consideration for design, electrical, RF, mechanical, software, and product management.
• Build system architectures, block diagrams, and interaction diagrams to guide implementation.
• Analyze power, thermal, and computational budgets and balance performance, size, and cost.
• Lead concept studies and present outcomes and recommendations.
• Write and vet system requirements with clear design targets for teams.
• Review product requirements for next-gen devices and ensure traceability from PRD through V&V.
• Lead cross-discipline design reviews and drive technical direction across leads.
• Own system-level verification, risk mitigation, and validation strategy.

Skills

Hardware Engineering

System Architecture

RF Engineering

Power Topology

Thermal Management

Regulatory & Certification

Tools

Altium

Cadence

SolidWorks

Creo

NX

RF Test Gear

Job description

Axon seeks a Principal Hardware Systems Architect to own system architecture and cross-disciplinary design across electrical, RF, mechanical, thermal, and power domains.

As a founding leader within the Axon 911 hardware team, you will define and drive technical standards, architecture, and engineering processes that shape how our mission-critical hardware is designed, validated, and scaled to mass production.