Industrial Hardware Engineer – Sensing & Embedded Systems

Ralliant; Village of Fairport, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralliant, a leading technology innovator, seeks an Electrical Engineer to drive next-generation sensing and monitoring solutions for industrial and utility applications. The role emphasizes analog/digital circuit design, embedded systems, and robust field-ready hardware platforms.

The candidate should have a background in Agile practices, PCB design (Altium preferred), and experience with industrial protocols and sensor integration.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• 2+ years of experience in hardware design for embedded systems.
• Proficiency in analog and digital circuit design, including low-noise signal paths and power management.
• Strong understanding of industrial communication protocols (e.g., Modbus RTU/TCP, LoRa, RS-485) with experience in integration into new and existing hardware platforms.
• Familiarity with sensor integration, including temperature, humidity, pressure, and optical sensors.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools, Altium Designer preferred.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum framework.
• Knowledge of fluid dynamics, thermal dynamics, computational fluid simulation using Ansys, Solid Works or similar would be an advantage.
• Experience with firmware-hardware co-design and debugging embedded systems.
• Knowledge of designing for compliance (EMC, safety), compliance testing, and product certification processes.
• Experience working with global manufacturing partners and contract manufacturers.
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support guidance into the entire product implementation cycle including requirements analysis, high level and detailed design (including PCBA layout), implementation, testing, integration, documentation, compliance certification and introduction to production in coordination with architecture team.
• Work with a multi-functional team that includes hardware architecture, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, logistics engineering teams, product and program management and other groups, as needed.
• Support advanced technology initiatives to develop next generation sensors and sensing platforms and improvements in products sustaining activities.

Skills

Electrical engineering design

Embedded hardware design

Analog & digital circuits

Industrial protocols

Sensor integration

Altium Designer

Agile / Scrum

CFD / simulation tools

Firmware-hardware co-design

EMC / compliance

Global manufacturing experience

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Ralliant, a leading technology innovator, seeks an Electrical Engineer to drive next-generation sensing and monitoring solutions for industrial and utility applications. The role emphasizes analog/digital circuit design, embedded systems, and robust field-ready hardware platforms.

The candidate should have a background in Agile practices, PCB design (Altium preferred), and experience with industrial protocols and sensor integration.