Lead Embedded Hardware Engineer

Provato Staffing; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Provato Staffing seeks a Lead Embedded Hardware Engineer for our Dayton facility to own hardware development across embedded systems, from requirements through testing and documentation. The role may include architecture mentorship and team leadership for senior-level impact.

The successful candidate will lead schematic capture, PCB layout, and validation, define system architectures, write requirements, and influence product frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering with at least 10 years of experience.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Strong system engineering and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on hardware validation and production testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Schematic capture, PCB layout, validation.
• System architecture definition and interface conception.
• Requirements writing and analysis, design alternatives.
• Influence product frameworks and architecture.
• Design, develop, test, and support embedded hardware.

Skills

Embedded hardware

System engineering

Problem solving

Project management

Cybersecurity awareness

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscopes

Job description

The Opportunity | Lead Embedded Hardware Engineer

YOUR CHALLENGE:

As a Lead Embedded Hardware Engineer in our Dayton facility, you will be responsible for all aspects of hardware development within an embedded systems environment. You will support activities including requirements definition, design capture, debugging, testing, documenting, support and at the most senior level, may provide architecture, mentoring, and team leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Schematic capture, PCB layout, validation
• System architecture definition and interface conception
• Requirements writing and analysis, design alternatives
• Influence product frameworks and architecture
• Design, develop, test, and support embedded hardware

YOUR EXPERTISE:

• Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) with minimum 10 years' experience.

Experience in the following is an asset:

• Schematic capture and PCB layout with Altium
• Strong system engineering and problem-solving
• Deep embedded Hardware knowledge and experience with processor systems (Intel, ARM, PIC, Atmel, NXP)
• Hardware interfaces and buses like Ethernet, PCIe, PCI, Fibre Channel, I2C, SPI, USB
• Validation and production test methodologies.
• Diagnostic tools like Digital Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, DVMs, etc.
• Project management
• Cybersecurity and NIAP Common Criteria is a bonus