Manager, Electrical Hardware Engineering

KMC Operations; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule

401(k) program

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Life Insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

HiArc, a Twenty-Six Defense company, seeks an Electrical Hardware Engineering Manager to lead a hardware development team for medical diagnostics technologies. You will blend management and technical contribution, guiding projects with clients across applications and ensuring on-time delivery.

The ideal candidate will manage a 5–8 person team, design robust embedded electrical hardware, and create technical documents while collaborating across software, systems, and mechanical engineering to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related discipline with at least 10 years of experience in electrical engineering, electronic design, and development.
• Leadership and management experience relevant to leading a hardware team.
• Experience with schematic and PCB designs for electromechanical systems, including motors.
• Familiarity with medical device design and testing is preferred.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an electrical hardware development team of 5 to 8 people.
• Provide technical leadership over complex design and development projects.
• Design and deliver high-quality embedded electrical designs for medical diagnostics hardware.
• Create and review specifications, schematics, and drawings.
• Collaborate with software, systems, mechanical, and non-engineering teams to meet program goals.
• Engage with suppliers and service bureaus for PCB layout, fabrication, and assembly.

Skills

Leadership

Schematic & PCB design

Embedded electronics

DFM/DFT

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's preferred

Tools

FPGA/Verilog

PCB Layout Software

Job description

Job Summary

The Electrical Hardware Engineering Manager is responsible for the successful execution of hardware development for innovative, leading-edge medical diagnostics technologies involving diverse clients and applications. This role blends management and technical contribution skill sets into an exciting career opportunity. The ideal candidate will manage a small team of hardware engineers and technicians while providing technical knowledge and engineering design services to a variety of client projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an electrical hardware development team of 5 to 8 people


• Develop and utilize the talents of personnel to accomplish company goals


• Review the job performance of the development team personnel


• Ensure promotion, transfers, terminations, and compensation changes are acted upon where warranted


• Ensure effective communication with other functions and departments to obtain all cooperation and support required for the success of assigned programs


• Provide technical leadership over complex, major design & development projects


• Design, implement, and deliver high-quality, robust embedded electrical designs for the business


• Create, maintain, and review technical documents and reports including performance specifications, electrical designs, schematics and drawings


• Drive electrical requirements with other members of the engineering team as appropriate and proactively work to integrate with system requirements


• Plan, lead, or conduct experiments to evaluate operating characteristics of breadboards, prototypes, or products, and then translate experimental results into design criteria


• Specify the design of cables and cable harness assemblies


• Utilize electronic design tools such as schematic capture and PCB layout to design PCBAs


• Engage with service bureaus and suppliers on PCB layout, fabrication and assembly


• Ensure component reliability based on technical evaluation of suppliers' specifications and designs


• Utilize electrical engineering best practices including Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) and Design-for-Test (DFT)


• Work cooperatively across all engineering disciplines, such as software, systems, electrical, and mechanical, as well as non-engineering team members, such as Project Management, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support, to deliver projects on time and on budget


• Prepare project requests detailing proposed engineering work costs and product timetable


• Be responsible for application engineering support to customers, and assist in troubleshooting customer application problems


• Provide technical presentation support and consultation to marketing


• Represent the company in customer communications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related discipline (a master's degree is preferred) with at least 10 years of experience in electrical engineering, electronic design, and development


• Diversified knowledge of engineering theories, concepts, principles, practices, and processes, including in one or more areas of advanced technical expertise


• Creativity and originality sufficient to contribute to new inventions, designs, or techniques that are of material significance in the solution of important problems


• Demonstrated leadership and management skills are essential, 1-3+ years of experience preferred


• Expertise with schematic and PCB designs using mixed digital and analog circuits for electromechanical systems, including stepper and servo motors


• Proficiency with cable designs and programmable logic (FPGA and VDHL) preferred


• Previous experience with design for medical devices preferred


• Familiarity with the design of test equipment and fixtures preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Must be self-motivated and be able to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment


• Needs to be creative/innovative, think on your feet, & work well under pressure and deadlines


• Strong communication and teamwork skills, including written, verbal, interpersonal, presentation, organizational, and conflict resolution skills

Benefits

• Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off


• Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future


• Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts


• Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available


• Flexible Vacation & PTO


• Paid Parental Leave


• Generous Employee Referral Program


• Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identity Theft, Pet Insurance, and more


• Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

HiArc, a Twenty-Six Defense company, is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.