Manager, Electrical Hardware Engineering

HiArc; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule

401(k) plan

Medical coverage

Life insurance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Employee referral

Voluntary benefits

Tricare supplement

Job summary

HiArc is seeking an Electrical Hardware Engineering Manager in Merrimack, NH to lead a hardware team delivering embedded electronics for medical diagnostics. You will guide design, development, and documentation for high-performance solutions.

You will collaborate with software, systems, electrical, and mechanical teams, ensure manufacturability, work with suppliers, and drive projects to on-time delivery with quality results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in electrical engineering; 10+ years in EE and development.
• Leadership and management experience essential; 1–3+ years preferred.
• Expertise with mixed-signal schematic/PCB designs for electromechanical systems.
• FPGA and VHDL Experience preferred.
• Experience with medical devices design is advantageous.
• Familiarity with test equipment and fixtures design.
• Ability to work across software, systems, electrical, and mechanical teams.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead an electrical hardware development team of 5–8 people.
• Provide technical leadership on major hardware projects.
• Design robust embedded electrical hardware and documentation.
• Ensure DFM/DFT practices and testability in designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet schedule and budget.
• Engage with service bureaus and suppliers on PCB layout and fabrication.

Skills

Leadership

Schematic & PCB Design

Analog & Digital Circuits

FPGA/VHDL

Medical Devices

Test Equipment Design

Cable Design

Cross-functional Collaboration

Project Leadership

Education

Electrical Engineering Degree

Master’s Degree Preferred

Tools

PCB Layout Tools

Schematic Capture

Job description

Company Information

At HiArc, we believe clients don’t need another vendor; they need a strategic partner who gets it. One who listens harder, thinks deeper, and builds smarter—around their needs, products, and goals. HiArc engineers and manufactures complex medical technologies with one goal in mind: creating the perfect fit for our clients. No off-the-shelf thinking. No compromises. Just a tailored, high-performance solution our clients need, the way they need it. That’s why HiArc is the most client-centered partner in the market. We fuse design, engineering, and manufacturing into a seamless, collaborative process—crafted entirely around our clients. We operate as an extension of our clients' teams, de-risking their processes and accelerating their path to market. And the result is a solution you won’t find anywhere else.

Company Information

At HiArc, we believe clients don’t need another vendor; they need a strategic partner who gets it. One who listens harder, thinks deeper, and builds smarter—around their needs, products, and goals. HiArc engineers and manufactures complex medical technologies with one goal in mind: creating the perfect fit for our clients. No off-the-shelf thinking. No compromises. Just a tailored, high-performance solution our clients need, the way they need it. That’s why HiArc is the most client-centered partner in the market. We fuse design, engineering, and manufacturing into a seamless, collaborative process—crafted entirely around our clients. We operate as an extension of our clients' teams, de-risking their processes and accelerating their path to market. And the result is a solution you won’t find anywhere else.

For more information, please visit HiArc.

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

Here Are Some Of The Great Benefits We Offer

• 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.