Manager, Electrical Hardware Engineering

HiArc; Merrimack (NH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HiArc in New Hampshire seeks an Electrical Hardware Engineering Manager to lead a small team of hardware engineers and technicians. You will blend management with hands-on design leadership for medical diagnostics hardware, driving quality and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities include steering a 5–8 person team, designing robust embedded electronics, creating specs, collaborating with software, systems, and manufacturing, and presenting to customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related discipline; master’s degree preferred.
• Leadership and 1–3+ years of management experience.
• Expertise with schematic and PCB designs using mixed digital/analog circuits.
• Proficiency with FPGA and VHDL preferred.
• Experience in medical device design is a plus.

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 job performance of team members and manage promotions, transfers, and compensation changes as warranted.
• Provide technical leadership over complex design and development projects.
• Design, implement, and deliver high-quality embedded electrical designs for the business.
• Create, maintain, and review technical documents and reports.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Creativity

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Schematic capture

PCB layout

FPGA

VHDL

Job description

Job Summary:

The Electrical Hardware Engineering Manager is responsible for the successfulexecution of hardware developmentfor innovative,leading-edge medical diagnostics technologiesinvolving diverse clients andapplications. 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

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