Senior Electrical Engineer - LED Displays Hardware Lead

Watchfire; Danville (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Company Paid Life/ADD

Voluntary Life/ADD

Dependent Life/ADD

401k with Employer Match

Vacation

Personal Time

Job summary

Watchfire is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electronics design for LED displays, scoreboards, and related systems. You will drive hardware development from concept through production and work across hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to deliver robust solutions.

You will own schematic development, component selection, and PCB reviews, and lead the team through validation and production ramp while ensuring cost, quality, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hardware design experience in a product development environment.
• Strong digital design background.
• Experience writing embedded firmware for microcontrollers and FPGAs.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electronic systems including digital, firmware, and power circuits.
• Own schematic development, component selection, and PCB design reviews.
• Lead hardware development from concept through validation and production release.
• Troubleshoot complex system and board-level issues; drive root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams on product development.
• Support new product introduction (NPI), pilot builds, and production ramp.
• Work with suppliers and contract manufacturers to improve cost, quality, and yield.
• Evaluate and implement component changes related to supply chain or obsolescence.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation (schematics, BOMs, test plans).

Skills

Digital design

Embedded firmware

PCB design

Altium

Hardware debugging

Schematic development

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Watchfire is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electronics design for LED displays, scoreboards, and related systems. You will drive hardware development from concept through production and work across hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to deliver robust solutions.

You will own schematic development, component selection, and PCB reviews, and lead the team through validation and production ramp while ensuring cost, quality, and reliability.