Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Xirgo Technologies, LLC; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Hardware Engineer to join their team, focusing on the development of IoT devices involving complex hardware integrations. The ideal candidate will possess a strong foundation in electronics, hardware design tools, and leadership skills to guide junior engineers through all stages of product development. This position offers the opportunity to work on innovative technology solutions that enhance supply chain efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in hardware design with a strong portfolio.
• Experience in designing analog and digital circuits.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and testing of new hardware products.
• Build and manage lab resources including a technician role.
• Create detailed documentation for design specifications.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Mentoring

Teamwork

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Altium

National Instruments

Job description

Xirgo Technologies offers a complete portfolio of proprietary supply chain monitoring and management technology to convert IoT data from information to insights — enabling the smartest telematics data analytics solutions.

About the role

As a Hardware Engineer, you will work with cross-functional development teams, focused on device hardware development for highly engineered IoT devices. These devices incorporate multiple technologies such as cellular, low-power wireless, wired interfaces and battery management. The devices interact closely with our back-end cloud systems for device management and data flow, to create an end-to-end solution which solves our customers’ problems.

What you'll do

• Lead the design, development, and testing of hardware for new products, focusing on digital, analog and mixed-signal circuit design.
• Build and manage lab including hire of a technician role.
• Create high quality, reliable circuit designs using industry standard tools e.g. Altium.
• Oversee the creation of PCB layouts, ensuring signal integrity, power integrity and manufacturability.
• Conduct simulation and perform hands-on testing and troubleshooting of prototypes to validate designs.
• Lead the effort to validate hardware designs through debugging and integration, ensuring they meet performance, cost and quality targets.
• Work closely with other engineers (firmware, mechanical, systems design) to ensure that hardware integrate seamlessly with overall product architecture.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, managing timelines and ensuring that deliverables meet design and functional requirements.
• Produce detailed documentation for design specifications, test procedures and manufacturing processes.
• Provide support during manufacturing and after-product-launch phases, addressing hardware issues, conducting failure analysis, and implementing design improvements.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends in hardware development, including emerging technologies, components and industry best practices.
• Ensure compliance with technical procedures, documentation and manuals.
• Determine feasibility from technical and economic perspectives.

Qualifications

Foundation

• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong interpersonal communication & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers
• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Self-motivated and proactive in achieving goals
• 5+ years of experience in hardware design, with a strong portfolio of completed projects.
• Experience of developing analogue and digital circuits.
• Experience of Schematic Capture.
• Experience of simulation for electronic design.
• Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers.
• Extensive experience with hardware design tools e.g. Altium
• Solid understanding of electronics components e.g. microcontrollers, power supplies
• Strong understanding of hardware testing methodologies, including the use of oscilloscopes, and other lab equipment for debugging and validation. Experience with manufacturing processes and design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for testing (DFT).
• Proven leadership skills with experience mentoring or managing a team of engineers
• Experience in design of electronics for wireless communication -LTE, GNSS, BLE & Sub GHz
• Experiences using Altium Designer, schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Experience in design of electronics for battery-powered devices.
• Experience in electronics designer testing using National Instruments or similar tools.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum team development environment.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present and explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Knowledge of relevant standards and certifications e.g. RoHS
• Knowledge of environmental testing standards.
• Knowledge of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and power management techniques.
• Describe the experience and attributes of the ideal candidate