Senior Hardware Design Engineer — Digital & Wireless (Remote)

Grace Technologies, Inc.; Davenport (IA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing eligibility

Health insurance

Wellness program

RTO/PTO program

Job summary

Grace Technologies is seeking a hands‑on Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead the digital side of hardware development and shape the next generation of connected industrial products.

You will work across digital electronics, high-speed communications, embedded hardware, multilayer PCB design, and wireless connectivity, influencing both product details and overall hardware architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on electronics hardware development experience.
• Deep experience with digital and mixed-signal, microcontroller-based hardware.
• Strong high-speed digital and communications hardware experience.
• Schematic capture and multilayer PCB design using Altium Designer or a comparable ECAD platform.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC, and PCB design practices.
• Experience taking hardware products from concept to prototype, validation, certification, and volume manufacturing.
• Hands-on lab and hardware debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design digital and mixed-signal electronics, including microcontroller-based systems, data processing, communications, and connectivity.
• Lead hardware development for high-speed wired and wireless communication systems.
• Advance Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, and other wireless technologies and RF considerations.
• Own schematic capture, BOM development, PCB placement, routing, and design release.
• Design multilayer PCBs with signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC.
• Interface with Ethernet, USB, CAN, RS‑485, SPI, I2C, and UART.
• Prototype, bring up, test, debug, and validate hardware in the lab.
• Take designs from concept through prototype, certification, production, and field deployment.
• Collaborate with board houses, contract manufacturers, suppliers, and certification labs.

Skills

Digital hardware

Mixed-signal

High-speed signaling

Lab debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Grace Technologies is seeking a hands‑on Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead the digital side of hardware development and shape the next generation of connected industrial products.

You will work across digital electronics, high-speed communications, embedded hardware, multilayer PCB design, and wireless connectivity, influencing both product details and overall hardware architecture.