Senior Hardware Design Engineer - Digital & Wireless Systems (Remote)

Grace Technologies; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing eligibility

401(k) contribution

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 influence product architecture. The role spans digital, high-speed mixed-signal design, and wireless readiness, with collaboration across analog, firmware, mechanical, product, and manufacturing teams.

You will own schematic capture, PCB layout, and test, contribute to design reviews, and help drive regulatory certification while enabling field deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in EE/CE.
• Extensive hands-on hardware development experience (~10+ years).
• Deep experience with digital and mixed-signal MCU-based hardware.
• Strong high-speed digital and communications hardware experience.
• Professional-level schematic capture and multilayer PCB design.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC and PCB practices.
• Experience taking products from concept through prototype, validation, certification and production.
• Hands-on lab and hardware debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design digital and mixed-signal electronics including MCU-based systems.
• Lead hardware development for high-speed wired and wireless communications.
• Advance Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, and other wireless technologies.
• Own schematic capture, BOM development, PCB placement, routing and design release.
• Design multilayer PCBs with SI/PI, grounding, EMI/EMC considerations.
• Work with interfaces: Ethernet, USB, CAN, RS-485, SPI, I2C, UART.
• Prototype, bring up, test, debug and validate hardware in lab.
• From concept to prototype, certification, production and field deployment.
• Collaborate with board houses, contract manufacturers, suppliers, and labs.
• Support UL, CE, FCC, EMC and other regulatory requirements.
• Participate in design reviews and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Digital hardware design

MCU-based hardware

High-speed digital & comms

Schematic capture

PCB design

Signal integrity / Power integrity

Interfaces & protocols

Lab debugging

Design reviews / mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

10+ years hands-on hardware design experience

Tools

Altium Designer

ECAD / PCB layout tools

Job description

Grace Technologies is seeking a hands-on Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead the digital side of hardware development and influence product architecture. The role spans digital, high-speed mixed-signal design, and wireless readiness, with collaboration across analog, firmware, mechanical, product, and manufacturing teams.

You will own schematic capture, PCB layout, and test, contribute to design reviews, and help drive regulatory certification while enabling field deployment.