Senior Hardware Systems Architect — Public Safety Hardware

Careerwebsite; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Fitness Programs

Emotional & Mental Wellness support

Learning & Development programs

Snack in offices

Job summary

Axon seeks a Principal Hardware Systems Architect to own system architecture across electrical, RF, mechanical, and power domains. You will lead the standards, architecture, and engineering processes that shape how mission-critical hardware is designed, validated, and scaled for mass production.

You will partner with EE, RF, SW, and ME leads to define system requirements, drive cross-functional decisions, and ensure cohesive, production-ready devices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware engineering experience, with deep expertise across multiple domains.
• Experience owning system architecture and cross-disciplinary technical decisions for complex hardware.
• Proven track record taking compact, battery-powered hardware from concept through mass production (EVT/DVT/PVT, certification, ramp).
• Deep experience across RF/antenna integration, power architecture, thermal management, EMI/EMC, shielding, enclosure design, tolerances.
• Experience working with ODM/JDM or contract manufacturers.
• Familiarity with hardware design, simulation, testing, and lifecycle tools such as Altium, Cadence, SolidWorks/Creo/NX, RF test equipment, PLM/BOM systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop system architecture with cross-disciplinary integration across electrical, RF, mechanical, and software domains.
• Lead design reviews and present outcomes to stakeholders.
• Define and maintain system requirements and traceability from PRD through V&V.
• Own system-level verification planning and risk mitigation across modules.

Skills

System architecture

Cross-disciplinary leadership

Hardware design

RF/antenna integration

Power & thermal management

Regulatory & certification

Tools

Altium

Cadence

SolidWorks

Creo

NX

RF test equipment

PLM/BOM systems

Job description

Axon seeks a Principal Hardware Systems Architect to own system architecture across electrical, RF, mechanical, and power domains. You will lead the standards, architecture, and engineering processes that shape how mission-critical hardware is designed, validated, and scaled for mass production.

You will partner with EE, RF, SW, and ME leads to define system requirements, drive cross-functional decisions, and ensure cohesive, production-ready devices.