Senior Hardware Systems Architect: RF/Power, Remote

Axon; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 211,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Parental leave for all

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Fitness programs

Mental wellness support

Snacks in offices

Job summary

Axon seeks a Principal Hardware Systems Architect to own system architecture across electrical, RF, mechanical, thermal, and power domains for the Axon 911 hardware team.

You’ll lead standards, drive design decisions, and partner with EE, RF, SW, and ME leads to deliver production-ready, scalable devices. Relocation assistance and hybrid onsite hubs in NYC, Boston, or Scottsdale apply.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware engineering experience.
• Proven experience owning system architecture and cross-disciplinary technical decisions for complex hardware.
• Track record of taking compact, connected, 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, and mechanical tolerances.
• Experience developing system requirements and validation plans, with familiarity of US/international hardware certification requirements.
• Experience working with ODM/JDM or contract manufacturing partners.
• Familiarity with hardware design, simulation, testing, and lifecycle tools such as Altium/Cadence, SolidWorks/Creo/NX, RF/electrical test equipment, and PLM/BOM systems.
• Strong ability to communicate technical risk to senior leadership and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop system architecture with consideration for industrial, electrical, RF, mechanical design, software, and product management.
• Build system architectures, block diagrams, and interaction diagrams to guide implementation.
• Analyze power, thermal, and computational budgets; balance performance, size, and cost.
• Lead concept studies with internal and external teams and present outcomes and recommendations.
• Write and vet system requirements with clear targets for engineering and test teams.
• Review product requirements for next-generation devices and simulate subsystem capabilities.
• Manage requirements with traceability from PRD through V&V.
• Lead cross-discipline design reviews and drive cross-functional system reviews; gain stakeholder buy-in.
• Resolve competing constraints and provide technical direction to EE, RF, and ME leads.
• Own system-level verification and validation; mitigate risks before certification and production.
• Perform risk analysis and close the loop on design characterization and verification results.
• Maintain program schedule and communicate engineering tradeoffs to leadership.
• Partner with ODM/JDM and manufacturing for DFM/DFA and production readiness.
• Own system-level certification strategy across US and international standards.

Skills

Hardware engineering

System architecture

Cross-disciplinary decisions

RF/antenna integration

Power architecture

Thermal management

EMI/EMC

Enclosure design

Regulatory certification

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Altium

Cadence

SolidWorks

Creo

NX

RF test equipment

Electrical test equipment

Thermal characterization tools

PLM

BOM management

Requirements management

Job description

Axon seeks a Principal Hardware Systems Architect to own system architecture across electrical, RF, mechanical, thermal, and power domains for the Axon 911 hardware team.

You’ll lead standards, drive design decisions, and partner with EE, RF, SW, and ME leads to deliver production-ready, scalable devices. Relocation assistance and hybrid onsite hubs in NYC, Boston, or Scottsdale apply.