Senior Hardware Systems Engineer - IoT & Smart Home

ASSA ABLOY Group; Lake Forest (CA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSA ABLOY Group is seeking a Senior Hardware Systems Engineer to shape smart home security products for North America. You will lead hardware execution, define interfaces, and drive validations with firmware, mechanical, and software teams.

Minimum 6+ years in hardware/product engineering and a BS/MS in electrical/computer engineering are expected. The role involves hybrid work in Lake Forest, CA, with isolation to ensure quality, durability, and compliance across BOMs, testing, and

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar.
• 6+ years of progressive hardware or product engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware project execution for assigned products or major subsystems.
• Define system-level interfaces, component strategy, and validation plans.
• Mentor hardware engineers and provide technical guidance on design quality.
• Drive complex debugging and root-cause analysis across electro-mechanical systems.
• Lead design and reviews for schematics, layouts, drawings, BOMs, tooling, and test results.
• Manage prototype assemblies, pilot builds, bring-up, and design verification.
• Partner with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, operations, and supply chain teams.
• Manage technical risks, tradeoffs, change control, and release readiness.
• Improve development, DFM/DFA, validation, and documentation practices.
• Ensure hardware quality, reliability, manufacturability, and compliance readiness.

Skills

Hardware architecture

Interface definition

Validation planning

Board-level design

Electro-mechanical debugging

DFM/DFA

FMEA/PFMEA

Compliance

PCB layout

Jira/Confluence

Mentor engineers

Power analysis

I2C/SPI/UART

RF debugging

Altium

Education

BS or MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Jira

Confluence

Git

Job description

ASSA ABLOY Group is seeking a Senior Hardware Systems Engineer to shape smart home security products for North America. You will lead hardware execution, define interfaces, and drive validations with firmware, mechanical, and software teams.

Minimum 6+ years in hardware/product engineering and a BS/MS in electrical/computer engineering are expected. The role involves hybrid work in Lake Forest, CA, with isolation to ensure quality, durability, and compliance across BOMs, testing, and