Senior Portfolio Hardware Architect Lead

3dB Labs, Inc.; Olde West Chester (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

3dB Labs, Inc. is seeking a Hardware Technical Lead to serve as the senior portfolio-level technical authority for hardware architecture, common interfaces, standards, lifecycle, and manufacturability across products.

This role collaborates with Software Technical Lead, Engineering, Production, and QA to maintain a coherent hardware foundation while allowing product-specific approaches when justified by mission or technical requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced degree is a plus.
• Significant hardware or systems engineering experience with architecture or technical leadership responsibility for complex, integrated products.
• Demonstrated experience across electrical, mechanical, compute, RF, power, thermal, networking, or other relevant hardware domains, including design-for-manufacture and design-for-test considerations.
• Proven ability to lead trade studies and design reviews, assess technical estimates and risks, guide component/platform/vendor decisions, and mentor senior engineers and technical leads.
• Experience with ruggedized systems, RF/electronics, defense or mission systems, and low-volume/high-complexity manufacturing is highly desirable.
• Current or past US security clearance is a major plus, ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Establish portfolio hardware coherence and enforce standards across shared platforms, interfaces, and production baselines.
• Partner with Product Technical Leads early to ensure hardware approaches are technically sound and portfolio-aware.
• Lead design reviews and trade studies for significant hardware changes, balancing performance, SWaP, reliability, cost, lead time, and manufacturability.
• Manage lifecycle, obsolescence, and supply risk by monitoring components and planning technology refreshes to avoid disruptions.

Skills

Hardware architecture

Systems engineering

Design reviews

Trade studies

Technical leadership

RF/Electronics

Power/ Thermal

Mentoring

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

3dB Labs, Inc. is seeking a Hardware Technical Lead to serve as the senior portfolio-level technical authority for hardware architecture, common interfaces, standards, lifecycle, and manufacturability across products.

This role collaborates with Software Technical Lead, Engineering, Production, and QA to maintain a coherent hardware foundation while allowing product-specific approaches when justified by mission or technical requirements.