Senior Technical Staff Engineer - Hardware

Microchip Technology; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 91,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits from day one

Retirement savings plan

ESPP with 2-year lookback

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. Beverly, MA site seeks a senior hardware leader to own system architecture from schematic to fielded product for precision timing devices.

You will guide embedded controllers, RF/microwave subsystems, and data converters while mentoring engineers and shaping validation strategies. You will collaborate with firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to meet regulatory standards, review designs, and define customer requirements, driving design excellence

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
• 10+ years leading hardware or embedded system design with products brought to market.
• Strong experience in analysis, simulation, and implementation of embedded control systems, data converters, RF/microwave circuits, and analog/digital filters.
• Excellent cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of complex hardware including embedded controllers and RF/microwave subsystems.
• Set technical direction and mentor engineers across the team.
• Own validation strategy, including test, debug, and root-cause analysis through production.
• Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver products.
• Review and approve schematics, layouts, and design documentation.
• Ensure designs meet industry, safety, and regulatory standards.
• Work directly with customers to define requirements and solve technical problems.
• Continuously improve design methods, tools, and processes.

Skills

Hardware architecture

Embedded systems

Team leadership

RF/microwave design

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

FPGA/CPLD design

Job description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you. Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!

Job Description:

Our Beverly, MA site is home to Microchip's Frequency and Time Systems Clock’s business. The team there builds some of the most precise clocks in the world: cesium beam frequency standards, rubidium oscillators, and Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks used in commercial, defense, and aerospace systems. The Beverly team has delivered products that changed our world including the atomic clocks that enabled the GPS satellites to operate and more recently the world’s smallest and lowest power atomic clock. We're looking for a senior hardware leader to own system architecture from first schematic to fielded product and to raise the technical bar for the engineers around them.

What you'll do

• Lead the development of architecture, design, and implementation of complex hardware, including embedded controllers, analog and digital circuits, data converters, and RF/microwave subsystems.
• Set technical direction and mentor engineers across the team.
• Own validation strategy, including test, debug, and root-cause analysis, through to production.
• Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver products.
• Review and approve schematics, layouts, and design documentation.
• Ensure designs meet industry, safety, and regulatory standards.
• Work directly with customers to define requirements and solve hard technical problems.
• Continuously improve how we design: methods, tools, and process.

Requirements/Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• 10+ years leading hardware or embedded system design, with products you've taken to market
• Depth in the analysis, simulation, and implementation of embedded control systems, data converters, RF/microwave circuits, and analog/digital filters
• Clear communication and a track record of working well across disciplines and with leadership
• Desired: Experience with atomic clocks, precision timing, or positioning/navigation/timing (PNT) FPGA/CPLD design experience

U.S. Export Controls Requirements

This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).

Travel Time

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes

Feeling, Handling, Hearing, Lifting, Other, Reaching, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements

70% sitting, 30% standing, 100% inside. Lift 15 LBS.

Pay Range

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $91,000 - $232,000.* *Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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