Embedded Hardware Engineer

Overview

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This is primarily an onsite position in Durham, NC, and no relocation assistance is available.

• Design and deliver embedded electronic hardware used within industrial sensor platforms, supporting the full lifecycle from early concept development through production readiness.
• Create and maintain detailed schematics, select appropriate components, and develop PCB layouts for compact embedded boards while accounting for signal integrity, power efficiency, and manufacturing feasibility.
• Engineer and validate designs utilizing embedded processors such as the ESP
  32 family, along with supporting components including ADCs, power regulation circuits, battery management systems, and peripheral interfaces.
• Build prototypes and perform validation testing using laboratory instrumentation, in-system diagnostics, and iterative debugging techniques.
• Work closely with firmware developers to integrate hardware with multiple firmware branches, enabling new features and diagnosing system-level behavior.
• Develop targeted firmware utilities for diagnostics and validation such as logging hooks, input validation routines, and test utilities to accelerate hardware bring-up and troubleshooting.
• Partner with internal test, manufacturing, and field teams to refine product designs based on operational data, reliability findings, and customer deployment feedback.
• Assist with production readiness and ongoing sustaining engineering activities as devices transition into higher-volume manufacturing.
• Contribute to continuous improvements of deployed hardware through structured troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is highly preferred.
• Hands-on experience designing embedded electronics built around ESP
  32-class microcontrollers or comparable embedded processors.
• Practical background in power system design, including battery-powered electronics, charging circuits, and power management architectures.
• Experience producing PCB schematics and layouts for dense, small-footprint circuit boards.
• Solid understanding of mixed-signal electronics, including analog-to-digital conversion and signal conditioning techniques.
• Familiarity with board-level communication interfaces and serial protocols such as SPI, I C, UART, and CAN.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware/firmware interaction issues using tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and embedded diagnostic code.
• Strong analytical thinking and structured debugging approach when addressing complex system issues.
• Effective communicator who can collaborate across firmware, hardware, testing, and manufacturing disciplines.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on building reliable, production-ready electronics.

• Experience supporting hardware products through manufacturing ramp and field deployment.
• Exposure to industrial sensor platforms or ruggedized embedded systems used in demanding environments.
• Experience writing or contributing to embedded firmware, particularly for diagnostic or validation purposes.
• Familiarity with additional or custom microcontroller architectures beyond ESP
  32.
• Awareness of EMI/EMC considerations when designing electronics intended for industrial environments.