Staff Hardware Design Engineer

• Lead architecture, schematic, and PCB design reviews across the hardware organization, providing senior technical judgment on design tradeoffs before release
• Partner directly with the Director of Hardware Engineering to define standard designs, reference architectures, and reusable building blocks for a common platform architecture across product lines
• Establish and maintain design guidelines, templates, and reference schematics that raise the baseline quality and consistency of hardware designs across sites
• Identify opportunities to consolidate and standardize hardware building blocks across products to reduce design variation and accelerate future development

• Lead design of mixed-signal hardware, including analog input circuitry and digital I/O, for critical-infrastructure product lines
• Own high-speed digital design and signal integrity analysis across new product development
• Architect and integrate FPGA-based subsystems in collaboration with firmware engineering
• Design Ethernet and networking hardware interfaces meeting industrial and utility-grade requirements
• Design and specify power supplies and magnetics, including transformer and inductor selection or custom design, for embedded and industrial hardware
• Drive design decisions from concept through DVT/PVT exit, ensuring designs are audit-ready and fully documented

• Execute EMC design practices in hardware, including radiated/conducted emissions and immunity design-in, per established pre-compliance strategy
• Support certification bodies and internal quality teams in driving products through UL, CE, FCC, and related regulatory processes
• Apply cybersecurity and regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., IEC 62443, EU Cyber Resilience Act) to hardware design decisions

• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for hardware design challenges across the organization
• Mentor mid-level and junior hardware engineers on design rigor, documentation standards, and root cause analysis
• Represent hardware engineering in cross-functional design reviews, CCB assessments, and program milestones

• Work directly with firmware, quality, and program management to align hardware design decisions with product and compliance timelines
• Partner with the Director of Hardware Engineering on architecture strategy across Bethlehem, Lenexa, and Lima sites

• Bachelor's (Master’s preferred) degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience - Required
• 10+ years of formal hardware design experience in a regulated market (e.g., industrial automation, utility/substation, medical, or aerospace/defense) within a mature, process-driven engineering organization - Required
• Demonstrated experience designing mixed-signal circuitry: analog inputs and digital I/O - Required
• Demonstrated experience with high-speed digital design - Required
• Experience with FPGA-based hardware design and integration - Required
• Experience designing Ethernet/networking hardware interfaces - Required
• Experience with EMC design and compliance testing (e.g., IEC 61000 series, radiated/conducted emissions and immunity) - Required
• Experience with power supply design and magnetics (transformer/inductor selection or custom design) - Preferred
• Experience with IEC 61850 or substation automation protocols - Preferred
• Experience in electric utility, substation automation, or similarly regulated critical-infrastructure markets - Preferred

• Schematic capture and PCB layout review (Altium or equivalent) - Required
• Full product lifecycle experience: concept through DVT/PVT and certification - Required
• Signal integrity analysis for high-speed digital design - Required
• Familiarity with regulatory certification processes (UL, CE, FCC, and related bodies) - Required
• FPGA firmware/HDL familiarity (VHDL/Verilog) sufficient to collaborate closely with firmware engineers - Preferred
• Root cause analysis and design-for-reliability practices - Preferred

• Operates independently at a high technical level without requiring detailed direction
• Serves as a technical authority and mentor for less experienced engineers
• Communicates complex technical tradeoffs clearly to cross-functional and leadership audiences
• Holds a high bar for design rigor and does not treat “good enough” as an acceptable outcome
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in early-stage concept work while producing well-documented, audit-ready outputs

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