Required Skills

• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience with significant ownership of PCB schematic design and PCBA layout
• Demonstrated experience taking electronic products from initial concept through volume production
• Experience integrating cellular modules and taking products through PTCRB and carrier certification
• Experience with FCC and UL certification processes, including EMI/EMC pre compliance testing
• Proficiency with EDA platforms such as Altium, KiCad, Eagle, Fusion Electronics, or comparable tools
• Strong understanding of DFM, DFT, and design for reliability principles
• Strong hands on board level debugging skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and related laboratory equipment
• Experience working directly with contract manufacturers through DFM reviews, board revisions, and production ramp
• Previous experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to other engineers
• Strong communication, problem solving, critical thinking, and organizational skills
• Experience estimating and tracking engineering work within Agile environments
• Ability to work onsite in the Dallas, Texas area

Nice to Have Skills

• Own wireless connectivity across current and future products, including cellular, sub GHz, LoRa, and other radio technologies
• Lead module selection and integration, RF design and layout, and applicable FCC, PTCRB, and carrier certification activities
• Experience with BGA assembly and rework is highly valued
• Experience designing production test fixtures or manufacturing test systems is preferred
• Embedded firmware experience, particularly C, is highly valued
• Experience with antenna integration, matching networks, OTA testing, or antenna vendors is preferred
• Experience reverse engineering legacy or undocumented board designs is beneficial
• Industrial, IoT, controls, or similar connected hardware product experience is beneficial

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and relevant experience

Other Requirements

Responsibilities include:

• Own the electrical architecture and technical roadmap across the product portfolio, establishing design standards, component strategies, and engineering best practices
• Lead schematic capture and PCBA layout, including component selection, stack up, routing, and design decisions focused on reliability, manufacturability, and cost
• Develop modular hardware architectures that reduce component variation, cost, and design complexity across multiple products
• Manage component lifecycle considerations, including long lead components, obsolescence, and second source strategies
• Own wireless connectivity across current and future products, including cellular, sub GHz, LoRa, and other radio technologies
• Lead module selection and integration, RF design and layout, and applicable FCC, PTCRB, and carrier certification activities
• Take PCB designs from concept through prototype, board bring up, design validation, EMI/EMC pre compliance, certification, board revisions, and volume production
• Serve as the final technical reviewer for schematic, layout, DFM, and DFT reviews prior to manufacturing release
• Design mixed signal electronics involving AC power, protection circuitry, output control, sensors, and current monitoring
• Partner with test engineering to develop validation plans, production test fixtures, and board level troubleshooting processes
• Collaborate closely with firmware engineers on MCU and radio selection, peripherals, embedded interfaces, and hardware and firmware integration
• Produce and maintain engineering documentation including schematics, BOMs, layout files, design specifications, and test reports
• Provide technical guidance regarding architecture decisions, build versus buy considerations, product reliability, and emerging technologies
• Mentor electrical and test engineers through technical reviews, troubleshooting, and design feedback

Benefits and Features

• Highly influential Principal level engineering position
• Opportunity to own electrical architecture across an established product portfolio
• Hands on role spanning design, validation, certification, and manufacturing
• Direct collaboration with hardware, firmware, test, product, and manufacturing teams
• Opportunity to establish engineering standards and mentor other technical team members
• Competitive compensation
• PTO and holiday pay
• Medical and dental benefits
• 401(k)
• Stable organization developing technology focused products with meaningful real world applications