Lead Hardware Engineer

Job title

Lead Hardware Engineer

Location

Willowbrook, IL (Hybrid-remote)

Position type

Fulltime/Permanent

Salary range

$120,000 - $145,000 per annum + 10% potential bonus

About the Role

Summary

The Lead Hardware Engineer position is part of the Client's Platform team. This team is responsible for the creation and maintenance of automotive battery and electrical system test equipment platforms. The Lead Hardware Engineer job responsibilities include all aspects of hardware design and development to ensure performance, reliability, and an overall high-quality product.

In this role, the Lead Hardware Engineer will work in and, in some cases, lead design teams. The Platform Engineering team is responsible for all engineering activities on tester, charger, and electric vehicle battery management platforms.

A Day In The Life

• Electronics hardware design and development that delivers a high-quality, reliable, on-time product that meets our customers’ needs.
• New platform development
• New design product technical ownership/leadership
• Mentor and guide Hardware Engineers on the team on a daily basis.
• Lead Hardware Engineering Scrum, including biweekly Sprint Planning and Retrospective.
• Create and maintain product technical documentation – specification, design documents.
• Designing and troubleshooting microcontrollers and embedded mixed-signal systems at the component level.
• Perform schematic capture, work with layout resources, and perform board bring-up and development validation on designs.
• Initiate and participate in hardware/platform design reviews.
• Work closely with other departments (mechanical, software, production, etc) to support ongoing design tasks and projects.
• Work closely with the customer and technical teams to understand needs/problems and develop designs and solutions to solve these problems.
• Work with Supply Chain and suppliers in component selection, approval and manufacturing.
• Understands intended business use of the designs and develops solutions to meet business needs.
• Intake tasks, create WBS, estimate effort and perform to those estimations.
• Continually improving hardware engineering process by working on improvement initiatives.
• Be proactive in designs and architectures for future platform development decisions to maximize reuse and cost efficiencies.
• Maintain and use hardware engineering standards.
• Resolve technical questions and issues post-delivery.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s Degree: in Electrical Engineering or equivalent – Master's preferred
• Experience: 7 - 10+ years’ experience in product design for commercial and/or industrial devices a plus
• Demonstrated work experience: with complex mixed signal, digital and analog design - expertise in design, development, testing and debugging
• Ability: to provide technical assessment and leadership to other project team members and departments
• Excellent communication: and interpersonal skills
• Experience: with UL, CB Scheme, etc. would be a plus

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; Life & Disability Insurance at no Additional Cost; 401(K) Savings Plan with Company Match; Annual Bonus & Profit-Sharing Opportunities; Generous Vacation & Holiday Schedules; Reimbursement for Continuing Education & 50% of Textbook costs; Onsite Wellness Screening & Flu Shots; Subsidized Health Club Memberships; Auto Supplier Discounts; Free Charging Stations for Plug-In Hybrids & EVs in Parking Lot; Monthly Employee Meeting/Lunch; Friday Breakfasts; Annual Picnic, Holiday and other events; State of the art laboratories and rapid modeling tool room to fuel creativity; 3 weeks paid vacation + 5 sick days + 1 volunteer day + 11 holidays; 401K match (no vesting) + profit sharing; Tuition assistance to attend college or obtain an advanced degree.

Contact Information

To discuss this amazing opportunity, please reach out to our Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist Ravi Jhamnani at email address ravi.jhamnani@generistek.com or # 630-576-1914.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing and Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing