The Role

Own and lead hardware development for Homeland Security products.

You are a hands-on technical leader responsible for both hardware execution and day-to-day leadership and development of a hardware engineering team. You report to the R&D Manager.

Why Join

• Lead real hardware.
• Lead a small, focused and experienced team.
• Own real products.
• Build systems that matter.

What You’ll Do

• Lead hardware project planning and execution using established development processes
• Provide day-to-day leadership and line management for hardware engineers
• Own system-level hardware architecture and technical decisions
• Drive digital, analog, RF, and mixed-signal hardware design
• Lead PCB design, layout, signal integrity, and high-speed digital design
• Manage component selection, BOM optimization, EOL components, and running changes
• Support hardware bring-up, debugging, and failure/root-cause analysis
• Lead hardware verification and validation, including automated test systems
• Oversee environmental, reliability, and EMC/EMI pre-compliance testing
• Drive requirements definition, technical risk identification, and mitigation
• Support measurement automation and JTAG / boundary scan-based debugging
• Own hardware across the full product lifecycle, from concept to field support
• Collaborate closely with software, firmware, mechanical, test, and manufacturing teams

Must Have

• Experience leading hardware development projects with full product ownership
• Strong design background in at least one of:
• PCB design & layout
• RF design
• System-level hardware design
• Solid knowledge of:
• Digital & analog circuit design
• High-speed digital design & signal integrity
• Power electronics and power distribution
• Hands-on experience with:
• Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers
• Spectrum analyzers, signal generators
• Vector network analyzers
• Understanding of:
• Microcontroller and SoC architectures
• Basic firmware debugging and hardware bring-up
• Communication protocols: I²C, SPI, UART, USB, CAN, Ethernet
• Experience with failure analysis, product support, and field issue resolution
• Autonomous, well-organized, highly self-motivated, and results-oriented
• Able to communicate and collaborate effectively at all organizational levels

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field