Hardware Engineer (PWB / PWA Design), Early Career

Location: Site-based in Carlsbad, California, or Marlborough, Massachusetts, with work from a hirify.global office or work location at least 3 days per week. Relocation assistance may be available subject to eligibility.

Salary: $85,000–$134,000 annually; $105,500–$158,500 annually for specific locations in San Jose, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York City metropolitan area.

Company

hirify.global develops connectivity solutions for consumers, businesses, governments, and military customers worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, document, implement, prototype, and test high-speed digital circuit boards operating up to 10GbE.
• Work with microprocessor, FPGA, memory, networking, optical, and power supply components.
• Apply design-for-manufacture, assembly, and test practices.
• Use modeling, simulation, schematic, CAD, and signal-propagation tools, including Mentor Graphics DxDesigner, Expedition/Planner, and HyperLynx.
• Use laboratory equipment such as power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, eye-pattern analyzers, and traffic generators.
• Collaborate with system, programmable logic, software, firmware, and test engineers; support suppliers, subcontractors, production, and operational networks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 0–3 years of full-time relevant industry experience.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Clearance.
• Familiarity with microprocessor, FPGA, memory, networking, optical, and power supply components.
• Understanding of basic design-for-manufacture, assembly, and test concepts.
• Proficiency with, or ability to rapidly learn, the specified laboratory test equipment.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, meet schedules, and carry a program through completion; strong organizational and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Mentor Graphics DxDesigner, Expedition/Planner, HyperLynx, or related modeling, simulation, schematic, CAD, and signal-propagation tools.
• Knowledge of encryption, information assurance, and network communication concepts.
• Knowledge of make-or-buy analysis, trade studies, market needs, and customer use cases.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Culture & Benefits

• Small, fast-paced engineering team working on encrypted communications systems.
• Flexible work environment within a site-based arrangement requiring at least 60% weekly onsite work.
• Medical, financial, and other benefits, with possible additional cash or stock incentives.
• Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace.