Hardware Manager (Embedded Systems)

Location: Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil; hybrid

Company

Develops integrated clean energy technology combining structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale solar power plants.

What you will do

• Lead and personally execute analog and digital hardware design for embedded systems, including schematics, PCB designs, interfaces, sensors, and power circuits.
• Define and review hardware architectures considering requirements, cost, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and demanding operating environments.
• Drive development from initial design through prototype bring-up, hands-on debugging, field testing, validation, and production release.
• Plan board-level and system-level validation using the V-model and maintain traceability between requirements, design, and testing.
• Investigate EMI/EMC, signal and power integrity, grounding, thermal, and environmental robustness issues.
• Coordinate with Firmware, Manufacturing, Quality, and other teams while supervising, mentoring, and developing a small hardware engineering team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of industry experience developing electronic hardware for field-deployed products, with a proven record of delivering production-ready designs.
• Hands-on experience with schematic design, SPICE simulation, PCB development, prototype bring-up, debugging, and validation.
• Proficiency with Altium Designer or a similar ECAD tool.
• Experience with embedded controllers, analog and digital interfaces, communication buses, sensors, and power electronics used in demanding environments.
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC design and troubleshooting.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, including coordinating technical work, mentoring engineers, managing competing priorities, and remaining directly involved in development.

Nice to have

• Experience as a technical lead, engineering supervisor, or people manager, including mentoring engineers and supporting team development and continuous improvement.
• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering field and experience with the V-model, design reviews, requirements traceability, and release gates.
• Hardware development experience in renewable energy, industrial automation, motor control, or power conversion.
• Python, C, or scripting experience for test automation and data analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a clean energy technology environment focused on utility-scale solar power infrastructure.
• Collaborate with worldwide teams across hardware, firmware, manufacturing, quality, and other functions.
• Contribute directly to products designed for production deployment and operation in demanding environments.