Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Grace Technologies is a global leader in electrical safety and predictive maintenance products. The company is seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead digital and mixed-signal hardware development for connected industrial products, including high-speed wired and wireless systems. The role covers architecture, PCB design, prototyping, testing, certification, manufacturing, and field deployment while collaborating across engineering and manufacturing teams.
Responsibilities
- Design digital and mixed-signal electronics, including microcontroller-based systems, data processing, communications, and connectivity
- Lead hardware development for high-speed wired and wireless communication systems
- Advance our capabilities in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, and other wireless technologies, including RF design considerations
- Own schematic capture, component selection, BOM development, PCB placement, routing, and design release
- Design multilayer PCBs with attention to signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC, and reliable communications
- Work with interfaces and protocols including Ethernet, USB, CAN, RS-485, SPI, I2C, and UART
- Prototype, bring up, test, debug, and validate hardware in the lab
- Take designs from concept through prototype, certification, production, and field deployment
- Work directly with board houses, contract manufacturers, suppliers, and certification labs
- Support UL, CE, FCC, EMC, and other applicable regulatory requirements
- Participate in design reviews, influence hardware architecture, introduce new technologies, and help develop less-experienced engineers
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant engineering experience
- Extensive hands-on electronics hardware development experience, typically gained through approximately 10+ years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent senior-level capability
- Deep experience with digital and mixed-signal, microcontroller-based hardware
- Strong high-speed digital and communications hardware experience
- Professional-level schematic capture and multilayer PCB design experience using Altium Designer or a comparable ECAD platform
- Strong knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC, and PCB design practices
- Experience taking multiple hardware products from concept through prototype, validation, certification, and volume manufacturing
- Strong hands-on lab and hardware debugging skills
- This position may be based in Davenport, Iowa / the Quad Cities or worked remotely from an approved U.S. location
- Remote employees should expect approximately 10–15% travel to Davenport for product development, hardware bring-up, testing, and design collaboration
- Experience with wireless/connected products, Industrial IoT, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular communications, RF/antenna considerations, industrial automation, sensors, field instrumentation, or ruggedized electronics is particularly valuable
- Experience designing electronics for industrial, automotive, aerospace, defense, agriculture, food and beverage, or similarly demanding environments is also a plus
Benefits
- Company profit-sharing eligibility
- 3% employer 401(k) contribution
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Wellness program
- RTO/PTO program
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