Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BusRight is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to own the full lifecycle of hardware products, including design, manufacturing, and field validation. The role involves hands-on design/build responsibilities and a clear path to building and leading a hardware engineering team within the first year.
Responsibilities
- Design and specify hardware for connected/embedded devices (e.g., telematics units, cameras, NFC, and streaming systems) — spanning PCB-level electrical components and mechanical enclosures
- Own mechanical design for plastic and metal casings, including DFM (design for manufacturability) considerations and machining specs where custom or low-volume parts are needed
- Bridge electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines to ensure components, thermal management, ingress protection, and structural design work together
- Prototype, iterate, and validate designs through multiple revision cycles
- Can follow engineering discussions about system design, protocols, keywords (TCP/REST/API), data pipelines. Understands what engineers need from the device side and can advocate for hardware constraints in those conversations. Can read a spec, API doc, or system diagram and ask the right questions without needing to write code
- Source raw components and off-the-shelf modules/units, vetting suppliers on cost, quality, and lead time
- Identify, evaluate, and manage relationships with contract manufacturers and assembly/mfg vendors
- Lead supply chain deep-dives to de-risk single-source components, manage cost, and plan for scale
- Support procurement and inventory planning in partnership with operations/supply chain teams
- Plan and execute field test programs to validate device performance in real-world conditions
- Diagnose and resolve hardware issues surfaced from the field, feeding learnings back into design
- Partner with QA/reliability functions on test plans, failure analysis, and root-cause investigations
- Build the case for and hire a hardware engineering team as product scope grows
- Establish engineering processes, documentation standards, and design review practices
- Mentor and lead engineers once the team is in place; represent hardware engineering in cross-functional planning
Skills
- 4+ years of experience in hardware engineering, with meaningful depth in both mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines
- Direct experience with connected device hardware — telematics, IoT, camera/streaming systems, or similar (companies like Geotab, Teltonika, or comparable hardware makers are a strong reference point)
- Hands-on experience with plastic and metal enclosure design, including machining processes (CNC, injection molding, or similar)
- Working knowledge of electrical component selection, sourcing, and integration for embedded/connected products
- Proven experience managing supply chains — vendor sourcing for raw components, off-the-shelf units, and contract manufacturing/assembly partners
- Experience running field test programs and translating field data into design improvements
- Comfortable operating at both strategic (supply chain strategy, vendor negotiation) and tactical (hands-on prototyping, troubleshooting) levels
- Prior people management experience, or clear readiness and desire to build/lead a team
- Strong cross-functional communication skills — this role will work closely with product, engineer, operations, and QA
- Experience scaling a hardware team from an IC or lean-team structure
- Familiarity with regulatory/compliance requirements for connected devices (FCC, CE, IP ratings, etc.)
- Experience with camera/video streaming hardware specifically (sensor selection, compression/streaming hardware, thermal considerations)
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