Hardware Engineer

The role

You will develop electronic products from concept through production. You will own circuit design, PCB development, prototype bring-up, and hardware validation.

What you will do

• Own hardware development from requirements and architecture through schematic capture, PCB layout, validation, and production release.
• Select components, define footprints, and manage bills of materials.
• Design analog and digital circuits, power supplies, sensor interfaces, and communication interfaces.
• Perform circuit simulation and engineering analysis.
• Bring up and debug prototypes using lab equipment.
• Develop validation plans and characterize hardware performance.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, test, and manufacturing engineers.
• Prepare design documentation and lead design reviews.
• Support EMC/EMI, environmental, safety, and regulatory testing.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement design improvements.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on electronic circuit and PCB design experience.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium, Cadence, or KiCad.
• Solid understanding of analog and digital electronics, power supply design, and signal- and power-integrity fundamentals.
• Experience designing microcontroller or processor-based systems and common communication interfaces.
• Hands-on experience bringing up and debugging custom hardware using standard lab instrumentation.
• Ability to translate system requirements into practical designs and clearly document engineering decisions.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with SPICE, signal- and power-integrity analysis, or electromagnetic and thermal simulation tools such as Ansys HFSS, SIwave, Icepak, or CST.
• Experience designing hardware for robotics, autonomous systems, industrial, aerospace, or defense applications.
• Familiarity with DFM, DFT, component sourcing, and manufacturing processes.
• Python or other scripting experience for test automation, hardware characterization, or data analysis.
• Experience with EMC/EMI troubleshooting and environmental or regulatory compliance testing.

About the company

root-access is a small team where you will work alongside a cofounder / CTO who earned 7 patents for electronics.