Hardware Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

Required Skills and Experience:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering
• 2+ years of PCBA design and simulation experience with a focus on schematic/circuit design
• Experience designing complex, high-speed, multi-layer PCB assemblies and reviewing artwork designs
• Strong circuit characterization, verification, and debug skills
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary engineering teams communicating requirements and highlighting potential risks to project management
• Minimal PCBA rework capabilities
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work directly with customers

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Nice to Have Skills and Experience:

• C/C++ experience
• Experience with signal integrity simulation
• Experience with defense/aerospace-related standards and regulations

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead PCB design, including architecture, component selection, schematic capture, and artwork development for analog, digital, and optical instrumentation.
• Develop prototype plans and perform initial board bring-up, debugging, and validation.
• Debug analog, digital, and bus-based hardware using oscilloscopes and other lab equipment.
• Analyze verification data and document test results, design traceability, and release status.
• Communicate design status, verification results, and technical risks to engineering and management teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet manufacturability, testability, and customer requirements.
• Partner with operations and NPI teams to support manufacturable, production-ready designs.
• Perform worst-case, tolerance, and environmental analysis to validate real-world performance.
• Participate in design reviews to identify risks, improve designs, and reduce PCB respins.

Job Summary Insight Global is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design and develop advanced digital, analog, and optical automated test instrumentation for Defense and Aerospace applications. This role focuses on circuit design, PCB architecture, component selection, signal and power integrity analysis, hardware bring-up, validation, and debugging. The engineer will partner closely with mechanical, systems, software, applications, manufacturing, and quality teams throughout the product development lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in schematic design, complex PCB assemblies, hardware characterization, root-cause debugging, and design for manufacturability and testability.