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Senior Hardware Engineer

Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $175,000–$175,000🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and bring to mass production cutting-edge security hardware devices, ensuring manufacturability, security, and reliability.

Role type

Senior Hardware Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Builds

Hardware-backed security devices (YubiKey style)

Domain

Identity Security / Hardware Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Embedded hardware system design, EDA/PCB design (Altium, Allegro, Cadence), Schematic Capture, Layout/Routing, DFM/DFA, Bus communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, CAN), Microcontroller programming (STM, TI, Freescale, NXP), Test protocol creation, Debugging with oscilloscopes/logic analyzers

Preferred skills

Wireless technologies (NFC, Bluetooth, BLE, ZigBee), Custom ASIC/FPGA design, x86/ARM chipset and firmware security (TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, secure boot), Mechanical fixture design, PLM tools (Arena, Agile), Collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence)

Technologies

Altium, Allegro, Cadence, STM, TI, Freescale, NXP, I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, CAN, NFC, Bluetooth, BLE, ZigBee, TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, JTAG, ROM, JIRA, Confluence, Arena, Agile

Responsibilities

Electronic design from concept to implementation and hand-over to manufacturing at scale, Testing prototypes and troubleshooting HW/FW issues, Collaborating with FW/SW/Test/Mfg teams, Overseeing manufacturing process of electrical components/assemblies

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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