Hardware Engineering Manager

Location: Austin, TX • Full-Time • Onsite • Relocation available

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Hardware Engineering Manager to lead the design, development, validation, and productization of advanced high-speed networking and embedded computing hardware platforms. The ideal candidate will combine strong hands-on hardware engineering expertise with proven engineering team management experience. You will lead multidisciplinary teams across hardware, FPGA, mechanical, ECAD, manufacturing, compliance, and software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware development from system architecture through production release and sustaining engineering.
• Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary hardware engineering team.
• Lead development of high-speed networking and embedded computing platforms.
• Oversee board-level design, PCB development, prototyping, validation, and hardware bring-up.
• Apply expertise in high-speed signal integrity, SerDes, EMC/EMI, and power integrity.
• Review PCB stackups, materials, board construction, and layout for high-speed applications.
• Support hardware debugging, validation, compliance, and production readiness.
• Collaborate with FPGA/RTL, software, mechanical, manufacturing, ECAD, and compliance teams.
• Support NPI, manufacturing transition, production yield improvement, and sustaining engineering.
• Drive technical roadmaps, design reviews, product quality, and engineering priorities.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and career development to engineering team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of hardware engineering experience.
• Proven experience managing and developing engineering teams.
• Strong experience designing and productizing high-speed networking equipment.
• Hands-on experience with board-level hardware design and development.
• Strong understanding of high-speed signal integrity and PCB design.
• Experience with EMC/EMI design and compliance troubleshooting.
• Experience with high-performance processors and embedded platforms.
• Knowledge of PCB stackups and PCB material selection.
• Experience taking hardware products from architecture/design through production release.

Preferred Qualifications

• FPGA-based hardware development experience.
• High-speed SerDes/Ethernet experience.
• Signal integrity and power integrity analysis.
• Advanced embedded computing platforms.
• Hardware NPI/productization experience.
• Manufacturing and sustaining engineering experience.
• Experience working with OEMs or technology partners.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary hardware engineering teams.