Product Engineer

MatrixSpace • Hoffman Estates, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

MatrixSpace is seeking a hands-on Product Engineer with an electrical engineering background to take engineering ownership of improvements to released radar products. The role focuses on investigating complex hardware and system issues, developing circuit and board redesigns, and validating solutions in the lab and field. The engineer will work with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and development engineering to improve product reliability and radar performance while supporting products already in production and service.

The position requires working directly or indirectly with the U.S. Government in restricted environments. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship and may be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance in the future. The role is full-time and onsite in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, with field testing at customer or test locations.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of relevant engineering experience involving electronic product design, redesign, detailed troubleshooting, or verification.
• A degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Hands-on experience diagnosing electronic hardware at circuit, board, and system levels and developing and verifying engineering solutions.
• Ability to analyze schematics and component datasheets, perform design calculations, and use oscilloscopes, multimeters, and other bench equipment to evaluate circuit behavior.
• A methodical approach to root cause analysis, controlled experiments, test planning, and interpreting results against defined performance criteria.
• Working knowledge of analog and digital circuits, power supplies, and interfaces between hardware and embedded systems.
• Ability to clearly document design decisions, test results, and technical findings and collaborate effectively with engineering and production teams.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
• Availability to work full time onsite in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and participate in field testing at customer or test locations.
• May be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with sustaining or product engineering, including redesign and validation of electronic products already in production.
• Experience operating and testing radar systems, interpreting radar data, or troubleshooting RF electronics and integrated sensing systems.
• Experience qualifying alternate components and addressing component obsolescence.
• Experience with PCB design tools, schematic capture, engineering change orders, configuration control, and manufacturing test development.
• Experience using Python or other scripting tools to analyze test data, automate measurements, and reproduce intermittent failures.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot radar hardware and integrated systems using circuit analysis, schematics, measurements, logs, and radar data to isolate failures and distinguish hardware, firmware, software, RF, and environmental causes.
• Lead root cause investigations of production failures, returned units, and field issues; develop and test hypotheses, reproduce failure conditions, and document supporting evidence and corrective actions.
• Evaluate and qualify alternate components for obsolete or unavailable parts through datasheet analysis, design calculations, and electrical, thermal, and system performance testing.
• Design and implement circuit and PCB changes to correct failures and improve reliability, manufacturability, and performance.
• Evaluate design tradeoffs, participate in engineering reviews, and release changes through established change-control processes.
• Operate and configure radar systems in the lab and field; analyze detection and tracking behavior, review radar data, and assess effects of installation, target motion, clutter, and operating conditions.
• Plan and conduct field tests to reproduce reported issues and verify root causes under representative operating conditions.
• Define measurable success criteria, compare baseline and modified systems, and demonstrate that solutions meet requirements without degrading other functions.
• Resolve engineering issues affecting manufacturing yield, test repeatability, and acceptance criteria; improve diagnostic methods and test coverage for production teams.
• Maintain schematics, bills of materials, engineering change records, test plans, and troubleshooting documentation so approved solutions can be built, tested, and supported consistently.
• Work with software, firmware, RF, and mechanical engineers to resolve system interactions and integrate corrective changes; define specialist support needed while driving investigations and validation to completion.
• Prioritize recurring issues by customer and production impact, track corrective actions, and confirm implemented changes prevent recurrence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level