Senior Hardware Engineer

Trackonomy•San Jose, CA

About The Position

As a Senior Hardware Engineer, you will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to design, develop, integrate, and validate hardware systems. This role requires hands-on ownership from architecture through production, with expertise down to the component level, including PCB design, layout, RF integration, and system bring-up. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and can independently drive complex hardware development. At Trackonomy, we are pioneering a transformative network of interconnected objects. Our goal is to bring inanimate objects to life, giving them the ability to converse, think, and interact in real-time. Envision a world where our devices seamlessly integrate with every physical entity, facilitating a global conversation among them. Our overarching mission is to craft the operating system for the connected world, one object, and sensor at a time. Our customers are major players in various verticals such as logistics, industrial, utilities, healthcare, and government. They use our solutions for a wide range of applications like predictive maintenance, workflow optimization, asset protection, safety, security, and environmental monitoring. We are a unicorn, funded by top investors like Kleiner Perkins and 8VC. Our executive leadership team has experience working together for over two decades, having previously held key roles in the C-suites of renowned companies such as Flextronics, Heptagon, GT-Nexus, and Digital Motors Corporation. Together, we have engineered a revolutionary technology that is yielding extraordinary results. Are you ready to be a part of the next chapter in Silicon Valley's hyper-growth IoT success story?

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on hardware development experience with a proven track record of product releases.
Strong knowledge of RF systems, wireless products, signal integrity, high-speed design, and power integrity.
Experience with ASIC/SoC development and hardware integration for wireless products.
Expertise with SoCs, ARM-based processors, microcontrollers, and interfaces including PCIe, USB, I2C, SPI, UART, embedded flash, and high-speed serial.
Deep understanding of power architectures, battery-powered systems, and hardware interface protocols.
Strong schematic design, component selection, PCB design, and layout review experience.
Experience with bring-up, validation, and debugging of mixed-signal hardware.
Proficiency with lab equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and multimeters.
BS in Electrical Engineering or related field (MS preferred).
Experience developing prototypes and shipping highly integrated electronic products to production.

Responsibilities

Own hardware designs from concept through production.
Develop and validate proof-of-concept prototypes.
Lead component selection and RF system development.
Design and integrate Cellular, BLE, RFID, Wi-Ra, and LoRa platforms.
Perform hardware bring-up, validation, characterization, and debugging.
Use RF simulation and lab tools for testing and optimization.
Create and maintain schematics, BOMs, design documentation, and production packages.
Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions, component alternatives, and cost optimization opportunities.
Develop custom hardware modules as needed.
Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver robust, production-ready products.