Hardware Engineer

Job Title: Hardware Engineer

Job Description

The Hardware Engineer will lead the design, development, and verification of electronic hardware. This role requires strong mixed-signal design capability, low-power system experience, and the ability to collaborate across mechanical, firmware, and test engineering teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience designing from the ground up, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting high-volume, cost-efficient manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design and development of electronic hardware for gas metering systems, including low-power, low-current, battery-operated circuitry.
• Perform mixed-signal circuit design (analog preferred), simulations, feasibility studies, and validation testing to ensure performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Create and maintain schematics, PCB documentation, test procedures, and complete all required hardware design deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, firmware, and test engineering teams to define requirements, develop specifications, and execute design reviews.
• Ensure all hardware designs comply with company, regulatory, safety, EMC, and intrinsic safety standards (e.g., IEC).
• Drive the component selection process and ensure traceable requirements are developed for all PCBAs.
• Support design troubleshooting, board testing, environmental testing, and problem-solving throughout the product lifecycle.
• Apply principles of high-volume, low-cost manufacturing, PCB layout (preferred), and DFM/DFT best practices.
• Willingness to travel internationally (1 week per month initially).

Essential Skills

• 3 years of professional hardware engineering experience.
• Strong experience in analog, digital, or mixed-signal circuit design.
• Experience with low-power, battery-operated electronic systems.
• Proficiency with schematic capture tools (Altium preferred).
• Hands-on experience with PCB design, testing, troubleshooting, and validation.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience designing products with intrinsic safety requirements.
• PCB layout capability.
• Exposure to environmental testing and rugged product development.
• Familiarity with high-volume manufacturing constraints and DFM principles.

Work Environment

The role requires on-site presence with some flexibility on start and end times. Core hours are typically 9 AM to 4 PM.

This is a Permanent position based out of Frankfort, IN.

The pay range for this position is $80000.00 - $110000.00/yr.

Landis benefits will be provided to candidate before setting up interview.

This is a fully onsite position in Frankfort,IN.

This position is anticipated to close on Jan 30, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $80,000 - $110,000