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Hardware Engineer II

Legrand
Fremont, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/17/2026
Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Design And Development

  • Design and develop hardware devices for infrastructure management, including routers, serial consoles, and edge network components.
  • Review circuit designs, PCB layout, mechanical designs, and assist on component selection for high-performance, reliable, and energy-efficient hardware.
  • Collaborate with contract manufacturers and vendors to ensure designs are manufacturable and cost-effective.
  • Collaborate with product management to define and refine product requirements.
  • Coordinate with firmware and software teams to ensure seamless integration of hardware components.

Firmware Development

  • Maintain a cross-compiler environment for embedded systems.
  • Write and review code for boot loader, BIOS, device drivers, firmware installation, and hardware tests.
  • Maintain source control management with git.
  • Follow agile development strategies and practices.

Prototyping And Testing

  • Build and test hardware prototypes, refining designs based on test results.
  • Conduct measurements and analyses to verify design integrity and compliance with industry standards.
  • Collaborate with contract manufacturers to review prototype and production testing results.

Manufacturing And Production Support

  • Work closely with contract manufacturers to resolve technical issues during production, ensuring products meet quality and performance expectations.
  • Drive continuous improvement efforts to optimize cost, performance, and reliability of products.

Documentation And Compliance

  • Create detailed documentations, including production documents, specifications, test reports, work instructions, and provide cross-departmental training based on the documentations.
  • Understand hardware certification and regulatory compliance requirements in terms of safety, emissions, radiofrequency transmission of cellular and Wi-Fi modules for the main markets in the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Africa.
  • Understand interoperability requirements for cellular carriers.
  • Work closely with certification labs to attain required certifications for ZPE products.
  • Enable continuous effort to ensure products stay up to date on current certifications and compliance requirements and maintain comprehensive and organized documentations to enable smooth process of product sales and shipping.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related degree.

We welcome early-career candidates, including recent graduates with 1 years of hands-on execution experience through a relevant internship, co-op, or professional role.

Core Qualifications

  • Knowledge and experience with circuit design, PCB layout tools, and troubleshooting.
  • Understanding of digital and analog circuits, power management, and high-speed signal design.
  • Hands-on experience with using hardware diagnostic tools (e.g, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and soldering tools) to troubleshoot and test electronic circuits.
  • Understanding of manufacturing processes (e.g., SMT, injection molding, machining, assembly, etc.).
  • Familiarity with product testing and validation processes, including functional and reliability testing, as well as EMI/EMC and safety compliance testing.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis and implementing corrective/preventive methods.
  • Communication skills to collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, and external partner teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in hardware design and development, preferably in the networking or telecommunications industry.
  • Familiarity with IoT devices, edge computing, and data center hardware.
  • Experience with Small Form-factor Pluggable modules and Passive Optical Network technologies.
  • Experience working with contract manufacturers or ODMs for hardware development and production.
  • Bilingual in Portuguese, Spanish, or Mandarin Chinese would be a plus for working with international teams, independent laboratories, and manufacturing partners.

Salary and Benefits: $100,000 - $115,000

Legrand North and Central America offer comprehensive health benefits, an industry-leading 401(k) match, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, holidays, disability coverage, bonus opportunities, paid volunteer time, and access to an active Employee Resource Groups that support women in engineering and underrepresented identities. The culture emphasizes inclusion, flexibility, growth, and meaningful impact in a global organization.

About Legrand

ABOUT US

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North And Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us

About Legrand’s Data Center Power And Control Division

The industry-leading brands of Approved Networks, Ortronics, Raritan, Server Technology, and Starline empower Legrand’s Data, Power & Control to produce innovative solutions for data centers, building networks, and facility infrastructures. Our division designs, manufactures, and markets world-class products for a more productive and sustainable future. The exceptional reliability of our technologies results from decades of proven performance and a dedication to research and development.

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