Electrical Engineer Team Lead

Job description:

Lincoln Technology Solutions (LTS) is seeking a highly driven and technically exceptional Electrical Engineering Team Lead to provide cross-disciplinary technical leadership while remaining a hands-on individual contributor.

This role is responsible for the technical direction and execution of electrical hardware and embedded software development across LTS display and control platforms. The ideal candidate is a senior-level engineer who thrives at the intersection of hardware architecture, software integration, customer engagement, and product execution.

This is not a pure management role. This position requires meaningful individual technical contribution alongside leadership responsibilities.

About Lincoln Technology Solutions:

Are you ready to start the next chapter in your career with a business that has a casual company culture, connects with their employees and understands the importance of a positive work-life balance? If the answer is yes, then LTS is eager for you to join our team and help you fill those pages!

Lincoln Technology Solutions is a quickly growing design services and LCD integration company, focused on creating innovative solutions with unrivaled optical performance. We have in-house engineering expertise in all disciplines with prototype manufacturing in Cary, NC. We pride ourselves in offering the flexibility, agility, and creativity that our customers cannot find with other companies that offer similar services. All of our solutions focus on solving our customer’s challenges with a cost-effective, high performance, manufacturable product.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:

· Provide technical leadership to Electrical and Software Engineering team members

· Define and review system architecture across hardware and embedded software platforms

· Establish and enforce design review rigor to improve first-pass success

· Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards across disciplines

· Serve as escalation point for complex hardware/software integration challenges

· Assist in defining project scope, technical risk, and engineering timelines

· Execute on continuous improvement of engineering standards and documentation

Hands-On Engineering Contribution:

· Architect and design hardware platforms including FPGAs, MCUs, high-speed video interfaces (DisplayPort, MIPI, HDMI, LVDS), and associated control systems

· Lead PCB schematic and layout quality (Altium preferred)

· Perform hardware bring-up, validation, and system-level debug

· Collaborate directly with Electrical, Software, and Firmware Engineers to develop innovative solutions to challenging design problems

· Contribute to embedded C development and system-level debugging when required

· Support reliability analysis and root cause investigations

· Support product development initiatives through LTS’s New Product Introduction (NPI) process

Secondary Areas of Contribution:

· Support SOM-based embedded architectures when applicable

· Assist with CAN-based implementations as needed

Customer and Global Partner Interfacing:

· Interface directly with customers on technical matters

· Collaborate with international customers, partners, and suppliers

· Travel globally as required

· Maintain effective communication with overseas engineering teams

Required Qualifications:

· Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

· 10 years of professional engineering experience

· Deep expertise in hardware architecture and high-speed video/display interfaces

· Strong PCB design experience (Altium preferred)

· Demonstrated leadership of technical initiatives or engineering teams

· Experience collaborating closely across hardware and software domains

· Strong debugging and root cause analysis capability

· Customer-facing technical experience

· Willingness to travel internationally

Preferred Qualifications:

· Experience in display system design

· Experience with embedded systems (including SOM-based architectures)

· Familiarity with CAN-based systems

· Experience working with overseas manufacturing or engineering partners

· Experience in a high-growth product development environment

Job Type:

· Full-time

· Monday to Friday

Location:

· Cary, NC 27518 (Required)

The Ideal Candidate is:

· A player-coach who leads by example

· Architecturally strong with disciplined attention to detail

· Highly accountable and execution-oriented

· Technically confident in customer-facing environments

· Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment

· Focused on preventing errors through disciplined engineering practice

Work Remotely:

· No