Director, Electrical Engineering

As the Director of the Electrical Engineering Team, you will develop our company's own motherboards. You will also oversee the design activities of our partners on behalf of OnLogic, and make sure new products meet and exceed all product requirements defined at the start of the program.

We believe in the power of in-person collaboration and the benefits of a strong workplace community. Therefore, this role requires an onsite presence at our South Burlington, VT office. We encourage candidates who are able to relocate or comfortably commute to apply.

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Providing Electrical Hardware Leadership: Architect and drive the end-to-end electrical system design for embedded industrial products, leading the product development cycle from concept through manufacturing. This involves approving schematic capture, complex multi-layer PCB stack-up and routing strategies, and defining the Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) and signal integrity requirements for x86 and ARM platforms.
• Facilitating Firmware/BIOS Interface: Regularly interface with the Firmware and BIOS development teams to ensure hardware designs meet all necessary low-level requirements. You will define and coordinate the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) pinouts, power sequencing, and debug interfaces (e.g., JTAG, SPI) to guarantee successful platform bring-up and validation.
• Driving Global Design Synergy: Lead cross-functional collaboration with hardware engineering centers in the US and Asia. You will define, enforce, and audit cohesive electrical design methodologies, component selection standards, and hardware validation procedures (e.g., thermal, EMI/EMC) to ensure globally consistent product quality and reliable time-to-market delivery.
• Overseeing Project Execution & Optimization: Proactively manage and refine project execution schedules for multiple parallel hardware designs. You will utilize data-driven metrics to identify process bottlenecks and implement Agile/Scrum improvements to enhance the hardware engineering team's efficiency and predictability.
• Resolving Critical Hardware Roadblocks: Act as the top-tier technical escalation point for hardware-related issues, synthesizing input from the mechanical, manufacturing, and FW/BIOS teams. You will identify creative, resource-effective solutions to maintain critical product commitments and mitigate risks associated with component obsolescence or design challenges.
• Mentoring and Developing Engineering Talent: Actively manage the performance, career trajectory, and continuous skill growth of a diverse team of electrical and hardware design engineers. You will conduct regular 1:1 sessions, assign stretch projects, and foster a high-performance culture focused on technical excellence and innovation.
• Strategic Resource Management: Develop, forecast, and manage operational engineering budgets, including capital expenditure for specialized lab equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers) and resource allocation for external contract design services (e.g., PCB layout specialists).
  
  

The team you will be joining:

Engineering: Our Engineering team creates our cutting edge industrial computers by finding innovative solutions on a daily basis. The Engineering team's success relies on collaboration, creative thinking and a commitment to being at the forefront of technology. Roles on our Engineering team include, Electrical, Mechanical, Applications and Regulatory.

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Requirements

Technical Expertise

• Deep Domain Experience: A minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience in Electrical Engineering, specifically in the design and development of complex embedded industrial PC systems (x86 and/or ARM architecture).
• High-Speed Design Leadership: Proven track record of technically leading electrical hardware teams through the full product lifecycle. Expert-level familiarity with designing and validating electrical circuits optimized for high-speed digital interfaces (e.g., PCIe, DDR, USB 3.x/4.0, high-speed networking).
• System-Level Mastery: Demonstrated expertise in multi-layer PCB stack-up and routing methodologies for signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI). Direct experience with specifying and implementing complex power management integrated circuits (PMIC), thermal dissipation strategies, and ensuring EMI/EMC compliance.
• Inter-Discipline Coordination: Strong technical understanding of the hardware/firmware interface, including defining power sequencing, JTAG/debug headers, and SoC pin-multiplexing requirements necessary for successful platform bring-up by the BIOS and Firmware teams.
  
  

Leadership & Management Skills

• Formal Management Experience: At least 3 years of experience in a direct people management role, specifically leading and mentoring electrical and hardware design engineering teams.
• Global Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to manage, coordinate, and ensure standardized design practices across geographically distributed engineering and manufacturing teams (e.g., US and Asia).
• Strategic Execution: Experience in defining, implementing, and optimizing engineering processes (e.g., Agile/Scrum methodologies) to enhance product development efficiency, predictability, and on-time delivery.
• Resource and Budget Acumen: Proven capability in engineering resource planning, capacity forecasting, and managing operational and capital expenditure budgets for hardware development and lab equipment.
  
  

Who we're looking for:

• You have attention to detail and a focus on quality.
• You have Technical Project Management skills.
• You are organized, and you have very good analytical and problem solving skills.
• You have good time-management, you can work with changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• You learn new things quickly.
  
  

Who we are:

OnLogic employees have the opportunity to shape our future and drive impactful change. We design and manufacture specialized computers and hardware solutions for companies all over the world, helping them to make the seemingly impossible possible. Our computers are designed to work where others fail, and it's our vision to be the first choice in industrial computing. To make that vision a reality, we've built a team of ambitious problem solvers, guided by the company's core values of Open, Fair, Innovative, and Independent. We have an open office, open salaries, and strive to be fair and transparent in our decision making. We encourage input and feedback from every member of our team and look to improve ourselves and our business every single day.

Diversity is an essential element of our core values. Not just respecting, but actively embracing a variety of backgrounds, life experiences, and opinions, helps us foster innovation, enhances our problem-solving capabilities, and promotes learning and engagement among the members of our team. We strongly encourage those with diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and harassment-free workplace for all employees. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination, or bias based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or any other protected characteristic.

To learn more about our values, our mission and what it's like to work at OnLogic, visit www.onlogic.com/careers.

Benefits

The salary range for this role is $180,000 to $210,000. We determine final compensation based on discussions with applicants and their experience in similar roles.

• A competitive Salary based upon your experience and the requirements of the role
• A comprehensive Benefits package
• 401k Plan with 3% Employer Contribution
• An Annual Profit Share Bonus
• Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave, and Short & Long Term Disability
• Opportunity to Participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• A personal development plan created to help you (and us) grow