Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is seeking a highly motivated individual to join one of our skilled and tight-knit design teams in creating rugged, high-performance embedded computing solutions. This person will be involved in all aspects of board-level product design through the formal transfer to production. This key position has broad exposure to and close interaction with electrical and mechanical design, software integration and debug, qualification testing, and production planning.


Duties and Responsibilities

Perform engineering work related to hardware design, debugging, and electronic system testing. Specific responsibilities may include the following:

• Lead and participate in product development, integration, debug, product testing, and customer support.
• Perform digital circuit design, through component selection, simulation, and schematic entry.
• May perform as the technical contact with external customers in partnership with a Project Manager.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify best fit solutions and to quickly resolve technical issues and ensure a high level of product quality.
• Provide guidance in the creation and execution of design verification, qualification, and production test plans.
• Create and review product technical documentation.
• Debug hardware problems down to the component level.
• Lead others through solving complex problems by coaching/mentoring early career engineers.
• Be a trusted resource to less senior engineers and review their work.
• Manage customer and internal requirements throughout the design process.
• Work with project managers, technical leads and team members to ensure that design checks are performed in a timely fashion.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related engineering field.
• Minimum of seven (7+) years of related engineering experience.
• Experience delivering project goals across one or more concurrent projects.
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including mechanical, signal integrity, PCB, power, programmable logic, project management, and software.
• Experience solving complex problems and making informed technical decisions with a demonstrated ability to consider all relevant factors when proposing technical solutions.
• Experience reviewing others' work and providing constructive feedback.
• Demonstrated ability to present technical data in a manner that facilitates quick decisions.
• Track record of guiding PCB layout engineers.
• Experience with complex eCAD software such as Siemens Xpedition, Altium or Cadence Allegro.
• Ability to work efficiently and independently with a strong sense of urgency and ownership.
• Ability to work onsite from our facility located at 9901 Silicon Prairie Parkway in Verona, WI.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in all areas of the engineering development life cycle: requirement gathering, design, development, testing, debug, deployment, and sustaining maintenance.
• Ability to translate product specifications into requirements.
• Familiarity with any of the following: Intel x86 architecture or ARM architecture, Xilinx FPGA or SoCs, Linux or VxWorks operating systems, SPICE simulation, Ethernet, PCIe, DDR4, MIL-STD 1553, C or C++ programming, Python, HDL.
• Experience with embedded products form factors (VPX, COM Express, XMC, VME, cPCI, ATCA).
• Familiarity with military requirements (MIL-STD 810, 461, 464, 704, 1275, DO-160, 178).

Compensation and Benefits

X-ES offers a competitive compensation package and excellent benefits, including:

• No-deductible, low-copay group health and dental insurance (90% employer paid)
• Health and wellness benefits coverage eligibility begins on the first of the month following your start date
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance (100% employer paid)
• Paid time off, plus eight paid holidays a year
• 401(k) employer match up to 4%, subject to plan terms & waiting periods. Roth option is available.
• Participation in the 100% employee-owned Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at no cost to employees

X-ES also takes a casual, small-business approach to company culture. At our state-of-the-art office and manufacturing facility located in Madison's growing tech corridor, there's no formal dress code, flexible day shift scheduling, and dedicated personal workspaces. Our employees kick back at regular company events and enjoy lunches from local pizza places and food carts. At X-ES, we strive to offer a comfortable, relaxed environment for our employees to do their best work.

About X-ES

When "rugged enough" isn't rugged enough for embedded computing systems, industry leaders in the military, aerospace, industrial, and commercial sectors turn to Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES). Because we strive to be the premier provider of mission-critical embedded products while delivering exceptional levels of customer and employee satisfaction, we hire strong contributors and give them space to thrive. As a 100% employee-owned company, our employees both drive and directly benefit from our success. Together, we meticulously design and build products that stand up to some of the most extreme conditions on the planet.

X-ES is located on the far west side of Madison, WI. The company designs and manufactures rugged embedded computing solutions for a variety of applications. For more information, visit

X-ES is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other category protected by law.

All X-ES job postings and application procedures are posted in compliance with Section 39.08 of the Madison General Ordinances.

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