Lead Hardware Engineer
Job Description
Location: Near Burr Ridge, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $140K – $155K plus bonus
Benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision, 401K with company match, profit sharing, PTO, company paid holidays
- Electronics hardware design and development delivering high-quality, reliable, on-time products that meet customer needs
- Create and maintain product technical documentation – specifications, design documents
- Design and troubleshoot microcontrollers and embedded mixed-signal systems at the component level
- Perform schematic capture, work with layout resources, and perform board bring-up and development validation on designs
- Initiate and participate in hardware/platform design reviews
- Collaborate with mechanical, software, and production teams to support design tasks and projects
- Partner with customers and technical teams to develop designs and solutions addressing specific needs/problems
- Intake tasks, create WBS, estimate effort, and perform to estimations
- Drive continual improvements in hardware engineering processes
- Maintain and use hardware engineering standards
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent – MBA a plus
- 7–10+ years’ experience in product design for commercial and/or industrial devices
- Strong expertise in complex mixed signal, digital, and analog design – development, testing, and debugging
- Ability to provide technical assessment and leadership to other project team members and departments
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience with UL, CB Scheme, etc. a plus
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Meet Your Recruiter
Senior Technical Recruiter
Naeomi is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with more than two years of experience supporting candidates and clients. She focuses on Sterling’s Commercial Division, recruiting for roles across plastics, machining, aerospace, and other specialized technical environments.
Naeomi enjoys recruiting because it gives her the opportunity to make a lasting, positive impact in someone’s life. She is passionate about helping candidates find new opportunities that align with their skills, goals, and long-term career growth.
For Naeomi, recruiting is also about building trusted relationships and being a helpful resource beyond one placement. Whether supporting an individual candidate or someone in their network who may be looking for a new role, she takes pride in helping people move forward with confidence.