HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: May 5, 2025 – The Hardware Development Engineer has experience in hardware design within New Product Development or Continuation/Sustaining Engineering environments, with a strong knowledge of analog, digital, and power circuits and systems. This role requires skills in managing PCB layouts, performing design verification, and utilizing computer simulations such as PSPICE, MATLAB/Simulink, and Simplorer before prototyping. The engineer is also proficient in designing power electronic circuits and components, adhering to EMC guidelines, agency approval requirements, and various design standards like UL, CE, and IEC.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Hardware Development Engineer Resume
- Technical Testing
- Engineering Analysis
- Failure Analysis
- Electrical Design
- Analog Design
- Digital Design
- LabVIEW Development
- Mixed-Signal Design
- Schematic Capture
- Hardware Debugging
- Task Management
- Report Writing
- Collaboration
- Problem-Solving
- Team Collaboration
- Customer Cooperation
- Product Launch
- Change Implementation
- Technical Support
- Product Development
Summary of Hardware Development Engineer Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Applied Physics with 4 years of Experience
- Experience in Systems Integration/PCBA development
- Prior experience implementing new technologies and taking new approaches to solving common problems.
- Knowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly processes.
- Experience generating and owning Design Validation test plans.
- Experience with root cause analysis and finding solutions to challenging engineering problems.
- Familiarity with embedded firmware and scripting for automation and board bring-up.
- Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results on technical projects
- System-level integration experience
- Proven experience taking products from concept to production
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to work in an integrated team environment.
2. BS in Electronics Engineering with 2 years of Experience
- Previous applicable working experience
- Experience designing circuit card assemblies, cable harnesses, and equipment enclosures
- Experience with electronic test equipment (multi-meters, oscilloscopes, loads, network analyzers, BERT, DAQ, etc)
- Experience with launch vehicle, aircraft, or spacecraft integration and test
- Experience with Rational DOORS and Rational Quality Manager
- Experience with Creo, Altium, AutoCAD Electrical, and/or Windchill PDM
- The ability to travel to support deployed infrastructure and vendor site visits throughout the country
- Able to support occasional overtime and overnight operations to support test and launch campaigns
- Self-starter with excellent organizational skills
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills
- Solid teamwork and leadership skills with verbal and written communication skills
3. BS in Mechanical Engineering with 5 years of Experience
- Solid fundamentals in mathematics, digital signal processing, and/or communication systems
- Experience writing RTL code in Verilog and/or VHDL
- Experience with bring-up and debugging new hardware systems
- Ability to deliver results in a very fast-moving environment
- Desire to learn and implement groundbreaking new hardware technology
- Ability to quickly produce thoroughly verified logic modules
- Experience working with Xilinx Zynq SoC devices
- Experience with High-Level Synthesis tools for FPGA
- Experience with interfacing JESD204b ADC/DACs
- Knowledge of FFTs, correlators, polyphase filters, I-Q mixers, etc.
- Knowledge of advanced verification techniques (transaction-level self-checking test benches, constrained random testing, etc.)
4. BS in Electrical Engineering with 3 years of Experience
- Comprehensive understanding of the latest electrical product technologies, designs, and user experience best practices
- Hardware development working experience
- Test management experience involving multiple team members, vendors, stakeholders, and assets
- Experience working in KPI development and management
- Vendor management and negotiation experience
- Success in developing strong working relationships across many layers of an organization, with outside customers and suppliers
- Experience managing projects to develop and deliver complex electrical systems
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to analyze and present data to create easy-to-interpret and convincing business results
- Demonstrated record of precision and integrity in past work assignments
- Demonstrated a high level of initiative
5. BS in Systems Engineering with 4 years of Experience
- Experience in hardware design in a New Product Development or Continuation/Sustaining Engineering environment.
- Knowledge of electrical and electro-mechanical circuits and systems in all three disciplines of analog, digital, and power.
- Ability to manage PCB layouts and perform design verification, including analysis of design margin.
- Capable of using computer simulation before prototyping, i.e., PSPICE, Matlab/Simulink, Simplorer, Hyperlinks, etc.
- Solid understanding of EMC guidelines, standards, and design mitigation techniques.
- Experience with agency approval requirements and designing for codes such as UL, CE, IEC, etc.
- Design expertise in developing power electronic circuits and components such as IGBTs, MOSFETs, diodes, capacitors, and high-frequency magnetic components.
- Understanding of gate drive design, thermal management, voltage and current sensing techniques, and protection circuitry.
- Good test and analysis skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Highly motivated and capable of working on concurrent activities
6. BS in Computer Engineering with 7 years of Experience
- System/board level design experience designing and developing high-end, high-speed embedded platforms, including the latest bus topologies, CPU, and memory interfaces.
- Excellent knowledge of high-speed (16Gbps or higher) design methodologies and simulation, including the latest bus technologies such as PCIe, USB, SAS/SATA, Video, and/or Ethernet.
- Excellent knowledge in high-speed clock circuit design, implementation, and measurement.
- Knowledge of high-speed simulation using HSpice, Hyperlinx, or similar tools and applying the concepts to board layout.
- Good interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
- Strong background in debug, high-speed Timing, and Jitter analysis and measurement.
- Working knowledge of various EMC/EMI control methods and implementation at PCB/component level.
- Working experience with various schematic entry tools and test/measurement equipment, including high-speed, real-time oscilloscopes, network/spectrum analyzers, and logic analyzers.
- High emphasis on the quality and reliability of the product is a must.
- Strong system development experience with a holistic approach.
- Team player, and able to share knowledge, learn from others, and support other groups within an organization.
- A great problem solver, debugger, and willing to take calculated risks to drive results.