Position Summary
AO Smith's latest acquisition, Heat-Timer, is seeking a full-time, on-site Hardware Engineer to support the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, launch, and maintenance of electronic control products. This role will support both new product development and existing/legacy product lines. The ideal candidate should be hands-on, technically strong, and comfortable working across engineering, production, purchasing, quality, customer support, and outside certification agencies.
Essential Job Functions
- Perform analog and digital hardware design for new and existing products, including architecture, debug, launch, maintenance, and support of controls, sensors, communication devices, and test fixtures.
- Review schematics, PCB layouts, component selections, and hardware design changes.
- Support microcontroller-based control hardware, including digital inputs/outputs, analog inputs/outputs, relays, communication circuits, sensors, and low-voltage power supplies.
- Lead or assist with hardware-firmware integration during the product development cycle.
- Develop and maintain production test fixtures, engineering test setups, and hardware validation tools.
- Emphasize design for manufacturability, design for test, reliability, and long-term product support.
- Assist with component substitutions, component obsolescence, alternate part approvals, and supplier-related technical evaluations.
- Develop and maintain design documentation, including requirements, performance specifications, safety specifications, test specifications, hardware notes, wiring diagrams, BOM support, ECO support, and design verification records.
- Support UL, FCC, CSA, and other regulatory compliance testing, documentation, and product evaluations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
- 5+ years of relevant hardware engineering experience preferred.
- Skilled in microcontroller and supporting digital circuit design and development.
- Skilled in analog design, including instrumentation, signal conditioning, sensor inputs, and low-voltage power supplies.
- Experience with circuit protection techniques for real-world field conditions, including wiring errors, electrical noise, transients, shorts, and installer-related issues.
- Strong circuit troubleshooting skills using a variety of laboratory test and measurement equipment.
- Ability to read, understand, and review schematics and PCB layouts.
- Experience with PCB design tools such as Altium Designer, OrCAD, KiCad, Mentor Graphics, Eagle, or similar.
- Strong communication, documentation, and logical problem-solving skills.
- Ability to develop strategies, plan work, and meet project objectives.
- Ability to work on-site and collaborate directly with engineering and production teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with HVAC controls, building automation, industrial controls, or commercial electronic control products.
- Experience with digital communication hardware and protocols, including Modbus, RS-485, BACnet, Ethernet, cellular, LoRa, Wi-Fi, or similar technologies.
- Experience with RF and digital instrumentation such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power meters, signal sources, or similar equipment.
- Familiarity with embedded C/C++ and firmware development.
- Experience developing or supporting production test fixtures.
- Experience with Altium Designer preferred; experience with similar PCB design tools will be considered.
Pay: $100,961.76 - $121,588.36 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
