Electrical & Hardware Engineering Experts

Mercor is seeking experienced electrical and hardware engineers to support an advanced engineering and AI research initiative with a leading technology organisation. The role involves evaluating complex hardware designs, engineering workflows, technical analyses, and troubleshooting approaches, while applying practical expertise in hardware development, validation, bring-up, debugging, manufacturing, and testing.

Responsibilities:

• Apply hands-on electrical and hardware engineering expertise to technically complex engineering tasks
• Review and evaluate hardware designs, engineering workflows, technical analyses, and troubleshooting approaches
• Analyse design trade-offs, failure modes, measurements, test results, and system-level engineering decisions
• Assess the technical correctness and practicality of engineering solutions generated for real-world hardware problems
• Identify errors, missing assumptions, unrealistic recommendations, and potential design or implementation risks
• Develop or review technically rigorous engineering problems, reference solutions, evaluation criteria, or supporting documentation
• Draw on practical experience with hardware development, validation, bring-up, debugging, manufacturing, and testing
• Provide clear technical feedback grounded in real engineering experience and industry best practices

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional industry experience, including at least 3 years of recent, actively hands-on experience in hardware development, testing, bring-up, validation, or troubleshooting
• Direct experience serving as the responsible engineer for substantial portions of a hardware development or engineering workflow, rather than solely managing engineering teams or projects
• Deep expertise in at least one of the following areas:

• RF systems, antennas, electromagnetic design, or RF validation
• Power electronics, power conversion, motor drives, or power delivery
• Analog or mixed-signal circuit design
• PCB architecture, schematic design, board bring-up, or hardware debugging
• Signal integrity, power integrity, high-speed interfaces, or system-level electrical validation

• Strong understanding of practical engineering constraints including component selection, tolerances, measurement, manufacturing, reliability, thermal considerations, and system integration
• Experience debugging real hardware using relevant laboratory equipment, simulation tools, and engineering instrumentation
• Ability to explain technical decisions, trade-offs, and failure modes clearly and rigorously
• Experience working for a company that designs and manufactures physical hardware products is strongly preferred