Senior Hardware Engineer

Recruiting from Scratch is a specialized talent firm representing a growth-stage sports technology company that builds AI-powered camera systems for athletes, coaches, and families. The Senior Hardware Engineer will lead PCB validation, hardware bring-up, reliability testing, failure analysis, production readiness, and system-level performance improvements across the company’s hardware products.

Responsibilities:

• Lead PCB validation, hardware bring-up, debugging, and production readiness activities for new hardware designs
• Review schematics, identify design issues, and collaborate with engineering teams to optimize manufacturability and reliability
• Design and execute system-level validation plans, including environmental, thermal, accelerated life, and stress testing
• Investigate hardware failures from deployed field units and conduct root-cause analysis to drive corrective actions
• Partner closely with firmware engineers to diagnose system-level issues using hardware tools and firmware logs
• Improve product reliability through component selection, thermal optimization, mechanical enhancements, and design improvements
• Evaluate alternative components and suppliers to improve supply chain resilience and long-term product sustainability
• Develop test automation tools, validation frameworks, and diagnostic tooling to improve engineering efficiency
• Document validation processes, failure investigations, and engineering findings to support knowledge sharing across teams
• Contribute wherever needed, supporting a highly collaborative startup environment where ownership extends beyond formal responsibilities

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional hardware engineering experience
• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline
• Proven track record bringing production-scale electronic products from development through manufacturing and deployment
• Strong experience in hardware validation, reliability engineering, failure analysis, and root-cause investigations
• Hands-on experience with hardware debugging tools including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, serial debuggers, and related equipment
• Ability to read schematics and analyze low-level hardware and firmware logs
• Experience working across hardware, firmware, and embedded systems boundaries
• Programming experience with Python and/or C/C++ for test automation, validation tooling, or firmware debugging
• Strong troubleshooting mindset with the ability to independently drive complex investigations to resolution
• Experience with consumer electronics, IoT devices, cameras, edge computing systems, or embedded hardware products
• Familiarity with firmware-hardware integration and embedded Linux-based systems
• Experience supporting products at manufacturing scale and high deployment volumes
• Personal hardware projects, maker experience, robotics projects, or other evidence of engineering curiosity outside of work
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity and development workflows
• Background in reliability testing methodologies including HALT, HASS, environmental testing, and accelerated lifecycle testing
• Experience working in fast-paced startup environments with broad ownership expectations