Principal Engineer, Hardware Development

Principal Engineer, Hardware Development

At Landis+Gyr
, we don’t just manage energy—we lead the transformation toward a smarter and more sustainable energy future.

With a net revenue of USD 1.73 billion in FY 2024
, and a presence in over 30 countries across five continents, Landis+Gyr empowers utilities and consumers to optimize energy usage through advanced metering, grid-edge intelligence, and powerful data analytics.

Today, our global team of about 6,300 professionals is shaping the digital energy era—developing innovative technologies that support decarbonization, grid modernization, and real‑time energy insights. Our record USD 4.6 billion order backlog and strong book‑to‑bill ratio reflect long‑term confidence in our mission and solutions.

Join us at Landis+Gyr,
where we manage energy better!

The Principal Engineer – Hardware Development calls for an experienced, knowledgeable, and talented engineer to lead the development of hardware components for the Engineering organization. As a hardware technical lead, you will have an opportunity to lead and collaborate with other engineers to design, plan, develop, and maintain electronic design and industry best practices engineering team. Experienced and high contributing engineer capable of handling complicated R&D hardware, firmware, software, and complete solutions projects as part of a cross‑functional team.

Collaborates with Product Management, Project Management and other R&D teams in design, development, and validation of complete Smart Grid solutions. Collaborates with SMEs and business partners on component and system design.

• Lead design and development of wireless communication devices.
• Contribute to overall system architecture utilizing communication devices by working with Systems and Solutions architecture teams.
• Work with the other architects in the wireless communications platform team, and Global Procurement, on the selection of major components used in RF devices.
• Resource allocation responsibilities teams being managed.
• Responsible for subordinate teams' on‑time delivery and quality adherence.
• Contribution to department budgeting.
• Direct contribution in the hiring process through technical and team fit interviews.
• Direct contribution to the performance appraisal process, feeding into performance improvement plans and employee recognition plans.
• Provide leadership in design, development, documentation, bench/compliance testing, etc.
• Develop specifications including functional requirements, detailed design, test procedures as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Identify technical areas for improvement and make detailed business cases for improvements or new areas of opportunities.
• Provide support, troubleshoot, and resolve sustaining issues with high Quality Output.
• Provide detailed and accurate estimates for development efforts.
• Lead in component and/or solution design, development, documentation,.
• Work on agile development teams, collaborating with multiple cross‑discipline architecture teams to develop hardware and software components as part of L+G Smart Grid solutions.
• Participate in recruitment, development and mentoring of junior engineers.
• Lead functional area‑specific continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead in innovative technology and solutions development and/or validation.

• Supports and adheres to Company’s core values.
• Performs other duties or responsibilities as assigned or required.
• Supports and adheres to Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy.
• Represents Company in a positive, professional manner when working with both internal and external customers.

30% leadership responsibilities & 70% development responsibilities.

Ability to work independently as well as in a leadership role on multiple development teams.

Conduct reviews with the team (subordinates) to improve compliance with established best practices and applicable industry standards.

Ability to energize and mentor junior members of the team to achieve deliverables.

Serve as the technical lead for larger projects, establishing technical direction as well as monitoring project management metrics.

Acts as technical…