Hardware Project Engineer

Hardware Project Engineer – Gilbert, AZ – Contract (5 months)

Compensation: $90–$120 per hour | 40 hours/week

• Support lead responsible engineer in development and production of custom space electronics.
• May support senior lead engineer on complex projects.

• Manage and review product requirements from internal and external customer stakeholders through product development evolution, including deriving design and test requirements necessary to ensure product performance, functionality, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with designers to validate conceptual solutions through the performance of trade studies and analyses.
• Allocate product requirements to functional disciplines and coordinate verification activities across the project team to ensure all product requirements are verified and documented.
• Author and review engineering analyses and reports.
• Ensure project data deliverables meet customer specifications and are delivered on time.
• Author test procedures.
• Assist in design verification testing and production hardware testing.
• Read and understand printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) schematics.
• Use laboratory measurement equipment to diagnose and troubleshoot electronic failures down to the discrete component / integrated circuit level.
• Resolve non‑conformance issues encountered during manufacturing and testing activities, including leading Failure Review Board (FRB) meetings and championing Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) efforts.

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in electronic systems with at least one of the following: PCBA design, embedded processors software design, or requirements management.
• 3+ years of experience in authoring, managing, deriving, and verifying requirements for complex electronics systems.
• 3+ years of experience in requirement management database such as IBM Rational DOORS, JAMA Connect, or Siemens Polarion.

• High proficiency with Microsoft Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Self‑starting instincts and strong sense of project ownership, able to work independently and proactively identify and resolve technical challenges.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and digital interface technologies.
• Experience designing or specifying space‑based, radiation‑hardened electronic components is highly desired.

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• Ability to work onsite and be the primary point of contact during 24/7 product testing campaigns.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F‑1 OPT STEM work authorization status.