Hardware Engineer

Overview

Eagle Wireless is a connectivity company delivering secure, reliable, and scalable cellular modules and solutions for automotive and IoT applications. With manufacturing operations in Solon, OH and Penang, Malaysia, and R&D teams across North America, Europe, and APAC, Eagle Wireless supports customers worldwide with long-life, compliant, and cyber-secure connectivity products. Our portfolio spans automotive telematics modules designed to IATF 16949 and AEC-Q grade standards, and industrial IoT modules across LTE-M, NB-IoT, and 5G technologies.

Eagle Wireless is currently expanding its manufacturing footprint with a new factory under construction in Solon, Ohio — adding to its existing manufacturing operations in Solon, OH and Penang, Malaysia — with initial production targeted for 2027. Focused on supply chain resilience, regulatory compliance, and customer trust, Eagle Wireless helps OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and IoT innovators deploy connected technologies with confidence in an increasingly complex global environment.

The Hardware Engineer is an early-career engineering role within Eagle’s global R&D organization, working alongside senior hardware engineers and reporting into the R&D leadership team. You will contribute to the design, testing, and validation of cellular IoT and automotive connectivity modules — learning the full hardware development lifecycle from schematic capture through regulatory certification on real, production-bound products. This is a hands-on role with broad exposure: you will work across RF, power, and digital hardware domains, collaborate with firmware engineers, and interface with manufacturing and quality teams at Eagle’s Solon facility.

Eagle is a small, fast-moving company, which means early-career engineers here get real ownership and visibility far sooner than they would at a large organization. We are looking for someone who is technically sharp, genuinely curious about cellular and RF hardware, and already building habits around using AI tools to work smarter. This position is based in the Solon, OH area or Minneapolis, MN area.

• Assist senior engineers with schematic capture and PCB layout for cellular IoT and automotive module designs.
• Perform design-for-manufacturability (DFM) and design-for-test (DFT) reviews under senior engineer guidance.
• Support hardware bring-up activities: bench setup, power sequencing verification, and initial functionality checks on new module prototypes.
• Maintain accurate design documentation, BOMs, schematic revision logs, and test records to production standards.
• Assist with component selection, datasheet review, and vendor part evaluation for new designs.

• Execute hardware test plans covering RF performance, power consumption, thermal behavior, and basic signal integrity.
• Set up and operate lab equipment including spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, oscilloscopes, and power supplies.
• Log, track, and document hardware defects; participate in root cause analysis and corrective action efforts.
• Support regulatory pre-compliance testing activities (FCC, CE, PTCRB) and assist senior engineers during formal certification runs.
• Write and maintain test scripts and automated validation routines, leveraging AI tools to accelerate script development.
• Use AI tools actively in day-to-day engineering tasks: drafting test plans, summarizing datasheet content, generating test scripts, and producing failure analysis write-ups.
• Apply AI-assisted tools for PCB design rule checks, signal integrity review, and documentation generation under senior engineer supervision.
• Stay current on AI tooling relevant to hardware engineering and share practical findings with the team.
• Work closely with senior hardware engineers, firmware engineers, and manufacturing teams on shared development programs.
• Participate in design reviews, bring-up sessions, and qualification milestone reviews.
• Coordinate with global engineering teams in Penang, Belgrade, and Germany on assigned tasks within shared development programs.
• Support customer-facing technical activities including test report…