Senior Hardware Design Engineer, Devices

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HP IQ is seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to support the design and development of low-power electronic devices. This role focuses on detailed schematic execution, validation, and debugging under the technical direction of senior engineers. The ideal candidate has strong circuit fundamentals, hands-on experience with schematic and layout tools, and a background working within well-defined engineering processes at top-tier organizations.

• →Power architecture responsibility for a wearable device covering SoC states, sensor, audio, and memory architecture tradeoffs at board level.
• →Battery, PCM, and charging profile definition and validation
• →Design power experiments, test plans, and measurement & telemetry mechanisms across firmware and hardware to optimize power and performance.
• →Build and maintain system-level power models to model expected power consumption for user profiles. Map power models by subsystem, correlating modeled behavior with instrumented measurements.
• →Define user profiles, power and sleep states, and low-power operating modes
• →Partner closely with product, hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and regression QA to drive alignment and execution toward power targets.

• Bachelors or Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of professional experience in electrical engineering and system architecture.
• Strong understanding of circuit fundamentals, including low-power analog and high-speed signaling.
• Hands-on experience with Cadence schematic capture and PCB layout tools.
• Proven experience executing schematic design, validation, and debugging.
• Ability to work effectively under technical direction and within cross-functional team,

• Experience leading or contributing to low-power consumer or medical electronic systems from concept through production.
• Background at top-tier organizations with proven, mature hardware development practices.
• Experience with small, space-constrained devices and power-sensitive designs.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex hardware issues efficiently.

Salary Range: $130,000 - $215,000

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab, building the intelligence to empower humanity—reimagining how we work, create, and connect to shape the future of work.

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