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Insight Global seeks a Hardware Engineer to design and develop digital, analog, and optical automated test instrumentation for defense and aerospace applications. The role covers circuit design, PCB architecture, component selection, signal and power integrity analysis, hardware bring-up, validation, and debugging. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams throughout product development, with an ideal candidate bringing experience in schematic design, complex PCB assemblies, hardware characterization, root-cause debugging, and design for manufacturability and testability.
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Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead PCB design, including architecture, component selection, schematic capture, and artwork development for analog, digital, and optical instrumentation.
- Develop prototype plans and perform initial board bring-up, debugging, and validation.
- Debug analog, digital, and bus-based hardware using oscilloscopes and other lab equipment.
- Analyze verification data and document test results, design traceability, and release status.
- Communicate design status, verification results, and technical risks to engineering and management teams.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet manufacturability, testability, and customer requirements.
- Partner with operations and NPI teams to support manufacturable, production-ready designs.
- Perform worst-case, tolerance, and environmental analysis to validate real-world performance.
- Participate in design reviews to identify risks, improve designs, and reduce PCB respins.
Job Summary Insight Global is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design and develop advanced digital, analog, and optical automated test instrumentation for Defense and Aerospace applications. This role focuses on circuit design, PCB architecture, component selection, signal and power integrity analysis, hardware bring-up, validation, and debugging. The engineer will partner closely with mechanical, systems, software, applications, manufacturing, and quality teams throughout the product development lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in schematic design, complex PCB assemblies, hardware characterization, root-cause debugging, and design for manufacturability and testability.
Skills and Requirements
Required Skills and Experience:
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BS or MS in Electrical Engineering
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2+ years of PCBA design and simulation experience with a focus on schematic/circuit design
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Experience designing complex, high-speed, multi-layer PCB assemblies and reviewing artwork designs
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Strong circuit characterization, verification, and debug skills
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Experience working with multi-disciplinary engineering teams communicating requirements and highlighting potential risks to project management
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Minimal PCBA rework capabilities
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Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work directly with customers Nice to Have Skills and Experience:
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C/C++ experience
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Experience with signal integrity simulation
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Experience with defense/aerospace-related standards and regulations
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 2,925 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Massachusetts median$114–185K/yr105 salary ranges
- US median$55–70/hr79 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 140 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Massachusetts and 2,925 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- Amazon15 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,423 postings).
- Education
- 1,586 of the 2,925 open Hardware Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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