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The Platform Engineering team is responsible for all engineering activities on tester, charger, and electric vehicle battery management platforms.\n\nA DAY IN THE LIFE:\n\nElectronics hardware design and development that delivers a high-quality, reliable, on-time product that meets our customers’ needs.\n\nNew platform development\n\nNew design product technical ownership/leadership\n\nMentor and guide Hardware Engineers on the team on a daily basis.\n\nLead Hardware Engineering Scrum, including biweekly Sprint Planning and Retrospective.\n\nCreate and maintain product technical documentation – specification, design documents.\n\nDesigning and troubleshooting microcontrollers and embedded mixed-signal systems at the component level.\n\nPerform schematic capture, work with layout resources, and perform board bring-up and development validation on designs.\n\nInitiate and participate in hardware/platform design reviews.\n\nWork closely with other departments (mechanical, software, production, etc) to support ongoing design tasks and projects.\n\nWork closely with the customer and technical teams to understand needs/problems and develop designs and solutions to solve these problems.\n\nWork with Supply Chain and suppliers in component selection, approval and manufacturing.\n\nUnderstands intended business use of the designs and develops solutions to meet business needs.\n\nIntake tasks, create WBS, estimate effort and perform to those estimations.\n\nContinually improving hardware engineering process by working on improvement initiatives.\n\nBe proactive in designs and architectures for future platform development decisions to maximize reuse and cost efficiencies.\n\nMaintain and use hardware engineering standards.\n\nResolve technical questions and issues post-delivery.\n\n20-30% - Maintenance, troubleshooting support\n\nWHAT YOU’LL NEED:\n\nBachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent – MBA a Plus\n\n5 - 7+ years’ experience in product design for commercial and/or industrial devices a plus\n\nDemonstrated work experience with complex mixed signal, digital and analog design - expertise in design, development, testing and debugging\n\nAbility to provide technical assessment and leadership to other project team members and departments\n\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills\n\nExperience with UL, CB Scheme, etc. would be a plus\n\nWHAT WE OFFER:\nComprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; Life & Disability Insurance at no Additional Cost; 401(K) Savings Plan with Company Match; Annual Bonus & Profit-Sharing Opportunities; Generous Vacation & Holiday Schedules; Reimbursement for Continuing Education & 50% of Textbook costs; Onsite Wellness Screening & Flu Shots; Subsidized Health Club Memberships; Auto Supplier Discounts; Free Charging Stations for Plug-In Hybrids & EVs in Parking Lot; Monthly Employee Meeting/Lunch; Friday Breakfasts; Annual Picnic, Holiday and other events.\n\nState of the art laboratories and rapid modeling tool room to fuel creativity\n\n401K match (no vesting) + profit sharing\n\nTuition assistance to attend college or obtain an advanced degree\n\nABOUT US:\nMidtronics is a fast-growing company with an energetic, passionate, and innovative leadership team. As the world is determined to reduce carbon emissions and improve vehicle safety, the rapid evolution of the transportation industry – from electrification and connectivity to autonomous vehicles — Midtronics, is a committed partner in developing superior battery management solutions to meet those exciting challenges in the years ahead.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Midtronics","rawCompany":"midtronics","city":"Springfield","state":"IL","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-06-26T05:05:26.450Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2072.00","title":"Electronics Engineers, Except Computer","slug":"electronics-engineers-except-computer"},{"code":"17-2061.00","title":"Computer Hardware Engineers","slug":"computer-hardware-engineers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"334418","title":"Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing","slug":"printed-circuit-assembly-electronic-assembly-manufacturing"},{"code":"334419","title":"Other Electronic Component Manufacturing","slug":"other-electronic-component-manufacturing"},{"code":"334519","title":"Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing","slug":"other-measuring-and-controlling-device-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Lead Hardware Engineer","description":"The Lead Hardware Engineer position is part of the Midtronics Platform team. 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The Platform Engineering team is responsible for all engineering activities on tester, charger, and electric vehicle battery management platforms.\n\nA DAY IN THE LIFE:\n\nElectronics hardware design and development that delivers a high-quality, reliable, on-time product that meets our customers’ needs.\n\nNew platform development\n\nNew design product technical ownership/leadership\n\nMentor and guide Hardware Engineers on the team on a daily basis.\n\nLead Hardware Engineering Scrum, including biweekly Sprint Planning and Retrospective.\n\nCreate and maintain product technical documentation – specification, design documents.\n\nDesigning and troubleshooting microcontrollers and embedded mixed-signal systems at the component level.\n\nPerform schematic capture, work with layout resources, and perform board bring-up and development validation on designs.\n\nInitiate and participate in hardware/platform design reviews.\n\nWork closely with other departments (mechanical, software, production, etc) to support ongoing design tasks and projects.\n\nWork closely with the customer and technical teams to understand needs/problems and develop designs and solutions to solve these problems.\n\nWork with Supply Chain and suppliers in component selection, approval and manufacturing.\n\nUnderstands intended business use of the designs and develops solutions to meet business needs.\n\nIntake tasks, create WBS, estimate effort and perform to those estimations.\n\nContinually improving hardware engineering process by working on improvement initiatives.\n\nBe proactive in designs and architectures for future platform development decisions to maximize reuse and cost efficiencies.\n\nMaintain and use hardware engineering standards.\n\nResolve technical questions and issues post-delivery.\n\n20-30% - Maintenance, troubleshooting support\n\nWHAT YOU’LL NEED:\n\nBachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent – MBA a Plus\n\n5 - 7+ years’ experience in product design for commercial and/or industrial devices a plus\n\nDemonstrated work experience with complex mixed signal, digital and analog design - expertise in design, development, testing and debugging\n\nAbility to provide technical assessment and leadership to other project team members and departments\n\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills\n\nExperience with UL, CB Scheme, etc. would be a plus\n\nWHAT WE OFFER:\nComprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; Life & Disability Insurance at no Additional Cost; 401(K) Savings Plan with Company Match; Annual Bonus & Profit-Sharing Opportunities; Generous Vacation & Holiday Schedules; Reimbursement for Continuing Education & 50% of Textbook costs; Onsite Wellness Screening & Flu Shots; Subsidized Health Club Memberships; Auto Supplier Discounts; Free Charging Stations for Plug-In Hybrids & EVs in Parking Lot; Monthly Employee Meeting/Lunch; Friday Breakfasts; Annual Picnic, Holiday and other events.\n\nState of the art laboratories and rapid modeling tool room to fuel creativity\n\n401K match (no vesting) + profit sharing\n\nTuition assistance to attend college or obtain an advanced degree\n\nABOUT US:\nMidtronics is a fast-growing company with an energetic, passionate, and innovative leadership team. As the world is determined to reduce carbon emissions and improve vehicle safety, the rapid evolution of the transportation industry – from electrification and connectivity to autonomous vehicles — Midtronics, is a committed partner in developing superior battery management solutions to meet those exciting challenges in the years ahead.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","datePosted":"2026-06-26T05:05:26.450Z","dateModified":"2026-06-26T05:05:26.450Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Midtronics","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Springfield","addressRegion":"IL","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"9172f4b9c90bea0929acb37e"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9172f4b9c90bea0929acb37e"}}