Hardware Engineer
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Company Description:
Technical Talent Group is dedicated to connecting exceptional tech talent with organizations across diverse industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, energy utilities/renewables, and more. Our mission is to create solutions that benefit both clients and candidates by understanding their unique needs. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction, we aim to be a leading provider of contract and consulting services. Our team of experienced recruiters specializes in sourcing top-quality technical professionals to meet the evolving demands of our clients.
Job Description:
East Bay, CA | Contract | $80–$120/hr | Start ASAPMust be US Citizen or Green Card Holder. No sponsorship available.
If you like owning hardware from power input to high-speed comms, this is the kind of build role engineers actually want. You’ll own the architecture and bring-up of a ruggedized controller that powers actuators, manages sensors, and connects multiple subsystems using CAN FD + 1000BASE-T1 + MCU/MPU compute.
You'll be building a rugged industrial/mobile control module that:
- Converts 48V → multiple rails (24V, 5V, 3V3, 1V8, etc.)Controls motors, fans, and sensors
- Integrates CAN FD + 1G Single Pair Ethernet (1000BASE-T1)
- Connects MCU real-time control + MPU Linux compute
- Maintains graceful degradation under failure conditions
- Is designed for EMC, reliability, and production
- This is a full hardware ownership role, architecture through validation.
- You’re Likely a Fit If You’ve Done Things Like:
- Designed power trees from 48V input
- Brought up CAN FD networks
- Integrated Ethernet PHYs or switches
- Built boards with MCU + MPU / SOMDone multi-rail power sequencing
- Routed 4–8 layer boards with high current + high speed signals
- Designed for watchdogs, fault handling, failover
- Owned hardware from schematic → bring-up → validation
- Must Have Experience
- Board-level power electronics design ownershipCAN / CAN FD bring-up and diagnostics
- High-speed comms (Ethernet, SPI, etc.)MCU-based control systems
- Multi-rail power architecture
- Schematic ownership and layout guidance
- Hardware bring-up and debugging
- Big Plus If You’ve Worked With1000BASE-T1 / Single Pair Ethernet
- Automotive or rugged industrial electronicsSMARC / SOM integration
- Safety-adjacent hardware
- High-side drivers / motor driversEMC-conscious layout
- Hardware watchdog / failover design
- Why Engineers Take This RoleTrue design ownership
- Complex architecture (power + compute + networking)
- Hands-on bring-upNo bureaucracy
- Fast-moving team
- Interesting hardware (not consumer gadgets)
- High impact build
- Start ASAP!If you're the kind of engineer who likes owning the board and making it actually work, please apply.