Senior Hardware Engineer

Kforce has a client in Tempe, AZ that is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to play a key role supporting and recovering complex high-speed digital, mixed-signal, and UHF RF circuit boards used in complex communication systems. This position focuses on advanced board-level troubleshooting, technical recovery, sustainment, and operational life extension of mission-critical communication hardware.

Responsibilities:

• Diagnose and recover complex embedded hardware systems at the board, subsystem, and component level
• Analyze high-speed digital, mixed-signal, power supply, and UHF RF circuits
• Troubleshoot systems containing FPGAs, DSPs, CPUs, DDR memory, Ethernet, SATA, PCIe, and related technologies
• Assist with end-of-life component replacement and hardware sustainment strategies
• Develop technical documentation, recovery procedures, and engineering processes
• Serve as a technical expert for deployed communication boards and embedded systems* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline
• 7+ years of experience with high-speed digital and mixed-signal circuit engineering
• Hands-on digital hardware design skills
• Strong debugging and failure analysis experience with embedded hardware systems
• Proficiency reading schematics, PCB layouts, BOMs, and technical documentation
• Strong communication, collaboration, and technical problem-solving skills