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Embedded Hardware Engineer jobs are open across defense, aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, and medical devices, from new-grad to principal and staff levels, with specializations in FPGA design, PCB layout, and real-time embedded systems. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Allient Inc. is in growth mode and currently seeking a Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer to join our team in Rochester, New York!
Own the hardware for our next generation of servo drives, from the first architecture study through prototype, validation, early customers, and transfer to production.
Allient-Rochester (formerly ORMEC Systems, Inc.), part of Allient Inc., designs servo drives, motion controllers, motors, and integrated automation for aerospace and defense, medical, semiconductor, e-mobility, logistics, packaging, and industrial automation customers.
Summary:
We are building a new family of embedded servo drives around GaN-based three-phase BLDC inverters and modern DSP/microcontroller control. You will be a hardware lead for that effort. That means researching the enabling technologies, defining the architecture and requirements, designing and bringing up the hardware, proving it works, and handing a robust design to manufacturing, working side by side with the firmware team throughout.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role with real technical ownership. It suits an engineer who likes open-ended problems and the lab bench in equal measure. Apply Now!
Responsibilities:
- Define the architecture. Research and evaluate new technologies (GaN power stages, gate drive, current sensing, DSP/MCU control platforms) and turn what you learn into a hardware architecture and written requirements.
- Design the hardware. Take the power inverter, gate drive, sensing, protection, DC-link and control circuitry from concept to schematic in Altium, including component selection and design analysis. Work with layout on stack-up, grounding, thermal performance, and DFM/DFT.
- Bring it up. Lead prototype bring-up and root cause analysis with the firmware team, including the hardware/firmware interface.
- Prove it works. Write test plans and procedures, then characterize switching behavior, efficiency, thermal performance and EMI/EMC across operating conditions. Specify or build the test setups you need, and support safety and compliance testing.
- Support early customers. Help first customers integrate and troubleshoot the drive, and feed what you learn back into the design.
- Transfer to production. Own the hardware release package, support manufacturing and production test, and handle sustaining issues from the field.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 6+ years of electronics hardware development, including at least one product that went from requirements through production release for which you held significant hardware design responsibility.
- Hands-on experience designing, bringing up and debugging switching power stages such as motor-drive inverters or comparable converters, with a solid grasp of gate drive, switching losses, sensing and protection.
- Strong analog, digital and mixed-signal design skills, including microcontroller/DSP-based hardware and the interface between control and power circuits.
- Proficiency with Altium or a comparable ECAD tool, and practical PCB layout experience (stack-up, grounding, noise, signal integrity, thermal).
- Fluency with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, current probes and power instrumentation.
- Experience writing requirements and planning and documenting hardware verification.
- Self-directed: you can take an open-ended problem, research it, propose a path, drive it to a result, and flag risks early.
Preferred Qualifications:
- GaN, SiC, MOSFET or IGBT power devices; BLDC/PMSM motor systems; servo drives; DC/DC conversion
- Encoder and feedback interfaces (EnDat, BiSS, SSI, Hall sensors), EtherCAT, CAN
- EMC/EMI, UL/CE compliance, or functional safety (IEC 61508, IEC 61800-5-2, SIL)
- MATLAB/Simulink, embedded C/C++, FPGA/programmable logic, or hardware-in-the-loop test development
Don't let this opportunity pass you by - APPLY TODAY!
Allient Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Allient Inc. is in growth mode and currently seeking a Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer to join our team in Rochester, New York!
Own the hardware for our next generation of servo drives, from the first architecture study through prototype, validation, early customers, and transfer to production.
Allient-Rochester (formerly ORMEC Systems, Inc.), part of Allient Inc., designs servo drives, motion controllers, motors, and integrated automation for aerospace and defense, medical, semiconductor, e-mobility, logistics, packaging, and industrial automation customers.
Summary:
We are building a new family of embedded servo drives around GaN-based three-phase BLDC inverters and modern DSP/microcontroller control. You will be a hardware lead for that effort. That means researching the enabling technologies, defining the architecture and requirements, designing and bringing up the hardware, proving it works, and handing a robust design to manufacturing, working side by side with the firmware team throughout.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role with real technical ownership. It suits an engineer who likes open-ended problems and the lab bench in equal measure. Apply Now!
Responsibilities:
- Define the architecture. Research and evaluate new technologies (GaN power stages, gate drive, current sensing, DSP/MCU control platforms) and turn what you learn into a hardware architecture and written requirements.
- Design the hardware. Take the power inverter, gate drive, sensing, protection, DC-link and control circuitry from concept to schematic in Altium, including component selection and design analysis. Work with layout on stack-up, grounding, thermal performance, and DFM/DFT.
- Bring it up. Lead prototype bring-up and root cause analysis with the firmware team, including the hardware/firmware interface.
- Prove it works. Write test plans and procedures, then characterize switching behavior, efficiency, thermal performance and EMI/EMC across operating conditions. Specify or build the test setups you need, and support safety and compliance testing.
- Support early customers. Help first customers integrate and troubleshoot the drive, and feed what you learn back into the design.
- Transfer to production. Own the hardware release package, support manufacturing and production test, and handle sustaining issues from the field.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 6+ years of electronics hardware development, including at least one product that went from requirements through production release for which you held significant hardware design responsibility.
- Hands-on experience designing, bringing up and debugging switching power stages such as motor-drive inverters or comparable converters, with a solid grasp of gate drive, switching losses, sensing and protection.
- Strong analog, digital and mixed-signal design skills, including microcontroller/DSP-based hardware and the interface between control and power circuits.
- Proficiency with Altium or a comparable ECAD tool, and practical PCB layout experience (stack-up, grounding, noise, signal integrity, thermal).
- Fluency with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, current probes and power instrumentation.
- Experience writing requirements and planning and documenting hardware verification.
- Self-directed: you can take an open-ended problem, research it, propose a path, drive it to a result, and flag risks early.
Preferred Qualifications:
- GaN, SiC, MOSFET or IGBT power devices; BLDC/PMSM motor systems; servo drives; DC/DC conversion
- Encoder and feedback interfaces (EnDat, BiSS, SSI, Hall sensors), EtherCAT, CAN
- EMC/EMI, UL/CE compliance, or functional safety (IEC 61508, IEC 61800-5-2, SIL)
- MATLAB/Simulink, embedded C/C++, FPGA/programmable logic, or hardware-in-the-loop test development
Don't let this opportunity pass you by - APPLY TODAY!
Allient Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
- Technology & Software
- Distribution & Wholesale
- Non-Profit & Social Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in embedded hardware engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related field
- Proficiency in C or C++ for bare-metal or RTOS-based embedded development
- Experience with PCB design tools such as Altium Designer, KiCad, or Cadence Allegro
- Hands-on debugging experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG interfaces
- Familiarity with communication protocols including SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, and Ethernet
- Experience with FPGA development using VHDL or Verilog is frequently required for advanced roles
Tips for Your Embedded Hardware Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume for each domain
Defense and medical device employers screen for different compliance backgrounds than consumer electronics companies do. Highlight DO-178C or IEC 62304 experience when targeting regulated industries, and shift to cycle-count optimization language when applying to consumer hardware roles.
Showcase schematics and firmware together
Many embedded hardware engineer roles require both PCB bring-up and low-level firmware work. If your portfolio only shows one side, recruiters assume you can't do the other. Link to gerber files, block diagrams, or GitHub repos that show you've owned the full stack.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists embedded hardware engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Search by tool stack, not just job title
Job postings for this role vary widely in title: firmware engineer, hardware design engineer, and embedded systems engineer all describe overlapping work. Search by the tools you use, such as JTAG, RTOS, Altium, or Cadence, to surface openings that generic title searches miss.
Prepare a hardware debug walkthrough
Most technical interviews include a scenario where you're handed a failing board and asked how you'd isolate the fault. Practice narrating your oscilloscope and logic analyzer workflow out loud. Interviewers care more about your diagnostic process than the final answer.
Negotiate around prototype access and tooling
Salary isn't the only lever in an embedded hardware offer. Ask what lab equipment, component budgets, and prototype runs are funded for your role. Limited bench access or shared oscilloscopes slow your work and signal low investment in the hardware team.
Embedded Hardware Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most embedded hardware engineers?
The most active employers for embedded hardware engineers right now are Amazon, Milwaukee Tool, and Amazon Web Services, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is particularly strong at defense primes, automotive OEMs, and medical device manufacturers.
How many embedded hardware engineer jobs are remote?
About 58% of embedded hardware engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on nature of most roles in this field. Firmware-heavy positions with minimal board bring-up are the most likely to offer remote flexibility, while roles requiring lab access or prototype work are predominantly on-site.
How do you become an embedded hardware engineer?
Start with a degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering, focusing on circuits, digital logic, and microcontroller programming. Build hands-on experience through capstone projects, open-source hardware contributions, or personal prototyping. Learn a hardware design tool like Altium or KiCad alongside a real-time operating system. Entry-level roles in defense, automotive, or IoT are common starting points, and domain certifications can accelerate advancement in regulated industries.
How do you get hired as an embedded hardware engineer with little experience?
Build a concrete portfolio before applying. Design and assemble a PCB for a personal project, write the firmware to run it, and document the bring-up process including failures. Employers in this field respond to evidence of hands-on work far more than coursework descriptions. Targeting smaller companies developing new products gives you a better shot at a generalist embedded role where you'll own more of the stack from day one.
What does the embedded hardware engineer interview process look like?
Expect a recruiter screen followed by a technical phone interview covering microcontroller architecture, communication protocols, and basic circuit analysis. On-site or virtual panels typically include a hardware debug scenario, a coding exercise in C, and a system design discussion where you're asked to spec out a simple embedded product. Some companies add a take-home schematic or firmware challenge before the final round.
Where can I find and apply to embedded hardware engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to embedded hardware engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your domain experience and tool stack, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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