Senior PCB Hardware Engineer
Other Engineering
Canada · Montreal, QC, Canada
Posted on Jul 3, 2026
What You'll Do
- Design and develop embedded hardware for Haply's family of haptic and robotic devices.
- Own electrical architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, and component selection for new products.
- Own PCB layout, DFM, DFA, DFT, design rule checks, prototype builds, validation plans, and production handoff.
- Bring up new hardware, validate prototypes, and debug board-level issues.
- Review and optimize power distribution, signal integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC, and mixed-signal designs.
- Collaborate closely with firmware engineers to ensure seamless hardware/software integration.
- Work with manufacturing partners to improve reliability, yield, and production readiness.
- Develop validation plans and investigate failures throughout product development and production.
- Participate in design reviews, technical planning, and continuous improvement of our hardware platform.
Who You Are
- 5+ years of experience developing embedded hardware for commercial products.
- Experience owning DFM, DFA, DFT, design rule checks, prototype builds, validation plans, and production handoff
- Strong experience designing, reviewing, and debugging embedded electronics.
- Deep understanding of schematic design, PCB layout, signal integrity, power electronics, and board-level debugging.
- Experience with microcontroller-based systems such as STM32, ARM Cortex-M, or similar platforms.
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, JTAG/SWD, and other hardware debugging tools.
- Experience owning hardware through validation, manufacturing, and production.
- Comfortable collaborating across hardware, firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and product teams.
- Strong communication skills and a practical, hands-on engineering mindset.
Bonus Points
- Experience with Altium Designer or similar PCB design tools.
- Experience designing high-speed or multi-layer PCBs.
- Experience with robotics, haptics, motor control, sensors, or mechatronic systems.
- Familiarity with USB, SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, or other embedded communication interfaces.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and production test systems.
- Knowledge of embedded firmware development or Python scripting.
- Interest in Physical AI, teleoperation, robotics, or human-machine interfaces.