Sr. Hardware Engineer
Sr. Hardware Engineer
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$ 150000 - 185000
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Senior Hardware Engineer
Celona is looking for a talented Senior Hardware Engineer to join our team.
As a Senior Hardware Engineer you will own the technical interface between our in-house engineering teams and our ODM partners. Youll review designs validate prototypes troubleshoot hardware issues and ensure that our private 5G APs and related devices meet performance cost and reliability targets. Youll work cross-functionallyliaising product management software operations support and field engineering teams to bring robust market-ready products online.
This position will report directly to the Head of Engineering and our ideal candidate will be based in Silicon Valley with the ability to be in our Cambell CA headquarters at least 2 days a week.
Core Responsibilities:
- Review and approve ODM hardware designs (schematics PCB layouts BOMs) for 5G AP platforms
- Define hardware requirements tolerances and test criteria; lead regular design-review sessions
- Coordinate with sourcing quality and supply-chain teams to optimize cost and lead times
- Guide ODMs through prototype builds and revisions; personally validate first-article units
- Develop and execute test plans (RF performance thermal environmental EMC/EMI)
- Analyze failure modes root-cause issues and drive corrective actions
- Partner with Product Management CTO Solution Architects on antenna integration power-budgeting and enclosure design
- Work with software/firmware teams to verify hardware-software interoperability
- Provide manufacturing-ready documentation: drawings gerbers assembly instructions and test procedures
- Support pilot trials field tests and customer-site deployments
- Monitor production yields and quality metrics; implement DFM improvements
- Troubleshoot in-market hardware issues and coordinate rapid ODM response
Experience Required:
- Bachelors or Masters in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience
- 5 years experience in hardware development preferably within wireless telecom or networking
- Hands-on with PCB design tools (Altium Cadence Allegro or similar) and schematic capture
- Solid understanding of RF fundamentals (5G sub-6 GHz/mmWave) high-speed digital design signal integrity power integrity
- Experience defining and running environmental/EMC/EMI/thermal test plans
- Excellent communication skills to liaise with ODMs cross-functional teams and external vendors
- Proven track record of taking hardware from concept through production
Nice-to-Haves:
- Direct experience with private-networking or enterprise-grade wireless products
- Familiarity with mechanical CAD (SolidWorks Creo) for enclosure and thermal analysis
- Knowledge of compliance standards (FCC CE PTCRB RED)
- Prior work in agile or lean-manufacturing environments
- Experience with design-for-test (DFT) and automated test systems
Compensation for this role is between $150000- $185000.00
At Celona full-time employees are eligible to receive stock options and company sponsored benefits.
About Celona:
Founded in 2019 privately held Celona is a pioneer and leader in the emerging market of enterprise private 5G networks. With private wireless technology enterprises for the first time are able to provide wire-like reliability for mission-critical applications across their wireless infrastructure facilitating a step change productivity capability.
Celona is deployed in production networks of some of the worlds leading G2000 global brands including BP Lyondell and BMW.
Headquartered in Campbell CA we are an emerging growth technology company backed by Tier 1 investors with a culture rooted in innovation customer-first advocacy and measurable impact. As we scale we are committed to building world-class teams systems and processes to drive our mission of disrupting the private wireless industry.
To date the company has raised over $135 million from venture and corporate investors
including Lightspeed Venture Partners Norwest Venture Partners NTT Ventures Cervin
Ventures DigitalBridge and Qualcomm Ventures.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
