Sr/Staff Hardware Engineer

Join BNSF, one of the largest U.S. railroads, as an Embedded Hardware Engineer in our technology division, BNSF | Tech. This remote position offers a chance to innovate and transform the future of freight rail while supporting essential product movement across North America. We value safety, inclusion, and excellence, and are committed to creating a culture where all employees can thrive.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build PCBs, including schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, and bring-up for embedded industrial systems.
• Ruggedize designs for real-world conditions, ensuring compliance with EMI/EMC, ESD, surge, grounding/shielding, thermal performance, vibration, and ingress constraints.
• Evaluate and select hardware components, including sensors, compute modules, power architectures, and communication modules, considering availability, lifecycle, and cost.
• Support IIoT connectivity by integrating and validating various communication interfaces, focusing on reliability and serviceability.
• Collaborate on machine vision integration, including camera and illumination interface selection and signal integrity considerations.
• Develop validation and test strategies, creating test plans and fixtures, and conducting electrical, thermal, and environmental testing.
• Drive design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for testability (DFT) to improve production readiness and yield.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in embedded hardware design and development.
• Familiarity with industrial-grade electronic hardware and ruggedization techniques.

Skills:

• Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout tools.
• Strong understanding of EMI/EMC, ESD, and thermal management principles.
• Experience with IIoT connectivity and industrial communication protocols.
• Ability to work collaboratively with firmware/software teams and manufacturing partners.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.