Principal Hardware Engineer
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
$70 to $80 CAD / hour · Contract
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- $70 to $80 CAD / hour
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Original job description
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
We’re looking for an experienced Hardware Principal Consultant to lead complex hardware initiatives, provide technical direction, and develop innovative solutions that support long-term product and business goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead highly complex hardware projects and develop innovative technical solutions.
- Define system requirements and functional specifications with minimal oversight.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams.
- Work closely with senior management and communicate project progress, risks, and recommendations.
- Support research, product evaluations, project planning, and budgeting for new and existing products.
- Drive hardware design decisions, including component and supplier selection, to meet product cost targets.
- Conduct competitive analysis and provide insights on industry trends and technology direction.
- Develop solutions and concepts that contribute to future products and long-term organizational strategy.
- Work with internal and external customers to understand requirements and resolve critical technical challenges.
- Serve as a technical consultant on high-impact projects affecting long-term business goals.
Qualifications:
- Strong expertise in hardware/system design and architecture.
- Experience leading complex technical projects and engineering teams.
- Ability to translate business/product needs into system-level requirements and specifications.
- Strong knowledge of component selection, supplier evaluation, product cost optimization, and competitive analysis.
- Excellent problem-solving, technical leadership, and communication skills.
- Comfortable working independently and influencing senior-level stakeholders.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead complex hardware initiatives, define system requirements, and guide engineering teams in developing solutions aligned with product and business goals. Advise senior stakeholders, manage project planning and technical risks, and drive design, supplier, cost, and competitive decisions for current and future products.
Requirements
Requires strong expertise in hardware and system design and architecture, along with experience leading complex technical projects and engineering teams. Candidates should be able to translate business needs into system specifications, optimize component and supplier choices, analyze competitors, solve critical technical challenges, and influence senior stakeholders.
Skills
- Hardware Design
- System Architecture
- Technical Leadership
- Project Leadership
- System Requirements
- Functional Specifications
- Component Selection
- Supplier Evaluation
- Product Cost Optimization
- Competitive Analysis
- Product Evaluation
- Project Planning
- Budgeting
- Problem-Solving
- Stakeholder Communication
- Customer Requirements Analysis
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Categories
- Engineering
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Consulting
Keywords
- Hardware Engineering
- Hardware Design
- System Design
- System Architecture
- Technical Consulting
- Complex Projects
- System Requirements
- Functional Specifications
- Engineering Teams
- Technical Direction
- Product Evaluation
- Project Planning
- Budgeting
- Component Selection
- Supplier Evaluation
- Cost Optimization
- Competitive Analysis
- Industry Trends
- Technology Direction
- Product Strategy
- Customer Requirements
- Technical Problem-Solving
- Senior Stakeholder Communication