Hybrid Team Leader – Hardware Engineering

at EXFO

• Job title: Team Leader – Hardware Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Oulu, Finland

About the role

• Lead hardware development for Homeland Security products at EXFO. Oversee engineering team and drive project execution with strong technical background in electronics in a hybrid work setting.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead hardware development for Homeland Security products
• Lead hardware project planning and execution using established development processes
• Provide day-to-day leadership and line management for hardware engineers
• Own system-level hardware architecture and technical decisions
• Drive digital, analog, RF, and mixed-signal hardware design
• Lead PCB design, layout, signal integrity, and high-speed digital design
• Manage component selection, BOM optimization, EOL components, and running changes
• Support hardware bring-up, debugging, and failure/root-cause analysis
• Lead hardware verification and validation, including automated test systems
• Oversee environmental, reliability, and EMC/EMI pre-compliance testing
• Drive requirements definition, technical risk identification, and mitigation
• Support measurement automation and JTAG / boundary scan-based debugging
• Own hardware across the full product lifecycle, from concept to field support
• Collaborate closely with software, firmware, mechanical, test, and manufacturing teams

Requirements

• Experience leading hardware development projects with full product ownership
• Strong design background in at least one of: PCB design & layout, RF design, System-level hardware design
• Solid knowledge of: Digital & analog circuit design, High-speed digital design & signal integrity, Power electronics and power distribution
• Hands-on experience with: Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, Spectrum analyzers, signal generators, Vector network analyzers
• Understanding of: Microcontroller and SoC architectures, Basic firmware debugging and hardware bring-up, Communication protocols: I²C, SPI, UART, USB, CAN, Ethernet
• Experience with failure analysis, product support, and field issue resolution
• Autonomous, well-organized, highly self-motivated, and results-oriented
• Able to communicate and collaborate effectively at all organizational levels
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field

Benefits

• Health care
• Paid time off
• Flexibility in work arrangements