Senior Hardware Engineer

Senior Hardware Engineer

u-blox

Espoo or Athens

Job Description

Join u blox as a Senior Hardware Engineer in our Board Level Hardware Team (BLH) and help shape the next generation of our Positioning products. You will work on GNSS modules, support products, and advanced internal and characterization boards, with a strong focus on our High Precision GNSS product line—core technology powering demanding applications in industrial automation, robotics, and high accuracy systems worldwide.

You’ll collaborate with passionate, highly skilled engineers in a friendly, cooperative, and international environment. Cross team interaction is an integral part of how we work, giving you the opportunity to influence system level decisions and contribute to cutting edge GNSS solutions.

In addition to your hardware design responsibilities, you will support antenna related activities within the team—contributing to the development, integration, and characterization of GNSS antennas that enable next generation single and multi band solutions.

This role can be based in Espoo or Athens, both strong engineering hubs and key u-blox development locations.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead the complete hardware design of our products, including concept creation, component selection and evaluation, schematic design, and PCB layout.
• Drive the transfer of designs to manufacturing, delivering all required production data, documentation, and technical support for industrialization.
• Verify and validate the hardware design and performance against defined product requirements, ensuring robust and reliable operation.
• Create and maintain high quality technical documentation, such as Technical Hardware Specifications and Hardware Verification Reports, ensuring alignment with internal stakeholders and customers.
• Reference contact for antenna-related questions, offering guidance on integration and performance optimization
• Maintain clear, consistent, and proactive communication with all stakeholders, ensuring project status and technical information remain aligned and up to date in relevant tools (e.g., JIRA, email).

Your Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong background in RF system and receiver front end design, with practical expertise with LNAs, amplifiers, filters, antenna interfaces and related RF components.
• Extensive hands on experience with RF measurement equipment (e.g., vector network analyzer, spectrum analyzer) and advanced RF characterization workflows (e.g., noise figure, dynamic range, sensitivity, spurious emissions).
• Strong PCB design skills (7+ years of experience) for multilayer mixed signal boards (analog, digital, RF) in the Altium environment.
• Solid knowledge and deep understanding of GNSS technology, enabling informed component selection, robust system level design, and accurate performance verification.
• Proven experience in antenna design, integration, and characterization.
• Able to work independently with high precision, while thriving as a collaborative and reliable team member in cross functional environments.
• Excellent English communication skills (written and spoken).

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with mechanical CAD tools (preferably SolidWorks).
• Programming skills (Matlab, Python, C) for automation, simulation, or analysis workflows.