Electrical Engineer

NZXT is a founder-led, global organization that has not lost our entrepreneurial, scrappy roots. We're made up of gamers, builders and PC enthusiasts on a mission to create hardware, software, experiences, and services that surprise and delight gamers of all types. So what makes NZXT,
NZXT
? Our employees come from a variety of backgrounds with unique experiences and interests that make us better. We invent, we play, and we have fun doing it because building is more than just assembling computer parts - building is an attitude and a state of mind. That attitude is shared by an ever-growing community of people who are all here to help each other reach the next great thing. This is an exciting time to join NZXT - let's get building.

Job Title: Electrical Engineer

Location: Taiwan, Taipei

Workplace Type: Onsite

Job Summary
This position will be initially be responsible for working with our current vendors to review circuit schematics and board designs, follow up with each phase of the fabrication process, and perform schematic capture, board design, and bring-up wherever required. Additionally, this role will set the best practices for hardware design and manufacturing and will help grow and lead a hardware design team as we transition work into the organization.

Narrative
NZXT is looking for an EE/hardware engineering who will work with the product and engineering teams through all aspects of the development life cycle for our hardware products. You will help design the electronics hardware for our products and manage the development and manufacturing process to ensure defect-free and on-time product launches. This position will initially be responsible for working with our current vendors to review circuit schematics and board designs, follow up with each phase of the fabrication process, and perform schematic capture, board design, and bring-up wherever required. Additionally, this role will set the best practices for hardware design and manufacturing and will help grow and lead a hardware design team as we transition work into the organization.

Responsibilities

• Study product requirements and help develop electrical designs and specifications
• Use and review electronic design automation (EDA) tools to perform schematic capture and PCB layout and routing
• Perform component selection, manage bills of material, and find alternate components for sourcing when needed
• Perform testing and debugging for initial board bring up.
• Assure product quality by designing electrical testing methods; testing finished products and system capabilities
• Overseeing Circuit design, modeling, prototyping, verification, and validation
• Schematic capture, PCB layout, and board bring-up
• Manage fabrication vendors and electronic development partners
• Provide hands-on support to solve complex technical problems
• Help grow and manage a hardware design team
• Design and layout using schematic capture, PCB layout, and board bring-up
• Provide engineering information by answering questions and requests

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or a minimum of 3 years of experience in PC development.
• Experience with ORCAD, Allegro, and PADS software tools
• Previous experience with consumer electronics products a plus
• Knowledgeable of hardware design best practices and how to implement them
• Electrical stress and derating, such as voltage, current, power, inrush current, duty cycles, timing analysis, power supply efficiency, connector pin currents/derating, EMC considerations
• Demonstrate ability to perform circuit modeling and simulation
• Experience with EMI/EMC requirement for PCB design
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM) experience, with an eye towards minimizing hand-off time to fabrication and assembly shops
• Management of fabrication vendors and electronic development partners

Skills

• Not afraid to handle a soldering iron (0402, 0201, IC, and other SMD components) to do board rework
• Knowledge with USB, I2C, SPI, and other standard electrical interfaces and protocols
• Knowledge with microcontroller (MCU) architectures
• Knowledge with product design flow and factory process
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good English proficiency

CULTURE & VALUES
At NZXT, we believe in the importance of Design Thinking and the power of Serving Community, and our values spring from those two core ideas:

GIVE A SHIT -
We're obsessed with doing right by our community internally and externally.

• We care a lot
• We speak up
• We do what we say

LEARN AND GROW -
We see our challenges as opportunities. Progress over perfection.

• We are curious and aren't afraid to try
• We take accountability
• We apply what we learn

WIN TOGETHER -
We elevate each other with unique perspectives and mutual respect.

• We are in this together—win or lose
• We lift each other up
• We value every voice

KEEP IT SIMPLE -
We remove complications to focus on what's needed.

• We make it efficient
• We reduce friction
• We keep things user-friendly

We hope that every NZXT employee internalizes and practices these values to the point where they become second nature. We expect our leaders and managers to embody and nurture these values, because when they are in full force... amazing things can happen.

NZXT is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We strive to empower connection with one another, reflect the communities we serve, and tackle meaningful projects that make a real impact.