Careers

Updated Fall 2026 Positions

DE is Hiring This Fall!

Current Open Positions

Embedded Hardware Design Engineer

About Working at DE

Work with a collaborative team of technology-focused, creative firmware/software, hardware, and systems engineers on a large variety of IoT and embedded control system projects for industrial, medical, and military applications. Work directly with customers to elicit and manage product requirements, contribute to engineering effort and schedule estimates, develop the design architecture, participate in and coordinate team projects, and provide design leadership and mentoring.

What We Are Looking For

Leader of electrical PCBA design projects and hardware engineering efforts for a wide variety of industrial, medical, and military products in a collaborative, technology-focused environment of creative engineers. This will include but is not limited to the following:

  • PCBA Architecture Expertise
  • Block Diagram Creation
  • Circuit Design and Schematic Entry
  • Critical Component Selection (including sourcing)
  • PCBA Layout Oversight
  • PCBA Board Bring-up and Troubleshooting – Oscilloscope experience
  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
  • Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in professional projects
  • Experience as a project lead, program manager, or engineering lead is desired
  • Passion for product development, embedded hardware devices, and creative problem solving
  • Familiarity with test equipment

In-Person Required:

  • Time in our Chesterfield, MO testing lab and office space with hybrid flexibility is a must - these positions cannot accommodate out of state residents
  • Must be a US citizen
  • Relocation assistance may be available

Qualities you bring to the position

  • Like working with top hardware engineers
  • Use the latest lab test equipment to troubleshoot your guitar amp
  • Like looking at electronic schematics (don't be embarrased, we do too)
  • Know your way around datasheets (I mean, it's more entertaining than watching the Rise of Skywalker).
  • Like to work with the latest technology
  • Love to bring products to life
  • You're self-motivated, meet deadlines, enjoy leading and mentoring
  • Seek continuous improvement, research, and are collaborative (like The Beatles before Yoko came along)
  • Strong communication skills are necessary – we promote productive discussion at the appropriate level of detail with customers, team members and management

Why You'd Love It Here:

  • We offer competitive salaries depending on your experience. We also have a bonus plan and all those benefits you would expect.
  • Wide variety of projects (Medical, Industrial, Military, IoT, Sensors)
  • Fast-moving, challenging work
  • Competitive salary and bonus
  • Amazing St. Louis area, great work-life balance, team culture
  • Relocation is available; come see why living in STL is so comfortable
  • Assessment to production: see your work become real products, save lives, and make the world better – Join DE

This position reports to the Director of Engineering, who thinks he is funny and makes a lot of bad puns.

Please download the Job Description below & email resume to hr@dedesignworks.com

Over 24 years in business, DE Design Works is a US engineering firm specializing in product development with core competency in embedded firmware, application software, printed circuit board (PCBA) hardware design, prototyping, pre-certification testing, and management consulting for scaling the manufacturing of electronic assemblies to volume production.

We Need You!

We strive to provide our customers with innovative, high-quality solutions through the deployment of cutting-edge technology and services that exceed the customer’s expectations. Our customers range from small to large corporations that represent industrial, commercial, medical, and military market segments. Through vertical integration of our skilled engineers, DE delivers complete designs with expertise in hardware, software, systems, and mechanical disciplines. We are an integrated and tight-knit team that works together to develop products for our customers.

Please download the Job Description above & email resume to hr@dedesignworks.com

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