At Tive , we imagine a fully-transparent world in which everything and everyone is connected. We innovate beyond what the world thought possible—so what people hold near and dear arrives on time and in full. Backed by Techstars.
About the role
As a Hardware Engineering – Sustaining engineer, you will help keep our in-market products reliable, healthy, and continuously improving throughout their lifecycle. You’ll investigate hardware issues, identify root causes, and work cross-functionally to drive effective solution
What they're looking for
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 4+ years in hardware sustaining, NPI, or manufacturing engineering for high-volume electronics
- Solid grasp of schematic and PCB design review — able to read a design, reason about a power tree, and assess a proposed change's risk
- Direct experience with contract manufacturers: DFM, yield, FATP/SMT, and production issue resolution
- Structured root-cause discipline (8D/5-Why/fishbone) and the follow-through to close corrective actions with suppliers
- Comfortable owning ambiguous, cross-cutting problems in a distributed team
- Low-power / battery-powered IoT hardware background, familiarity with cellular + GNSS + BLE devices
More about this role
As a Hardware Engineering – Sustaining engineer, you will help keep our in-market products reliable, healthy, and continuously improving throughout their lifecycle. You’ll investigate hardware issues, identify root causes, and work cross-functionally to drive effective solution
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 4+ years in hardware sustaining, NPI, or manufacturing engineering for high-volume electronics.
- Solid grasp of schematic and PCB design review — able to read a design, reason about a power tree, and assess a proposed change's risk.
- Direct experience with contract manufacturers: DFM, yield, FATP/SMT, and production issue resolution.
- Structured root-cause discipline (8D/5-Why/fishbone) and the follow-through to close corrective actions with suppliers.
- Comfortable owning ambiguous, cross-cutting problems in a distributed team
Strongly preferred
- Low-power / battery-powered IoT hardware background; familiarity with cellular + GNSS + BLE devices.
- Hands-on with the platform silicon class: ESP32-class MCUs, cellular modems, fuel gauges and chargers, IMUs, and buck-boost regulators.
- Mandarin and/or China-based experience for CM coordination (a plus,...
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