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Fortive

Hardware Architect

Fortive

Hardware Architect providing technical leadership in developing advanced monitoring solutions. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and secure hardware architectures.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeGlasgow • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in defining and delivering system architectures for complex embedded products, with a strong focus on mixed-signal electronics, embedded processors, and systems engineering principles. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and drive technical decision-making while ensuring alignment with commercial and manufacturing considerations.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Embedded Hardware DevelopmentSystem Architecture DefinitionMixed-Signal ElectronicsSystems Engineering PrinciplesTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills
System-Level RequirementsArchitecture DecompositionInterface DefinitionVerification StrategyTechnical Risk Management
Soft Skills
Strong CommunicationStakeholder ManagementMentoring Engineers
Tools & Technologies
Embedded ProcessorsCommunications InterfacesNetworking TechnologiesIndustrial Instrumentation
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical EngineeringMaster's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Industry Keywords
New Product IntroductionTechnical GovernanceProduct Lifecycle SupportEngineering Excellence

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide technical leadership for the development of advanced monitoring, protection, recording, and analytics solutions.
  • Own the system and hardware architecture for complex embedded products.
  • Define system-level requirements, architectures, interfaces, and technical strategies.
  • Allocate requirements across hardware, mechanical, manufacturing, and test disciplines.
  • Partner closely with Firmware and Software Architects to ensure alignment of architectures.
  • Drive system-level trade-off decisions involving performance, reliability, accuracy, cybersecurity, manufacturability, and cost.
  • Define sensing, signal acquisition, processing, communications, timing, storage, and power architectures for complex embedded systems.
  • Lead architecture reviews, design reviews, and technical governance activities throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Develop platform strategies that maximize technology reuse across multiple product families.
  • Support New Product Introduction (NPI), sustaining engineering, and product enhancement initiatives.
  • Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through standards and best practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Experience developing embedded hardware products, with significant experience leading complex technical projects.
  • Proven experience defining and delivering system architectures for embedded products from concept through production and lifecycle support.
  • Strong understanding of mixed-signal electronics, embedded processors, communications interfaces, networking technologies, and industrial instrumentation.
  • Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, including requirements management, architecture decomposition, interface definition, verification strategy, and technical risk management.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical decision-making across multidisciplinary teams.
  • Experience balancing technical, commercial, manufacturing, quality, and programme considerations.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
  • Ability to influence and guide engineering teams without direct line management responsibility.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Global team events