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Job Description
Rockwell Automation is looking for a Project Hardware Development Engineer with digital electronics design experience to join our Control Logix Engineering team. You will join a team developing advanced automation control systems. You'll contribute to all stages of new hardware product development, from sub-circuit design and integration to functional analysis of the product. This includes its regulatory compliance. While doing so, you'll build necessary technical skills across the team in a supportive environment. If you value knowledge sharing, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement.
You provide technical leadership for a medium‑sized engineering team, pioneer new technologies, shape the direction of hardware plans, and mentor other engineers as the team grows. With success in this role, you will learn all of the stages in the development cycle. You will work in a Scrum team, where your primary collaboration within the project will be with the Engineering Sponsor.
You will report directly to the Hardware Manager and have a hybrid schedule working in Katowice, Poland.
Your Responsibilities:- Design hardware in an agile team, including architecture, component selection, and verification.
- Work with prototypes: program, measure signals, debug issues, and validate design changes.
- Prepare product design documentation and test reports.
- Lead technical plans such as researching new technologies, implementing new circuit design tools, and troubleshooting failures.
- Lead technical work in your specialization - processor subsystems (CPU, memory, power) or networking subsystems (switching, PHYs, high‑speed links).
- Improve engineering workflows by introducing better tools, simulations, and failure‑analysis methods.
- Build relationships across teams with firmware, test, and manufacturing engineers to deepen understanding of the product development lifecycle.
- Mentor junior engineers and help shape engineering practices.
- Engineer's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in electronics hardware design, including product development, release, and sustaining, including microcontrollers, DDR memory interfaces, Ethernet, ASICs, and FPGAs.
- 7+ years of experience with schematic capture, PCB design, and analysis tools (Mentor Graphics, HyperLynx, or similar).
- Capability to independently review and troubleshoot hardware designs, interpret test data, and make well‑founded technical decisions that balance performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
- English at B2 level or higher.
- Understanding of schematics, circuit theory, digital logic, power conversion, and programmable devices (CPLDs/FPGAs).
- Practical programming skills in Python or C++ for automation and hardware test workflows.
- Hands‑on use of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and debuggers.
- Knowledge of industrial control systems, PLCs, functional safety, or EMC requirements.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment.
- Interest in mentoring and expanding technical scope.
Plus deeper expertise in one of the following areas:
- Processors: CPU subsystems, memory controllers, power delivery, high‑speed digital interfaces.
- Networking: Ethernet subsystems, switching architectures, high‑speed links, network interface design.
Our benefits package includes …
- Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees.
- Company volunteer and donation matching program – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
- On-demand digital course library for professional development.
- Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program.
... and other local benefits!
At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.
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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.
Skills Required
- Engineer s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 7+ years of experience in electronics hardware design
- Experience with schematic capture, PCB design, and analysis tools
- Ability to review and troubleshoot hardware designs
- English at B2 level or higher
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k)/Retirement Savings Plan with employer matching that is positioned as a meaningful part of total compensation. These offerings reinforce longer‑term financial security as a core strength.
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