Top Design Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Supports data center deployment and daily operations, including equipment installation, rack and stack, cabling, migrations, decommissioning, maintenance, troubleshooting, outage response, and on-call support. Coordinates vendors, changes, projects, inventory, and implementation schedules. Develops and executes technical procedures, documents incidents, maintains structured cabling, and supports power, network, and facility infrastructure in an onsite critical environment.

Collaborate with product designers to implement modular, reusable React components and pixel-perfect UI across desktop and mobile. Build performant CSS-driven interactions, animations, and micro-interactions. Bridge front-end logic with design and maintain high polish across Vetcove's applications.

The Electrical Design Engineer will design electrical systems for labs, oversee installations, ensure compliance with regulations, and promote energy efficiency and sustainability.

Own and enhance Infisical’s website by building pixel-perfect, reusable frontend components, core pages, microsites, and frontend architecture. Integrate CMS, analytics, attribution, and marketing tools while implementing SEO, A/B testing, accessibility, performance, and conversion optimization. Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and company leadership to create a high-quality website that drives organic traffic and user adoption.

Design and maintain embedded hardware for intelligent control and monitoring systems, including analog, digital, mixed-signal circuits, PCBs, power systems, sensors, and industrial communications. Support firmware development, system integration, testing, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, and field diagnostics. Translate customer and market needs into product specifications, contribute to new product development, and collaborate with global engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers. Travel domestically and internationally approximately 10–20%.

Designs and coordinates complex defense systems across engineering disciplines. Responsibilities include decomposing requirements, conducting technical trade studies, guiding system design decisions, developing system specifications, maintaining DOORS traceability and verification matrices, and applying MBSE methods. The role supports EOIR and RFEW systems, collaborates across hardware, software, and firmware teams, manages interfaces, presents technical information, and contributes to integration and testing in an on-site environment.

Designs and defines complex defense system architectures by decomposing requirements, coordinating across engineering disciplines, supporting trade studies, and documenting specifications and verification traceability. Uses MBSE methods and tools such as DOORS, Cameo, and SysML. The role supports EOIR and RFEW sensing, targeting, and tracking systems, with potential work involving RF, DSP, SDR, FPGA, and AI/ML technologies. This is a full-time, on-site position requiring U.S. citizenship and a Secret clearance.

Designs and coordinates complex defense systems by decomposing requirements, conducting trade studies, guiding technical decisions, and maintaining system specifications and verification matrices. Uses MBSE, SysML, and DOORS while collaborating across hardware, software, and firmware disciplines. The role supports EOIR and RFEW systems, requires on-site work in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, U.S. citizenship, a Secret clearance, and 10% travel.

Own and evolve Buffer's front-end design system and component library for marketing pages. Build performant, accessible, animated React/TypeScript experiences on buffer.com, collaborate with designers and marketers, audit and improve performance and accessibility, and mentor peers on front-end architecture and standards.

Design, implement, and test digital hardware and FPGA-based circuit cards across full product lifecycle. Work on high-speed interfaces, RF/EO DSP, embedded processors, prototype/debug subsystems, produce design/test documentation, and support production and fielded systems in an integrated engineering team.

Design and verify digital integrated circuits, including processor architectures, memory-management units, multicore systems, and cache systems. Responsibilities include defining specifications, analyzing architecture trade-offs, participating in design reviews, supervising IC layouts, developing behavioral models, characterizing prototypes, and coordinating product testing and releases. The program also provides exposure to design verification and analog design through training and on-the-job projects.

Designs and implements complex enterprise network solutions, supports customer pilots and sales, provides Tier IV escalation support, troubleshoots network issues, develops capacity models, evaluates hardware and software, maintains technical documentation and procedures, and conducts security audits. Leads and mentors network engineers, presents technical information, participates in an on-call rotation, and supports customer professional services projects. The role requires independent judgment, occasional travel, and variable night or weekend work.

Design machines using SolidWorks for a customer engagement. This fully remote contract is expected to last three months, with potential extension. Candidates should have at least two years of SolidWorks experience and be at an intermediate level or higher.

Develop electrical design packages for pipeline projects, producing calculations, drawings, and documentation. Lead discipline-specific designs on smaller projects and assist technical analysis on complex projects. Coordinate with project teams, perform QA/QC reviews, use CAD and engineering tools, communicate impacts to scope/cost/schedule/quality, and occasionally support field activities.

Technical lead for electro-mechanical actuator design and development for aerospace platforms. Own system architecture, component design, testing, validation, and lifecycle activities while coordinating suppliers, manufacturing, and customers to meet program milestones and producibility requirements.

Supports on-time delivery of parametric 3D CAD models and engineering drawings for virtual tire development, performance analysis, and mold tooling. Develops equation- and logic-driven PTC Creo models, collaborates with cross-functional teams to analyze and predict tire tread performance using in-house tools and FEA software, and helps improve modeling best practices. The role includes structured training, mentorship, and opportunities to develop advanced Creo expertise.

Design, develop, and test RF amplifiers, receivers, VCOs and PLLs for infrastructure products operating VHF–900 MHz. Perform simulations (ADS, Momentum), PCB layout (Cadence Allegro), hands-on debugging, support field issues, and collaborate with engineers, suppliers, and factories.

Design and lay out PWBs/PCBs, flex and rigid-flex circuits using Cadence Allegro. Calculate layer stack-ups, generate fabrication data, ensure manufacturability, interface with electrical/mechanical teams, incorporate change notices, and lead design reviews with quality and manufacturing.

Develop detailed designs, plans, and specifications for roadways, drainage, grading, and utilities; perform engineering analyses (hydrology, structural, geotech); manage design schedules, budgets, and deliverables; coordinate with clients, contractors, and regulators; prepare reports, cost estimates, and technical documentation; mentor junior staff and stay current on civil engineering tools and regulations.

Assist in preparing civil engineering designs, drawings, calculations, and construction plans for roadways, drainage, grading, and utilities. Support analyses (hydrology, structural loads), documentation, cost estimates, and coordination with stakeholders while ensuring compliance with codes and project requirements. Collaborate with project teams and perform occasional site visits.

The Desktop/Workstation Design Engineer will design and implement desktop OS images, manage software deployment, support OS patching, and ensure hardware integration.

Designs conceptual, preliminary, and final high-voltage substation structures, foundations, lightning protection systems, bus systems, and factory-built structures. Prepares and reviews structural and foundation calculations, drawings, equipment specifications, and layouts for code and customer compliance. Coordinates with project managers, customers, and internal teams, supports proposals and schedules, resolves technical and construction issues, and answers customer questions.

Support digital hardware specification, design, and implementation, including ASIC physical design, build-controlled releases, hardware and software evolution, documentation, change control, quality standards, and troubleshooting. Improve processes and tools, provide technical guidance, manage project resources, and collaborate with customers on technical requirements. Required expertise includes CMOS technology, physical design flows, EDA tools, scripting, timing and power analysis, Verilog HDL, third-party IP integration, and advanced process nodes.

Design and implement production-quality UI and components by combining visual design and frontend engineering. Improve and extend the in-house design system, ship end-to-end features, iterate quickly with user feedback, and collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to solve large-scale UX problems for Ashbys customer base.

Design and implement user-facing features end-to-end, improve and expand the design system, collaborate with product engineers and designers, ship fast, gather user feedback, and iterate on UI/UX for a high-scale recruiting product.