Electronics Design Recruitment · Austin

Electronics Design recruitment for Austin engineering teams

Specialist recruitment for schematics, component selection, PCB design, board bring-up and product validation. Led by an engineer who understands the engineering behind the hire.

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Specialist Recruitment

Need the right electronics design engineer for a critical role?

RunTime clarifies the engineering requirements, searches for relevant candidates, assesses their technical experience and delivers a focused shortlist for an individual role or defined search.

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Embedded Recruiter

Building a team and need a recruiter working alongside you?

Lance can work inside your hiring operation, collaborating with engineering managers and using your ATS and company email where agreed. This recruitment delivery model can support wider engineering hiring alongside electronics design roles.

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Electronics Design recruitment specialisms

Define the capability the role actually needs.

Analog, digital, RF and power design require different depth. An electronics search is defined around the circuits and product responsibilities the engineer will actually own.

Circuit and schematic design

Requirements, calculations, component selection and design review.

PCB and interfaces

Layout decisions, signal integrity, grounding and hardware interfaces.

Board bring-up

Measurement, fault isolation and hardware/firmware collaboration.

Product validation

Environmental, EMC, manufacturing and production-test considerations.

For Austin employers

A focused search built around the engineering work.

Clarify the brief

We clarify the circuit domains, design stage, interfaces, regulatory context, manufacturing needs and ownership from schematic through validation.

Assess relevant evidence

Candidate discussions explore calculations, component choices, layout influence, bring-up method, instrument use and evidence of taking hardware toward manufacture.

Approach suitable engineers

RunTime searches and directly approaches engineers whose experience aligns with the brief, then presents a focused shortlist with evidence, gaps and practical details.

Founder-led technical recruitment

Engineering context behind the search.

Before recruitment, Lance Harvie developed electronics and firmware for industrial equipment, gaming systems and telecommunications products. He later built decades of specialist recruitment experience.

That background informs the questions RunTime asks about ownership, engineering decisions and fault investigation. It does not replace the client’s detailed technical interview.

RunTime Recruitment has operated since 2019.

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Lance Harvie, founder of RunTime Recruitment

Austin engineering context

Recruiting within a serious electronics ecosystem.

Relevant local themes: microelectronics, semiconductor prototyping, integrated circuits, embedded systems.

Austin’s engineering environment extends beyond software. The University of Texas at Austin describes advanced microelectronics capabilities through the Texas Institute for Electronics, including semiconductor prototyping and 3D heterogeneous integration.

UT Austin Electrical and Computer Engineering groups cover integrated circuits, computer architecture, embedded signal processing and system-level design. These research areas form part of Austin’s wider electronics ecosystem.

Sources: UT Austin Research and Texas ECE research groups.

For Electronics Design engineers

Interested in Austin opportunities?

Share your resume and the type of work you want to do. Include your preferred working arrangement, location or relocation constraints, and the parts of the development lifecycle you have personally owned.

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Frequently asked questions

Austin Electronics Design recruitment questions

Do electronics candidates need every circuit discipline?+

No. Analog, RF, power and digital hardware are not treated as interchangeable. The product and immediate design responsibilities determine the evidence required.

Can the search account for onsite or hybrid work in Austin?+

Yes. RunTime documents the employer’s actual working arrangement and presents it clearly. Onsite, hybrid and remote preferences are not treated as interchangeable.

Can you approach engineers who may need to relocate to Austin?+

Relocation can form part of the search where the employer is open to it. Interest, timing and practical constraints are confirmed with each candidate. No relocation or work-authorisation outcome is assumed.

When is Embedded Recruiter the better service?+

It is designed for a wider or recurring hiring plan where recruitment continuity matters. It is a delivery model, not a reference to embedded software engineering, and its agreed scope can support electronics design and related engineering roles.

Discuss your hiring plan

Hiring one electronics design engineer or building a wider team?

Tell us what you’re building, who you need and when you need them. Choose Specialist Recruitment for a specific hire or Embedded Recruiter support for a wider hiring plan.

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