01 · The role
What you would do
- Review hardware designs, engineering workflows, technical analyses and troubleshooting approaches
- Weigh design trade-offs, failure modes, measurements and test results
- Check whether proposed solutions to real hardware problems are correct and practical, and flag errors, missing assumptions and risks
- Write or review rigorous engineering problems with reference solutions and evaluation criteria
- Explain your technical judgments plainly, drawing on hands-on engineering work
02 · Requirements
What they ask for
- Five or more years in industry, at least three of them recent and hands-on in hardware development, testing, bring-up or troubleshooting
- Experience as the responsible engineer for a substantial part of a hardware development workflow, not only managing teams or projects
- Deep expertise in at least one of: RF and antennas, power electronics, analog or mixed-signal design, PCB design and board bring-up, or signal and power integrity
- Experience debugging real hardware with lab equipment, simulation tools and instrumentation
- Electrical engineering
- PCB design
- Power electronics
- RF engineering
- Hardware debugging
03 · Eligibility
Who can apply
Remote. The listing does not name eligible countries, so Mercor's own rules decide: it can only onboard people in countries its payments support, which in October 2026 included Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Egypt but not Kenya.
Some African countries
Open in some African countries only: check the listing for which. Mercor in Africa
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04 · Applying
How to get in
You apply through Mercor's own process. The steps from sign-up to first paid task are on its profile.
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05 · Source
About this listing
We last confirmed this opening on Nov 1, 2026, and it was posted on Sep 26, 2026. Rates and hours come from the listing unless the note beside the rate says otherwise. Where the listing names no countries, the Africa status is our reading of it and of what is known of Mercor's country rules, set out on its profile, and never marks a role more open than they show. The listing itself has the final word.
The listing on work.mercor.com(opens in a new tab)