Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs in Atlanta, GA

Supports infrastructure and technology operations for plant environments by monitoring service performance, coordinating incident resolution, analyzing operational data, deploying hardware and software, maintaining documentation, supporting backup and disaster recovery, and leading IT projects. Collaborates with vendors and internal teams to improve service delivery, operational continuity, reporting, and process efficiency through automation and scripting.

Maintains and troubleshoots server, storage, networking, cabling, and power hardware across a large-scale production data center fleet. Writes Python automation scripts, reviews logs and alerts, performs diagnostics, supports deployments, builds hardware health dashboards, coordinates with DevOps, supply chain, and vendors, and assists with hardware evaluation and reliability improvements. Requires on-call availability and travel to data center sites.

Leads configuration management for complex information systems and hardware/software components. Maintains configuration baselines, records, and technical documentation; advises Configuration Control Boards; evaluates engineering changes; supports audits; and coordinates with quality assurance and management to ensure controlled, accurate product baselines.

Develop and operate Akamai’s Linux-based cloud infrastructure, including bare-metal and virtual machine platforms, kernels, operating systems, and KVM/QEMU virtualization. Build software, automation, observability, and infrastructure enhancements at scale; troubleshoot complex distributed-system issues; collaborate across engineering and operations; mentor team members; and participate in on-call service restoration.

Supports and maintains mainframe hardware, including microcode, processor, storage, DASD, and tape configurations. Handles migrations, replication, disaster recovery, incident resolution, vendor escalations, and 24/7 on-call service restoration. Develops automation, tools, documentation, and standardized processes while supporting multiple clients in a leveraged environment. Performs ITIL change management, provides technical consulting, analyzes subsystem performance, and mentors team members.

Designs and develops FPGA SmartNIC networking acceleration for Microsoft Azure. Responsibilities include hardware architecture evaluation, RTL coding in Verilog/SystemVerilog, simulation, hardware testing, debugging, verification, scripting, software development, Agile collaboration, and production DevOps support. The role partners across hardware and software teams to deliver cloud networking infrastructure, including SDN capabilities, packet manipulation, and performance improvements.

Supports the health, modernization, deployment, testing, and maintenance of organization-wide IT infrastructure. Troubleshoots incidents, monitors system performance and capacity, supports business applications and packages, resolves recurring issues, contributes to system design and complex projects, and provides technical support and escalation assistance to junior engineers.

Design, prototype, test, and iterate in-house four-wheeled and quadruped robotic platforms. Lead mechanical, electrical, and embedded hardware development from rapid prototypes to manufacturable, deployable products, incorporating customer feedback and overseeing reliability and production readiness.

The role involves optimizing hardware support within a software stack for AI model deployment, collaborating with teams and hardware vendors to enhance performance and portability across platforms.

The Systems Engineer validates sold solutions, participates in engineering and customer discussions, defines system interfaces and specifications, coordinates simulation updates, and plans and executes software acceptance, emulation, integration, throughput, and system acceptance testing. The role also guides system tuning and adjustments while collaborating with geographically distributed teams and customers. Approximately 60% annual travel is required.

Leads a multidisciplinary hardware engineering team developing KinetiX inspection systems from concept through production and sustaining. Owns system architecture, electronics, mechanical and optical integration, technical decisions, certification, BOMs, configuration management, change control, quality, reliability, and production readiness. Coordinates hardware/software/manufacturing execution, manages the hardware budget, mentors engineers, drives risk mitigation and root-cause resolution, and supports scalable global production.

Develop and own compute and GPU server platforms from architecture through global deployment. Responsibilities include schematic and layout reviews, design for manufacturability, new product introduction, board and system bring-up, validation, debugging, firmware and BIOS feature management, technology qualification, and vendor coordination. The role requires hands-on server architecture, board-level design, Linux and scripting expertise, platform validation, and five-day-per-week presence in the Cambridge office.

Tests, validates, and troubleshoots next-generation cloud server hardware for performance, power, reliability, and quality. Develops test scripts, documents results, identifies defects, recommends improvements, and resolves hardware issues across engineering and manufacturing environments. Requires hands-on embedded systems debugging, Linux and scripting experience, and knowledge of server architecture, firmware, operating systems, networking, storage, and hardware acceleration technologies.

Lead and grow a compiler, kernel, and runtime engineering team responsible for accelerator bring-up across the Modular stack. Drive technical direction, architecture, coding, roadmap delivery, vendor partnerships, SOWs, milestones, cross-team dependencies, hiring, and production-quality model deployment across diverse hardware platforms.

Leads board hardware design projects from requirements through schematic creation, simulation, layout coordination, validation, bring-up, debugging, and engineering changes. Collaborates with architects, product managers, mechanical and physical design engineers, signal integrity teams, firmware, validation, customers, and contractors. Designs high-speed PCBs and DC/DC regulator circuits, manages components and bills of materials, writes functional specifications and test plans, and supports multiple concurrent assignments.

Owns the hardware lifecycle for GPU and infrastructure assets, including fleet health monitoring, vendor RMA workflows, firmware and BIOS upgrades, burn-in testing, failure investigation, inventory accuracy, capacity planning, spare-parts strategy, runbook creation, and new platform qualification. The role serves as the technical owner of physical compute platforms and supports high-density GPU infrastructure across sites.

Own the hardware-software interface for production robotic platforms: develop sensor and actuator drivers, manage communication buses and Linux configurations, integrate new hardware, monitor system health, build edge/cloud device management, and support field-deployed robots through diagnostics and validation.

Design and execute comprehensive hardware tests, develop manufacturing test setups and automated test systems, analyze results to identify defects, collaborate with engineering to resolve issues, mentor junior engineers, and document procedures to ensure production readiness.

Pipeline hiring for hardware engineers at all experience levels. Work includes circuit board design, schematic capture, component selection and prototype bring-up, hardware debug/testing and failure analysis, integration with firmware/software teams, and design for manufacturability with production handoff.

Leads global hardware engineering and architecture for servers, firewalls, security appliances, switches, and access points. Defines system architectures, coordinates board and system design, power, signal integrity, mechanical and thermal engineering, validation, and compliance. Oversees internal and JDM/ODM development, executive reporting, product strategy, budgets, hiring, and team development while partnering with Software, Product, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain.

Design, evaluate, integrate, and qualify passive and active optical components and subsystems for DWDM transport. Develop mixed-signal hardware, control electronics, and test automation. Perform lab characterization, data analysis, cross-functional design reviews, and support product qualification and supplier collaboration.

Lead standardization strategy for optical transport and Ethernet technologies, develop and advocate contributions to standards bodies (ITU‑T, IEEE, OIF, OpenROADM), coordinate with PLMs and R&D, report progress internally, provide technical influence and guidance, and represent Nokia at standards meetings and industry events.

Design, build, and operate reliable backend systems while mentoring engineers, participating in design discussions, and improving system performance.