Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs in Baltimore, MD

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.

Lead integration and test of digital-RF antenna subsystems in near-field/compact ranges. Develop test automation and analysis tools, troubleshoot RF and digital issues, support requirements verification, reviews, and collaborate with cross-discipline engineering teams to improve hardware and test processes.

Designs, develops, integrates, and tests FPGA hardware and software processing components for RF communication and collection systems. Implements DSP algorithms in FPGA, performs RTL development, timing closure, resource optimization, and hardware-software integration with Linux, C, and C++ codebases. Leads technical design efforts, documents solutions, and supports mission-critical intelligence requirements.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The role manages system requirements and hardware design solutions using VHDL, focuses on national defense, and requires TS/SCI clearance.

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.

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.

Provide hardware engineering support for SIGINT solutions: analyze and design hardware systems, perform procurement and acceptance testing, deploy and maintain equipment CONUS/OCONUS, conduct site surveys, prepare technical design packages and as-built drawings, train site personnel, and produce installation and test reports.

The Hardware Engineer will design, prototype, and document electronic components, work with QA, and support sales with technical assistance, focusing on life safety solutions.

Lead design and implementation of DSP algorithms in FPGA hardware, develop RTL with timing closure and resource optimization, integrate FPGA with Linux-based software using C/C++, test RF communication subsystems, and document system-level designs and integrations.

Design, develop, implement, and test FPGA-based DSP components and integrate them with Linux-based software stacks. Lead technical design, perform FPGA RTL development, timing closure and resource optimization, implement DSP algorithms in hardware, bridge FPGA to software, and produce documentation for RF communication/collection subsystems.

Lead the development of backend systems for emergency alert technology, manage hardware integrations, and mentor a team in a microservices environment.

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