Top Hardware Engineer Jobs

Lead failure analysis and root-cause corrective actions for networking hardware issues from field and factory sources. Analyze quality metrics, debug complex board- and system-level hardware, review new-product test reports, and drive quality improvements, change management, and multisourcing activities. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, operations, customer support, vendors, and customers. Provide technical leadership, document lessons learned, and mentor junior engineers.

Designs, tests, and analyzes custom high-speed digital electronics for the Terran R launch vehicle. Owns hardware development from concept through board bring-up, verification, qualification, production, integration, and vehicle operations. The role requires expertise in high-speed signal and power integrity, electronics for harsh environments, eCAD design, rigorous engineering processes, and cross-functional integration. The engineer will mentor others, communicate technical concepts broadly, and help deliver reliable avionics hardware on schedule.

Designs and executes fulfillment-center infrastructure projects, including facility layouts, power and data plans, material-flow models, automation systems, and robotics cells. The role coordinates vendors, evaluates bids, supports factory and site acceptance testing, ensures safety and reliability, prepares capital approval documentation, and collaborates with operations, maintenance, and controls teams. Projects include new facilities, retrofits, and automation upgrades, with travel required for site visits, testing, and installations.

Lead the design, integration, testing, and troubleshooting of high-speed digital circuit cards and electronic systems for radar, electronic warfare, and sensing prototypes. Responsibilities include architecture, interface and clocking definition, signal and power integrity analysis, simulation, documentation, supplier and government interaction, performance validation, and mentoring junior engineers. The role leads small multidisciplinary teams and supports field-deployable prototype development.

Designs and evaluates electrical, electronic, and electromechanical components for high-reliability aerospace hardware. Responsibilities include component selection and validation, failure investigations, part assessments, specification review, qualification requirements, obsolescence analysis, compliance communication, and technical collaboration with engineering teams and suppliers. The role supports hardware design, testing, and continuous improvement while ensuring components meet customer and reliability requirements.

Lead troubleshooting, hardware bring-up, validation, qualification, and root-cause analysis for Arm-based AI compute platforms, including server blades, motherboards, power systems, and rack-scale infrastructure. Diagnose thermal, power, networking, BIOS, and BMC issues; develop validation documentation and troubleshooting procedures; collaborate with engineering and data center teams; and mentor junior staff while supporting critical deployments and on-call activities.

Leads organization-wide power hardware architecture and technology roadmaps. Designs and validates board-mount and front-end power systems from architecture through manufacturing release. Evaluates high-voltage and liquid-cooled power technologies, oversees schematic design, simulation, PCB layout, testing, reliability, and standards compliance. Drives innovation, standardization, quality improvements, and integration across platforms. Provides technical leadership, mentors engineers, collaborates with development partners, and influences business-unit and executive decisions.

Leads organization-wide power hardware architecture and technology roadmaps for networking and data center products. Designs and validates board-mount and front-end power systems from architecture through manufacturing release. Evaluates high-voltage and liquid-cooled power technologies, drives standardization and continuous improvement, and provides technical leadership, mentoring, and innovation. Requires expertise in electrical design, simulation, PCB layout, power CAD tools, hardware testing, and communication interfaces.

Leads end-to-end design and production of high-performance networking hardware, including dense, high-power PCBs, 100G/200G signaling, FPGA solutions, SI/PI analysis, and liquid-cooled scale-up systems. Owns architecture, schematics, layout, bring-up, validation, qualification, and manufacturing collaboration while coordinating electrical, firmware, software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams.

Lead end-to-end hardware design for next-generation networking systems, from architecture and schematics through PCB layout, bring-up, validation, qualification, and production. Design high-speed, high-power, dense circuit boards with 100G/200G interfaces, FPGA solutions, and liquid-cooled architectures. Drive signal and power integrity analysis while collaborating across firmware, software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams.

Designs, develops, integrates, tests, and fields advanced RF hardware systems for defense applications. Responsibilities include defining requirements, selecting RF components, performing link-budget and related analyses, developing test plans, supporting assembly and integration, and analyzing test data. The engineer collaborates with multidisciplinary teams on radar, electronic warfare, communications, and potentially airborne systems throughout the development lifecycle.

Lead SSD hardware development across the product lifecycle: architecture, high-speed SI/PI analysis, PCB/schematic design, lab validation and debugging, manufacturing readiness, cross-functional integration, and mentorship. Apply AI-enabled tools to accelerate validation, automation, and debugging workflows.

Supports electrical, power, firmware, and RF hardware product design, analysis, testing, verification, documentation, continuous improvement, and production sustainment. Works under senior engineering supervision, assists with prototypes and root-cause investigations, and presents technical findings. The role includes mentorship and professional development through BAE Systems’ Year One Program.

Supports electrical, power, firmware, RF, and other hardware engineering activities for aerospace and defense products. Responsibilities include product design support, analysis, investigations, prototype fabrication, verification and validation testing, technical documentation, continuous improvement, and production sustainment. Works under senior engineering supervision while developing expertise through mentorship, training, and the Year One Program.

Designs, develops, integrates, and qualifies electronic test hardware for aerospace products, including circuit card assemblies, printed board assemblies, subassemblies, and line replaceable units. Defines digital, analog, power, FPGA, and mixed-signal test architectures; supports PCB layout, board bring-up, validation, ATE integration, troubleshooting, and production deployment. Leads test hardware efforts across concurrent programs, drives design-for-testability, supports root-cause investigations, and mentors junior engineers.

Leads hardware engineering strategy for ASIC/FPGA, microelectronics packaging, and related defense technologies. Develops technical roadmaps, aligns R&D with product programs, engages customers, supports proposals and business capture, manages intellectual property, and transitions emerging technologies into products. The role collaborates across business units, government and industry partners, universities, and research organizations while mentoring engineering talent. Expertise in precision strike missions, acquisition processes, open architectures, RF systems, GPS, radar, EO/IR seekers, avionics, and military hardware solutions is highly valued.

Leads hardware engineering strategy for PS hardware, ASIC/FPGA, and microelectronics packaging solutions. Develops technical roadmaps, aligns research and development with customer and market needs, supports proposals and business capture, manages intellectual property, and advances technology transitions. Engages defense customers and external partners while mentoring engineering talent and guiding cross-business collaboration. Requires substantial experience with precision strike, avionics, navigation, acquisition processes, open architectures, and modular design.

Leads hardware engineering strategy for ASIC/FPGA, microelectronics packaging, and related defense technologies. Develops technical roadmaps, aligns R&D and product investments, engages customers and partners, supports proposals and business capture, manages intellectual property, and mentors engineering teams. The role requires deep understanding of precision-strike missions, defense acquisition, open architectures, and technologies including GPS, radar, EO/IR seekers, avionics, and navigation systems.

Designs and prototypes RF hardware and analog/mixed-signal systems for hardware-in-the-loop, digital twin, and surrogate platforms. Characterizes and debugs complex electronic systems using laboratory test equipment, develops automated acquisition and control platforms, leads customer and internal test events, and represents hardware expertise on interdisciplinary teams. The role also supports technical proposals, design reviews, documentation, cost estimates, scheduling, and mentorship of junior engineers.

Designs and tests electrical and electronic hardware components, subsystems, integrated circuitry, and related engineering solutions. Conducts validation testing for tolerances, form, fit, function, EMI, safety, reliability, thermal performance, shock, vibration, and power. Collaborates with internal and outsourced development partners to deliver reliable, cost-effective hardware solutions. The role requires a local employee and primarily office-based work despite the stated hybrid designation.

Develops and executes system- and board-level validation strategies for networking hardware. Responsibilities include designing test environments, conducting EDVT and HALT, debugging prototypes, performing bench repairs, evaluating test equipment, collaborating with ODM and cross-functional teams, documenting results, communicating risks, and ensuring product readiness for manufacturing release.

Leads multidisciplinary electrical, mechanical, optical, drafting, and firmware engineering teams developing EO/IR electro-mechanical defense products. Owns technical execution, cost, schedules, budgets, productivity metrics, design processes, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and customer or supplier interfaces. Supports proposal cost and schedule estimates, develops solutions within program constraints, and exercises independent engineering judgment. The role is hybrid and requires U.S. citizenship under a government contract.

Designs, integrates, tests, troubleshoots, and transitions complex high-speed digital circuit cards and electronic modules into production. Leads verification and integration activities, drives defect resolution and corrective actions, improves product and test processes, creates technical documentation, interfaces with customers and suppliers, and mentors engineers and technicians. Requires strong digital hardware design, analysis, communication, and technical leadership skills in a defense engineering environment.

Leads advanced aerospace hardware design from concept through production for next-generation Head-Up Display systems. Responsibilities include schematic capture, PCB design support, hardware validation, troubleshooting, debugging, root-cause analysis, design verification, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with software and systems engineering teams. Provides technical leadership and mentorship while ensuring products meet customer, aerospace, and export-control requirements.

Lead the architecture, design, validation, integration, and lifecycle support of digital, analog, mixed-signal, RF, and power-electronics hardware for aerospace Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance systems. Develop specifications, schematics, simulations, PCB guidance, and verification strategies while ensuring EMI/EMC, safety, reliability, certification, and DO-160/DO-254 compliance. Diagnose complex hardware issues, support production and sustainment, collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams, and mentor junior engineers.