Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs

Designs and documents Vehicle Management System hardware, electrical requirements, interfaces, and system architectures. Leads requirements decomposition and traceability, develops test and validation approaches, troubleshoots hardware and software integration issues, and supports product lifecycle sustainment. Coordinates suppliers, test laboratories, and multidisciplinary engineering teams while monitoring supplier performance and investigating emerging technologies for future aircraft programs.

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.

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.

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.

Designs and supports high-speed digital circuit cards and complex electronic modules through development, testing, integration, troubleshooting, verification, and production transition. The role drives defect resolution, root-cause corrective actions, design and test improvements, technical documentation, and collaboration across engineering, operations, quality, technicians, and manufacturing teams.

Owns development, testing, and integration of GPS-based navigation avionics for a launch vehicle. Responsibilities include RF architecture, hardware bring-up, validation, debugging, qualification testing, antenna and communications systems, architectural trade studies, cross-functional integration, technical analysis, and mentoring engineers. The role supports critical navigation, telemetry, command, landing, recovery, and booster reuse systems.

Lead development and validation of optical film stacks and light-management technologies for automotive LCD and OLED displays. Evaluate films, polarizers, coatings, and bonding technologies; perform optical simulations and measurements; analyze brightness, contrast, glare, reflections, uniformity, and related performance data; collaborate with suppliers and display manufacturers; and mature validated optical solutions for production vehicle display programs.

Develop and mature next-generation OLED panel technologies for automotive displays. Responsibilities include evaluating pixel and tandem stack architectures, defining technology requirements, validating TCON and driver IC specifications, conducting optical simulations and bench testing, leading supplier testing under automotive conditions, analyzing panel performance data, resolving defects such as Mura and burn-in, and transferring production-ready technologies to Sourcing.

Leads development and maturation of next-generation automotive LCD panel technologies, including TFT backplanes, pixel structures, driver electronics, and halo mitigation. Evaluates emerging architectures, defines technical requirements, collaborates with display and semiconductor suppliers, conducts proof-of-concept builds and environmental validation, analyzes performance data, resolves panel defects, and transfers mature technologies toward sourcing and production readiness.

Lead a small team designing custom avionics controllers for rocket propulsion, fluid, payload, and separation systems. Own the full hardware lifecycle from requirements and design through board bring-up, verification, qualification, production, integration, and vehicle operations. Apply mixed-signal, analog, power, and control electronics expertise while leading root-cause investigations, engineering processes, cross-functional integration, and team mentorship for mission-critical hardware.

Lead advanced aerospace hardware design from concept through production for Honeywell Anthem displays. Responsibilities include schematic capture, PCB design support, analog and digital circuit development, hardware validation, troubleshooting, debugging, root-cause analysis, design verification, qualification, and stakeholder collaboration. The role also provides technical leadership and mentorship while ensuring compliance with aerospace standards including DO-254 and DO-160.

Own the design, development, integration, verification, and delivery of spacecraft avionics from concept through flight-qualified hardware. Lead avionics architecture, PCB design, harnessing, embedded system interfaces, testing, environmental qualification, component selection, supplier coordination, and technical documentation. Collaborate with propulsion, guidance and control, thermal, and software teams to build reliable avionics for deep-space missions while establishing technical standards and executing autonomously.

Own spacecraft avionics hardware from concept through flight, including system architecture, PCB design, harnessing, embedded interfaces, integration, verification, and environmental qualification. Collaborate with propulsion, guidance and control, thermal, software, suppliers, and internal stakeholders. Lead hardware builds, component selection, testing, documentation, and delivery for reliable deep-space missions.

Leads product engineering, design, development, testing, and validation of advanced hardware for Modular Avionics Unit subassemblies and aerospace applications. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, manages engineering changes and configuration processes, ensures quality and reliability, and drives continuous improvement. The role requires strong hardware design expertise, embedded systems familiarity, and experience with schematic capture, PCB layout, and aerospace product engineering processes.

The role involves architecting high-performance semiconductor memory test equipment, driving strategic development, collaborating across teams, mentoring, and influencing technical decisions to enhance testing infrastructure.

Designs and develops PCB-based evaluation hardware for low-power, ARM-based SoCs. Responsibilities include hardware architecture, schematic and layout design, system bring-up, lab debugging, manufacturing test development, customer hardware reviews, issue resolution, embedded software support, and creation of application notes and hardware design guidelines.

Lead PCIe bring-up, characterization, validation, and debugging for SSD controller SoCs. Develop hardware/system specifications, integrate and validate PCIe IP, build automated system-level validation and compliance tests, perform root-cause analysis, collaborate with cross-functional teams and external IP vendors, and drive infrastructure, methodology, and AI-assisted tooling improvements to increase validation efficiency and coverage.

Perform system bring-up, platform validation, firmware updates, BIOS/BMC/OS configuration, and hardware troubleshooting across storage, compute, and networking infrastructure. Monitor device health, validate drive swaps and rebuilds, investigate performance and stability issues, support Linux diagnostics, and collaborate on complex cross-layer debugging. Document and standardize operational procedures while ensuring system reliability and consistency.

Lead end-to-end integration, validation, troubleshooting, and production deployment of perception hardware for humanoid robots. Responsibilities include custom camera and sensor module development, optical vendor and contract manufacturer coordination, ISP tuning, high-speed video link debugging, camera-LiDAR-IMU synchronization, calibration fixture deployment, DVT and EOL testing, and cross-functional technical leadership across mechanical, thermal, industrial design, software, and manufacturing teams.

Design and verify digital circuit boards and FPGA-based subsystems for advanced MRI platforms. Develop RTL in VHDL or Verilog, integrate processors, memory, data converters, and communications interfaces, and support simulation, synthesis, timing closure, board bring-up, laboratory testing, debugging, and system integration. The role also includes technical mentoring, design reviews, architecture input, and engineering process improvement.

Lead end-to-end hardware development for high-performance firewall appliances, including architecture, circuit design, schematics, PCB layout, validation, troubleshooting, and production transition. Own signal and power integrity, collaborate with software, BIOS, and manufacturing teams, drive design quality and process improvements, integrate AI-enabled engineering tools, and mentor junior engineers. The role requires expertise in complex board design, high-speed interfaces, FPGA/SoC architectures, and hardware verification.

Leads multidisciplinary electrical, mechanical, optical, and drafting teams developing EO/IR electro-mechanical hardware for defense applications. Owns technical execution, costs, schedules, budgets, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and engineering processes. Supports proposals, estimates, customer and supplier engagement, and product development under demanding environmental conditions. Requires extensive engineering leadership experience and U.S. citizenship; current DoD clearance, EVMS certification, electro-optics, RF, and design-for-manufacturability experience are preferred.

Develop and deliver electrical and hardware designs for industrial field instruments, including transmitters, gas detection equipment, sensors, and measuring systems. Responsibilities include schematic development, circuit analysis, component selection, PCB design, verification testing, technical documentation, and collaboration with manufacturing, simulation, supply chain, and external testing teams. The role also applies value and component engineering principles to identify lower-cost designs while meeting performance, certification, and manufacturing requirements.