Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs

Supports NAVSEA hardware and RF engineering programs involving radar, electronic warfare, EO/IR, laser, and Tactical Data Link systems. Responsibilities include system design, integration, testing, evaluation, technical analysis, documentation, manufacturing support, ship integration, qualification testing, and production acceptance. The role supports program management and requires extensive defense-sector experience, with work primarily at the Washington Navy Yard and occasional travel to naval facilities on the East and West Coasts.

Lead product assurance and quality activities for hardware and PCB programs: inspections, testing witness, audits, supplier/vendor surveys, develop/implement quality procedures, manage corrective actions, SPC, budgets, and cross-functional team liaison. Mentor staff and support proposals and program quality requirements. Occasional overnight travel required.

Lead planning and execution of reliability testing for wearable hardware. Develop and improve test methods, coordinate with contract manufacturers and labs, perform failure analysis and DFMEA, correlate lab tests with field data, produce test plans and reports, and partner with cross-functional teams to drive corrective actions and reliability improvements.

Design and validate automotive-grade compute hardware from concept to production: create schematics, guide PCB layout, collaborate with firmware/software teams, execute test plans, and engage vendors to ensure performance, reliability, and manufacturability of vehicle compute platforms.

Lead architecture and development of rugged board‑level hardware for high‑speed embedded systems. Design and verify advanced digital circuits (400G+, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+), mentor engineers, establish hardware standards, support proposals, and drive DFM/DFA/DFT with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑reliability defense/aerospace solutions.

The Senior Hardware Integration and Test Engineer will lead hardware integration and testing tasks, develop test plans, manage project risks, and mentor junior engineers within a multidisciplinary team.

Design and develop hardware from concept through production for microcontroller-based systems. Create analog and mixed-signal circuits, power supplies, and manage signal integrity. Use EDA tools for schematic/PCB design, validate prototypes with lab equipment, ensure EMI/EMC compliance (automotive), and collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and test teams to ensure manufacturability and robustness.

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.

Lead on-site technical authority for datacenter hardware reliability and fleet health. Troubleshoot complex hardware failures, drive root cause analysis and corrective actions, coordinate with vendors and cloud providers, establish maintenance standards and runbooks, support new hardware introductions and spare parts strategy, mentor technicians, and analyze failure trends to improve reliability across large-scale GPU and server deployments.

The Electrical Hardware Engineer will develop and validate electronic systems for an optical switching platform, focusing on hardware bring-up, debugging, and integration with MEMS technology.

Design and develop 3U/6U VPX SBCs, FPGA, switch, and I/O cards; translate system requirements into hardware designs; perform analysis, verification, testing and production support; author design documentation; mentor junior engineers and improve product performance, reliability, and time-to-market.

Own hardware platform end-to-end: evaluate and qualify x86/ARM compute and networking components; bring up and tune Linux for real-time, safety-critical workloads; build fleet health, diagnostics, and observability tooling; implement platform security (Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, disk encryption); design and execute hardware validation campaigns and maintain hardware compatibility matrix.

The Senior/Staff Hardware Design Engineer will lead hardware design and system integration for AI/datacenter motherboard development, ensuring architectural alignment and performing rigorous analysis and optimization.

The Sr. Staff Hardware Design Engineer will oversee hardware system engineering for AI products, handle schematic capture and PCB design, and coordinate with teams for product compliance and validation.

Responsible for Design Verification Testing and sustaining of new hardware products, including creating test plans, debugging, and ensuring performance specifications are met.

The Staff Hardware Design Engineer will lead hardware system development for AI products, focusing on schematic design, PCB layout, compliance, and cross-team collaboration.

Design, develop, and validate electronic hardware for automotive control modules. Responsibilities include schematic design, circuit and thermal analysis, PCB layout oversight, BOM selection, supplier interfacing, prototype and production support, EMC testing, customer liaison, and documentation for software-hardware integration.

Lead design and testing of fault-tolerant hardware interfaces for traffic controllers and sensors. Develop lab and field test plans, debug communications with vendors, integrate monitoring/alerts with RapidView, and support on-device deployment automation to expand Surtrac deployments.

Design and develop system and PCB architectures from concept through production for high-performance networking platforms. Select components, create schematics and design files, support layout, debug system-level issues, assist software integration, and support testing, compliance, and manufacturing transfer.

Design and implement a novel AI inference engine through hardware-software co-design. Collaborate with ML, software, and cloud engineers; model PPA trade-offs; contribute to RTL design, simulation, verification, and roadmap planning to optimize inference for modern LLM workloads.

Design and own an automated hardware test rig integrated with CI/CD to build, flash, run, and report tests for a wearable AI device. Implement connectivity and throughput stress tests, long-duration audio and battery/thermal characterization, API-level tests, dashboards with regression flags, diagnostic tooling, and automation-driven bug triage. Establish nightly and weekly runs and partner with firmware to define automated vs. manual coverage.

The Hardware Applications Engineer will lead customer design, system integration, PCB reviews, and training, ensuring optimal audio product performance and adoption.

Hands-on senior hardware design engineer responsible for schematic capture and PCB layout in Altium, high-speed SI/PI simulation, prototype bring-up, debugging, verification, and production release of mixed-signal and high-speed digital video/ networking/fiber products. Lead design reviews, mentor junior staff, coordinate cross-functional teams, and support compliance and reliability testing for mission-critical and medical-grade products.

Drive end-to-end system development for electronic systems, focusing on hardware design, system integration, debugging, and collaborating with teams. Lead chipset bring-up and optimize design for manufacturing.

Lead cross-functional hardware development from concept through production: define system architectures, allocate functionality across mechanical/electrical/RF/software/test, drive trade studies, manage interfaces, mitigate technical risks, run technical reviews, and collaborate with manufacturing and suppliers to deliver reliable defense hardware in operational environments.