Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs

Develops and supports semiconductor hardware platforms by debugging Ethernet SerDes, MAC/PHY, PCIe, I2C, and MDIO interfaces. Responsibilities include customer design enablement, board bring-up, schematic and layout reviews, signal and power integrity analysis, PCB stackup recommendations, technical documentation, and cross-functional customer support. The role requires expertise in high-speed Ethernet, SI/PI, RF, thermal and crosstalk analysis, simulation tools, lab equipment, and scripting.

Design, validate, and ship production hardware platforms for edge AI systems. Lead silicon and component selection, system integration, security (secure boot, roots of trust), validation, certification, procurement, and supplier management to optimize reliability, performance, manufacturability, and total cost across fleet deployments.

Lead the mechanical, electrical, and systems design of robotics subsystems from prototype through production. Direct a small team of hardware engineers, make architecture decisions, integrate controls and sensors, manage BOMs and suppliers, reduce costs, and improve field reliability. The role requires regular travel between a San Francisco robotics facility and a West Texas deployment site to resolve failures and implement design fixes.

Design, develop, test, and integrate RF and microwave hardware for satellite communications and software-defined radio systems. Responsibilities include RF circuit and multilayer PCBA design, component selection, environmental qualification, spacecraft integration, debugging, and technical mentorship. The role covers frequencies from UHF through Ka band and involves collaboration with antenna, FPGA, DSP, software, mechanical, and electrical engineering teams.

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.

Leads electrical hardware design and development for complex server products and platforms. Oversees project teams and development partners across architecture, design, validation, tooling, and testing. Reviews designs for standards compliance, drives technology integration, provides technical leadership, mentors engineers, and guides hardware architecture decisions. Requires expertise in x86 systems, PCIe Gen5, DDR4/DDR5, server design, electronic component integration, modeling, testing, and thermal/emissions management.

Designs and develops digital, analog, mixed-signal, FPGA, RF, LiDAR, antenna, power, and control hardware for aerospace and defense systems. Responsibilities span circuit modeling, simulation, PCB collaboration, prototype development, laboratory and environmental testing, qualification, troubleshooting, and system integration. The engineer translates system requirements into hardware architectures and develops ruggedized designs for demanding tactical environments, collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

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.

Design and develop automotive embedded electronic hardware from requirements analysis and architecture through schematic design, PCB development, validation, and production launch. Perform engineering analyses, EMC compliance, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations. Collaborate with systems, software, mechanical, validation, manufacturing, quality, and customer teams. Provide technical leadership, support OEM and Tier 1 programs, and apply design-for-manufacturing, reliability, testing, and cost principles.

Support sustainment and operational maintenance of ground-based radar systems for US Space Force missions. Perform depot-level maintenance, troubleshooting, testing, calibration, repair, systems integration, and lab maintenance. Create engineering drawings, rack assembly documentation, wiring diagrams, and cable assemblies in accordance with ASME and IEEE standards. Document maintenance outcomes and coordinate with engineering teams on lifecycle management, upgrades, and modernization of complex military electronic systems.

Validate, debug, and characterize high-speed optical modules at 212.5 Gbps and beyond. Lead PCB design reviews, signal and power integrity analysis, optical system integration, testing, and production readiness. Collaborate with electrical, optical, mechanical, firmware, packaging, manufacturing, and supplier teams to resolve performance issues and advance optical transceiver products through prototype, NPI, and mass production.

Own hardware strategy and lifecycle for industrial computer vision systems, including cameras, imaging components, edge computing, networking, power delivery, testing, sourcing, compliance, and fleet support. Specify and validate hardware for manufacturing environments, develop standardized BOMs, assess environmental performance, support GigE Vision and PLC integrations, manage certifications, and collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, IT, cybersecurity, vendors, and plant stakeholders. The role requires full-time daily onsite work in Detroit, Michigan.

Leads storage hardware qualification and validation for Microsoft Azure data centers. Responsibilities include developing qualification frameworks, reliability and telemetry strategies, debugging complex hardware, firmware, operating system, driver, and cloud-service issues, and coordinating with OEMs, ODMs, and silicon partners. The role drives production readiness, root-cause investigations, automation, technical reviews, and continuous process improvement while providing technical leadership to team members.

Leads architecture, design, validation, and production implementation of complex hardware, including embedded controllers, analog and digital circuits, data converters, RF/microwave subsystems, and filters. Sets technical direction, mentors engineers, reviews designs, performs root-cause analysis, ensures regulatory compliance, and collaborates with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and customer teams.

Designs and optimizes signal and power integrity solutions for high-speed systems, including NVLink, PCIe, USB4, DDR, and GDDR interfaces. Responsibilities include 3D electromagnetic modeling, system-level simulations, SI model improvement, substrate and board layout guideline development, post-layout extraction, and simulation automation. The role also involves lab characterization using VNA, TDR, DSO, and related tools, plus cross-functional optimization of packages, PCBs, ASICs, and mixed-signal circuits.

Design and validate FPGA-based digital hardware and PCBs for test and measurement products. Responsibilities include synthesizable logic development, register maps, testbenches, timing analysis, schematic and layout guidance, signal integrity simulation, prototype bring-up, board validation, documentation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Lead hardware test and reliability efforts for autonomous drones: define and execute validation strategies from prototype to production, perform failure analysis, drive corrective actions, contribute design-for-reliability, and use telemetry and data (Python/SQL/AI) to develop prognostics and reliability specs.

Repairs, troubleshoots, installs, configures, and maintains computer systems, electronics, networks, communications equipment, security systems, ICS/SCADA, IoT, and RF-enabled devices. Performs diagnostics, hardware replacement, preventative maintenance, infrastructure sustainment, operational readiness support, and technical documentation while maintaining Secret clearance requirements.

Architects, develops, implements, and tests hardware and software tools for cyber-physical system emulation. Responsibilities include laboratory characterization and debugging of electronic systems, acquisition and control platform development, processor and firmware analysis, PCB and FPGA prototyping, emulator customization, virtual device modeling, integrated system simulation, testing, technical reporting, and customer briefings.

Architects, develops, implements, and tests hardware and software tools for cyber-physical system emulation. Responsibilities include laboratory characterization and debugging of electronic systems, developing acquisition and control platforms, supporting processor implementations, estimating technical costs and schedules, rehosting firmware, creating virtual device models, and validating emulation behavior through testing, measured data, documentation, and hardware/software artifacts.

Design, implement, simulate, verify, and debug FPGA solutions for commercial products using VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog. Develop high-speed interfaces, control logic, test benches, and verification methodologies; perform synthesis, place-and-route, hardware validation, and timing closure. Collaborate with software, firmware, and systems teams, document designs, participate in reviews, track FPGA technology trends, and mentor junior engineers.

Performs IPC-compliant soldering, PCB assembly, rework, electro-mechanical assembly, harness fabrication, and RF cable and antenna assembly in a custom hardware development environment. Operates SMT, pick-and-place, reflow, and inspection equipment; conducts quality inspections and troubleshooting; documents assembly work; and collaborates with development engineers on design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly feedback. Requires five years of hardware engineering experience, technical education, IPC certifications, and an active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.

Designs, integrates, and validates system-level embedded electronics for energy products. Responsibilities include digital and mixed-signal circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout, interface implementation, board bring-up, hardware and firmware debugging, signal integrity, EMI/EMC, documentation, manufacturing transfer, and production support. The engineer owns hardware execution from requirements through release and collaborates with firmware and manufacturing teams.

Lead the architecture, design, validation, and debugging of high-speed PCB-based imaging platforms, CMOS image sensor systems, board-level cameras, and X-ray camera electronics. Responsibilities include signal and power integrity, sensor integration, USB-C interoperability, hardware validation, technical leadership, mentoring, and potentially managing a small engineering team.

Designs, validates, debugs, and sustains SSD hardware from concept through production. Leads architecture, schematic and layout development, component selection, interoperability testing, system-level tradeoff analysis, failure investigations, and customer issue resolution. Collaborates with test engineers, partners, and JDMs, applies automation and AI to validation, and mentors junior engineers. The role is primarily in-office in Santa Clara, California.