Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs

Lead system- and board-level design for hyperscaler switches: define specs, create schematics/PCB, FPGA/ASIC design and bring-up, debug high-speed interfaces, coordinate across ASIC, SI, software, diagnostics, manufacturing, and supplier teams to resolve design issues.

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.

Designs and builds hyperscale storage fleet resiliency systems for Azure, including live monitoring, fault detection, prediction, isolation, repair automation, and firmware deployment for SSDs, HDDs, and storage accelerators. The role analyzes fleet data, improves reliability and quality, collaborates with hardware, firmware, software teams and suppliers, and supports Azure service stakeholders.

Lead the architecture, design, prototyping, and deployment of high-speed mixed-signal control electronics for quantum computers. Responsibilities include analog and RF front-end design, ADC/DAC selection, board-level circuit design, schematic capture, PCB development in Altium Designer, and hardware bring-up, verification, and testing. The role collaborates with quantum, FPGA, firmware, and software engineers and drives multiple concurrent hardware projects.

Own mechanical and electrical integration of quantum sensing and navigation hardware onto UAS platforms. Build, bring up, debug, modify, and test integrated systems across laboratory, environmental, field, and flight environments. Develop brackets, fixtures, cabling, and interface hardware; coordinate with systems and software engineers; document builds and anomalies; support suppliers, procurement, equipment maintenance, and safe laboratory practices. The role supports defense and aerospace programs and requires intermittent domestic and international travel.

Lead hardware reliability for avionics components and production assemblies from design through flight. Partner with design, manufacturing, and test teams to track yields, investigate failures, perform electrical root-cause analysis, validate test systems, improve inspection and rework processes, and reduce production and flight risks. The role requires hands-on work across offices, factories, and labs, supporting Lean continuous improvement and product quality objectives.

Own end-to-end electrical system and PCBA development for compact, mass-produced consumer devices. Design mixed-signal circuits and high-density PCB layouts in Altium Designer, optimize power and thermal performance, perform simulation and component selection, develop validation strategies, debug hardware, lead design reviews, and support manufacturing yield and cost improvements.

Design and develop hardware from concept through production, perform schematic entry and PCB layout in Altium, prototype and test circuits, debug and validate electronics, collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and sourcing teams, work with suppliers, manage project schedules, perform peer reviews, and mentor other engineers.

Own the design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and deployment of integrated RF products for space communications. Develop RF circuitry across PCB, box, and integration levels; troubleshoot and qualify designs; perform RF cascades, link budgets, and noise analyses; and collaborate with supply chain, manufacturing, software, hardware, and FPGA teams. The role also involves component selection for radiation environments, board rework, communications link modeling, antenna measurement, and high-PAPR signal development.

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.

Lead hardware for ODSP chip programs from PRD through mass production. Own architecture-level technical decisions, coordinate cross-functional global teams, drive design, tape-out, bring-up, silicon validation and qualification, resolve post-silicon issues, and mentor hardware engineers while improving design methodology and delivery quality.

Design and prototype sensor hardware, including PCBs, mechanical housings, and electromechanical systems for industrial environments. Develop test strategies, collect and analyze sensor data, integrate sensors with Zephyr RTOS platforms, and support field trials. Lead rapid R&D evaluations, product bringup, debugging, fabrication, and cross-functional system development.

Design and deliver complex hardware systems and sub-assemblies from concept through production. Responsibilities include defining specifications, architecting systems, evaluating suppliers, guiding schematic and layout reviews, developing EDVT/MDVT and EMI/EMC test plans, and validating prototypes in the lab. The role requires cross-functional collaboration across architecture, semiconductor, software, manufacturing, and external partners, with emphasis on high-speed optical and electrical I/O, signal and power integrity, thermal performance, reliability, compliance, cost, and schedule.

Owns hardware-level functional safety and system-level sensor safety for cameras, LiDAR, and radar. Responsibilities include reviewing supplier documentation for SEooC and AoU alignment, validating ASIL compliance, executing board-level FMEDA for FPGAs and microcontrollers, defining diagnostic monitoring requirements, and supporting SOTIF simulation and physical testing for perception edge cases. Requires an engineering degree, at least three years of hardware experience, and knowledge of ISO 26262 and SOTIF.

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.

Lead hardware design, qualification, validation, debugging, and production introduction for enterprise storage systems. Own architecture, documentation, failure analysis, test automation, signal and power integrity, and customer hardware escalations. Collaborate with software, manufacturing, operations, support, and diagnostics teams while mentoring engineers and improving system robustness. The role requires deep x86, storage, networking, bus, thermal, power, and hardware logic expertise, plus Python or Bash automation skills.

Lead and conduct post-silicon validation for AI compute blades and racks, ensuring performance meets product standards while collaborating with multiple teams and mentoring engineers.

Designs, tests, debugs, brings up, and manufactures custom high-speed, high-density hardware, primarily PCBs. Responsibilities include schematic capture, PCB layout, signal and power integrity simulation, initial hardware bring-up code, interface validation, test planning, requirements development, performance research, vendor management, and ownership from concept through production. Collaborates with trading, research, software, mechanical, and infrastructure engineering teams.

Leads electrical hardware design for mission-critical defense systems from requirements and schematics through prototyping, factory testing, and production. Collaborates with architects, mechanical and software engineers, PCB layout specialists, and supply chain partners to deliver reliable, manufacturable products. Oversees status reporting, coordinates materials and testing, and mentors junior engineers while ensuring performance, compliance, and adherence to demanding defense requirements.

Design and architect hardware systems, perform trade-off analysis, develop and verify RTL, integrate and verify memory controllers and PHYs, and support customer deliveries. The role requires ASIC or FPGA design expertise, scripting and simulation experience, and collaboration with engineering and customer teams. Preferred experience includes synthesis, timing constraints, CDC/RDC, memory technologies, and AMBA protocols.

Leads hardware scope for space systems RF electronics programs, owning cost, schedule, technical content, CAM, and Earned Value reporting. Oversees technical execution across engineering disciplines, resolves hardware issues, supports integration, participates in design and peer reviews, manages risks and technical performance, and provides technical leadership without direct people management. The role requires expertise in hardware engineering processes and may involve space, RF, C4ISR, and payload technologies.

Develops platform hardware from system requirements through schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring-up, debugging, validation, and customer delivery. The role defines components and routing rules, evaluates BOM costs and design tradeoffs, ensures hardware-software compatibility, performs electrical and mixed-signal design activities, and leads power-on and system debug efforts. It requires cross-functional collaboration with architects, verification, manufacturing, project management, and technical teams.

Design and develop high-performance FPGA-based hardware and embedded systems for aerospace and defense applications. Responsibilities include system architecture, schematic and PCB development, component selection, signal and power integrity analysis, FPGA verification, hardware bring-up, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and regulatory compliance. The role collaborates across engineering, manufacturing, project management, product management, and customers while providing technical leadership and mentoring junior engineers.

Leads board hardware design projects from requirements through schematic creation, simulation, layout coordination, validation, bring-up, debugging, and engineering changes. Collaborates with architects, product managers, mechanical and physical design engineers, signal integrity teams, firmware, validation, customers, and contractors. Designs high-speed PCBs and DC/DC regulator circuits, manages components and bills of materials, writes functional specifications and test plans, and supports multiple concurrent assignments.

Designs, tests, troubleshoots, and verifies electronic hardware for safety controllers and I/O products. Responsibilities include microprocessor, memory, FPGA, Ethernet, USB, analog, digital, power, and I/O circuit development; PCB design; prototype builds; signal integrity measurements; EMC/EMI certification; environmental testing; design documentation; and functional safety development under IEC 61508. The role also supports performance, cost, manufacturability, quality, and test-efficiency improvements.