Top Hardware Engineer Jobs

Designs custom digital hardware and firmware for RF sensors and communication systems. Responsibilities include component selection, schematic design, FPGA and SoC HDL development using Xilinx platforms, timing closure, hardware testing and verification, production support, and workflow automation with Python and Bash. The role collaborates across disciplines and requires understanding digital and analog circuits, VHDL or Verilog, and willingness to travel 10%.

Define memory supportability requirements for Azure first-party silicon platforms, covering validation, reliability, and serviceability. Identify and close design, telemetry, validation, and operational gaps while partnering across silicon, firmware, operating-system, and platform teams. Analyze reliability data and validation results, resolve recurring issues, own memory workstreams, communicate risks, and improve platform quality, performance, cost, sustainability, and delivery readiness.

Develops basic analog and digital circuits under experienced engineering guidance. Supports hardware specifications, design reviews, test planning, testing, documentation, prototyping, and project estimation. Applies engineering and manufacturing processes while collaborating with team members. Preferred knowledge includes FPGA systems, communications interfaces, power supplies, PCB layout, EMC compliance, and programmable logic design.

Leads hardware engineering teams developing high-performance electronic products. Owns electrical design across BOM creation, circuit and board design, validation, production, customer trials, field issues, and sustaining engineering. Collaborates with ASIC, signal, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, packaging, and partner engineering teams. Requires expertise in advanced SoC placement, PCB layout, and lifecycle ownership from product inception through volume production.

Design, develop, validate, and sustain ultra-high-performance electronic products across their full lifecycle. Own board-level hardware design, BOM creation, vendor collaboration, product validation, customer trials, field issues, and sustaining engineering. Collaborate with ASIC, signal integrity, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and partner engineering teams. May provide technical leadership to a small design team and support products from conception through high-volume production.

Define and scale hardware architecture for complex robotics systems, driving standardization, modularity, reuse, and commercialization. Lead technical roadmaps, component research, design reviews, verification, DFMEA, design-for-manufacturing activities, and vendor interactions. Collaborate cross-functionally on electrical and mechanical system integration, regulatory qualification, product lifecycle management, and mass-production readiness. The role includes designing robotic end effectors and grippers and supporting customer and vendor projects requiring approximately 15% travel.

Own the end-to-end development of Navi’s ruggedized cockpit edge-compute device, including electrical architecture, component selection, PCB design, enclosure integration, embedded firmware, validation, certification, fleet deployment, and cloud telemetry. Build systems for high-bandwidth real-time audio and flight-data streaming in demanding aviation environments, while collaborating with software and ML teams to support automated debriefing capabilities.

Designs and develops industrial automation hardware, including schematics, layouts, wiring drawings, bills of materials, and production documentation. Collaborates with software, controls, manufacturing, panel shop, and field teams; troubleshoots hardware issues; verifies compliance with UL508A and other standards; supports industrial networking; leads continuous improvement; and assists with customer-site startup and commissioning.

Develops signal and power integrity solutions for next-generation SSDs, including controller package and PCB design. Responsibilities include pre- and post-layout simulation, stack-up and routing definition, design reviews, lab validation, measurement correlation, debugging, root-cause analysis, documentation, cross-functional collaboration, customer escalations, and mentoring engineers. The role focuses on high-speed PCIe, DDR, NAND, and power delivery networks.

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.

Designs, implements, analyzes, and tests FPGA-based digital systems for electronic warfare applications. Develops HDL and FPGA block designs, integrates processor and converter IP cores, creates simulation testbenches, validates FPGA or ASIC designs, and documents technical findings. The role requires experience with VHDL or Verilog, digital communication buses, FPGA development environments, simulation tools, DSP concepts, and a current Secret clearance with eligibility for TS/SCI.

Designs and verifies ultra-high-speed PCB circuits and new routing-system hardware for Nokia’s Service Router products. Responsibilities include schematic and board design, simulation, design verification, production release, board bring-up, debugging, and hardware-lab testing. The role also maintains hardware and system integrity while collaborating with engineering teams to deliver reliable high-performance digital hardware.

Designs, documents, integrates, and sustains high-performance computer environments for a ground-based radar system. Responsibilities include requirements decomposition, hardware and software compatibility analysis, engineering bills of materials, trade studies, baseline and change control, procurement support, system integration, testing, and corrective action development. The engineer collaborates with systems, cybersecurity, software, and architecture teams and supports major design milestones in an Agile environment.

Leads enterprise HDD qualification for Azure-scale deployments, translating requirements into validation strategies and automated test suites. Analyzes failures using traces, logs, telemetry, and diagnostics; partners with suppliers on debugging and corrective actions; drives reliability, security, performance, interoperability, and serviceability improvements. Coordinates cross-functional technical initiatives, advances qualification methodologies, influences industry standards, and mentors engineers.

Design and develop advanced digital electronics hardware for aerospace applications, ensuring compliance to specifications and collaborating across teams.

Design and validate embedded hardware products from concept through field deployment. Responsibilities include PCB design, schematic capture, PCB layout, hardware debugging, regulatory certification support, reliability testing, manufacturing release, sustaining engineering, documentation, and troubleshooting field issues. The role also involves basic embedded firmware development in C or C++, board bring-up, firmware interaction debugging, and collaboration with product, hardware, firmware, and software teams.

Leads hardware scope from concept through design, qualification, production support, and integration for space electronics products. Owns cost, schedule, technical content, proposals, development plans, risk management, and earned value reporting. Provides technical oversight, resolves hardware issues, participates in design and peer reviews, and coordinates with electrical, mechanical, systems, operations, procurement, quality, and program management teams. This is a senior technical leadership role without direct people-management responsibility.

Owns system-level DRAM validation, supplier engineering relationships, DIMM characterization, stress testing, signal-integrity debugging, RAS strategy, and field/manufacturing quality improvement. Uses oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, scripting, and data analysis to diagnose hardware issues across x86 and ARM platforms. Collaborates with hardware, software, operations, BIOS, diagnostics, and manufacturing teams while supporting product design reviews, root-cause analysis, and lifecycle reliability. This is primarily an in-office role based in Santa Clara.

Lead PCIe subsystem bring-up, characterization, debugging, validation, compliance, and interoperability testing for SSD controller SoCs. Develop hardware and system specifications, create validation automation and tests, perform root-cause analysis, and collaborate with architecture, verification, firmware, product engineering, and external IP teams. The role also emphasizes AI-enabled software development, including LLMs, agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, responsible AI, and automation.

Provisions, integrates, validates, troubleshoots, and maintains enterprise server hardware across air-, liquid-, and immersion-cooling environments. Performs hardware assembly, soldering, testing, automation, root-cause analysis, reliability qualification, documentation, and regulatory support. Operates laboratory equipment, develops scripts, supports manufacturing and product transitions, and coordinates technical projects across engineering, operations, suppliers, and manufacturing teams.

Leads architecture, integration, validation, qualification, and lifecycle support for enterprise server platforms and advanced cooling systems. Responsibilities include system bring-up, hardware and firmware validation, reliability testing, thermal characterization, root-cause analysis, regulatory compliance, laboratory automation, technical documentation, manufacturing readiness, and cross-functional project leadership. The role supports air-, liquid-, direct-to-chip, and immersion-cooled systems and requires expertise in server architectures, operating systems, firmware, networking, storage, thermal technologies, and engineering test equipment.

Designs and validates high-speed hardware across silicon, packages, boards, and PCBs. Performs PCIe Gen 6/7 characterization, signal and power integrity debugging, and precision measurements using VNAs, oscilloscopes, BERTs, and TDRs. Correlates laboratory measurements with HFSS, ADS, or Sigrity simulations, conducts root-cause analysis, and develops Python or MATLAB automation scripts. The role is onsite in Milpitas, California, and supports product introduction and high-volume production.

Designs and validates complex hardware systems for networking and compute products. Responsibilities include developing technology roadmaps, driving innovation, creating functional specifications and technical requirements, supporting cross-functional product development, and delivering quality products on schedule. The role involves board design, FPGA and SoC architectures, high-speed interfaces, hardware validation, and laboratory testing.

Leads hardware design and execution for low-voltage automotive electric power components, including schematics, PCB layouts, embedded architectures, power distribution, validation, and production testing. Coordinates cross-functional teams and suppliers, resolves technical and manufacturing issues, supports vehicle integration, and drives quality, cost, timing, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance across the product lifecycle.

Designs, automates, and supports server hardware infrastructure across its lifecycle, including provisioning, firmware management, monitoring, qualification, deployment, troubleshooting, and decommissioning. The role performs hardware and firmware root-cause analysis, manages vendor and OEM relationships, supports data center expansion, participates in on-call escalations, and improves reliability through automation, telemetry, documentation, and operational tooling.