Top Hardware Engineer Jobs

Build and lead the hardware reliability engineering function from the ground up. Define reliability requirements, test strategies, environmental stress protocols, and failure criteria for products used in demanding industries. Manage third-party testing labs and manufacturing partners, lead failure analysis and corrective actions, collaborate with design and systems teams, engage enterprise customers, and automate testing workflows using programming and scripting tools.

Designs and maintains high-speed digital hardware for Nokia Service Router products. Responsibilities include ultra-high-speed PCB circuit design, simulation, verification testing, board bring-up, laboratory debugging, and taking complex board designs from concept through production release. The role requires collaboration with engineering teams, ownership of hardware integrity, and practical use of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and digital debugging tools.

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.

Lead the architecture, mechanical design, configuration, validation, and production deployment of GPU servers and rack-scale AI infrastructure. Partner with NVIDIA, AMD, ODMs, OEMs, data center engineering, networking, and operations teams. Own rack layouts, power distribution, cooling, airflow, cable management, serviceability, qualification, and hardware standards while balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability, scalability, and cost.

Lead design of GPU servers and rack-scale infrastructure for AI workloads, partnering with GPU vendors, ODMs/OEMs, and data center teams. Own mechanical layout, power distribution, thermal design, cable management, validation, and production readiness while balancing performance, reliability, serviceability, and cost. Influence hardware standards and strategy across large-scale deployments.

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.

Assist with server subsystem design and validation, verify designs against functional specifications, create Python test scripts, document technical requirements, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver quality hardware products. The internship requires current undergraduate enrollment in hardware engineering or a related field and may involve lab equipment and Cadence design tools.

Participate in an 18-month engineering training program with four rotations across engineering, operations, product development, and business functions. Complete real-world projects, collaborate cross-functionally, receive mentorship, and deliver a capstone project. Work fully on-site, relocate for rotations, and travel domestically and internationally as needed. Graduates may transition into mechanical, manufacturing, electrical, project management, or product management roles.

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.

Designs digital hardware and FPGA systems for test and measurement products. Responsibilities include register-map development, FPGA logic implementation, data movement, testbenches, compilation, timing analysis, board-level schematic and layout guidance, signal-integrity simulation, prototype bring-up, and validation. The engineer collaborates across disciplines, estimates work, communicates project status, and identifies technical risks. The role requires a relevant bachelor’s degree and knowledge of digital logic, circuit design, programmable logic, computer interfaces, and programming.

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.

Design and integrate hardware interfaces for autonomous heavy equipment, including brackets, enclosures, wiring, sensors, and compute systems. Build test stands, conduct lab validation, capture data, iterate on designs, fabricate and install components, document procedures, and collaborate with field teams. The role requires hands-on shop skills, CAD proficiency, basic electrical knowledge, and comfort working around heavy equipment in PPE.

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.

Supports the design, validation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of reliability stress hardware and systems used to qualify semiconductor products. Responsibilities include developing Burn-In, HAST, and HTOL boards; performing board- and system-level validation; assisting with hardware bring-up and failure investigations; collaborating with technicians, engineers, product teams, and suppliers; and documenting designs and test results. The role requires a strong electrical engineering foundation, laboratory skills, and interest in semiconductor reliability and qualification testing.

Leads customer-facing functional safety efforts for NVIDIA automotive hardware. Represents safety architectures, supports customer product integration and validation, coordinates safety responsibility agreements, develops safety analyses and collateral, resolves technical safety issues, and mentors junior engineers. The role requires deep ISO 26262 expertise, hardware safety knowledge, automotive functional safety experience, and the ability to lead discussions with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, assessors, and engineering teams.

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.

Develops technical solutions and proposals integrating bioprocess equipment and automation for biologics manufacturing customers. Partners with sales, project management, product management, R&D, marketing, and operations teams; reviews technical pipelines; supports product training; optimizes proposal systems and business processes; and drives continuous improvement to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Leads early hardware prototype builds from design through manufacturing and testing. Drives Design for Excellence reviews, system-level debugging, root-cause analysis, repairs, and continuous improvement across hardware, manufacturing, test, and contract manufacturing teams. Interprets schematics, layouts, mechanical drawings, and diagnostics while mentoring factory technical staff. Requires electrical engineering expertise and travel to contract manufacturing sites in Mexico, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

10-week Hardware Engineer internship involving hands-on projects, classroom training on markets and hardware design, mentorship, professional development, and social events. Requires RTL coding skills and offers potential full-time placement.