Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs in Hampton, VA

Lead the development of hardware platforms, collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure design compliance, and mentor junior engineers in hardware development.

Lead standardization strategy for optical transport and Ethernet technologies, develop and advocate contributions to standards bodies (ITU‑T, IEEE, OIF, OpenROADM), coordinate with PLMs and R&D, report progress internally, provide technical influence and guidance, and represent Nokia at standards meetings and industry events.

As a Senior Hardware Engineer, you'll drive DPU integration into server platforms, execute validation testing, and develop automation for data analysis while collaborating with cross-functional teams and vendors.

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 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.

The Sr. Hardware Design Engineer leads ASIC and FPGA projects, defining architecture, guiding RTL development, and mentoring junior engineers to deliver high-quality silicon solutions.

The Hardware Design Engineer will develop and verify digital designs using SystemVerilog, support hardware bring-up, and collaborate with teams.

Design, build, and operate reliable backend systems while mentoring engineers, participating in design discussions, and improving system performance.