Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Leads end-to-end design and lifecycle management of hardware platforms supporting internal cloud and PSI environments. Translates requirements into server, board, rack, cooling, and power designs; coordinates OEM, ODM, and JDM suppliers; manages milestones, risks, BOMs, validation, production release, and legacy retirement. Bridges hardware and software stakeholders while applying Linux, scripting, AI-assisted engineering, and infrastructure standards to deliver reliable, secure, auditable solutions.

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.

Validate server hardware components and new platform designs through power, thermal, performance, firmware, and automation testing. Maintain hardware test infrastructure, document technical findings, coordinate with ODM/OEM partners, and collaborate with software teams on BIOS, kernel, and firmware optimization. The role requires expertise in server architectures, validation methodologies, Linux, Python, Bash, Redfish, IPMI, and industry standards including PCIe, NVMe, and DDR.

Lead and grow a compiler, kernel, and runtime engineering team responsible for accelerator bring-up across the Modular stack. Drive technical direction, architecture, coding, roadmap delivery, vendor partnerships, SOWs, milestones, cross-team dependencies, hiring, and production-quality model deployment across diverse hardware platforms.

Leads the Hardware System Safety Engineering team, setting technical direction, managing deliverables, budgets, staffing, technical risks, quality standards, and Agile execution. Partners with product, QA, and executive leadership while overseeing architecture decisions and project delivery. The role also includes hiring, performance management, mentoring, workforce planning, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement initiatives in a complex aerospace environment.

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.

The Senior Mechanical Engineer leads the development of hardware for NASA projects, ensuring high-quality design and compliance with safety standards, while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across disciplines.

Pipeline hiring for hardware engineers at all experience levels. Work includes circuit board design, schematic capture, component selection and prototype bring-up, hardware debug/testing and failure analysis, integration with firmware/software teams, and design for manufacturability with production handoff.

Design, test, and integrate electrical power storage systems for spaceflight modules, including batteries and related electrical control systems, collaborating with teams and suppliers.

Provides technical leadership and customer support for Marvell switching, PHY, and processor SoC products. Architects hardware solutions, investigates and reproduces hardware and software issues, performs schematic reviews, debugs boot sequencing and customer-reported problems, and supports Linux BSPs, U-Boot, device drivers, and board designs. Serves as a liaison among customers, Avnet field applications engineers, and Marvell engineering teams, while delivering training and occasional customer-site support.

Leads global hardware engineering and architecture for servers, firewalls, security appliances, switches, and access points. Defines system architectures, coordinates board and system design, power, signal integrity, mechanical and thermal engineering, validation, and compliance. Oversees internal and JDM/ODM development, executive reporting, product strategy, budgets, hiring, and team development while partnering with Software, Product, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain.

Design, simulate, validate, debug, and optimize high‑speed electrical and optical links and memory interfaces. Create simulation models, correlate to lab measurements, define PCB signal integrity rules and stackups, execute hands‑on testing to root cause issues, and produce test plans and documentation.

Provide test engineering services for flight hardware supporting human spaceflight projects. Develop test plans, fixtures, and procedures; execute functional, integration, and certification tests; collect and analyze data; write test reports; operate and process hardware at KBR and JSC test facilities; coordinate with project teams, safety, and NASA stakeholders.

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.

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