Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs in Nashville, TN

Maintains and troubleshoots server, storage, networking, cabling, and power hardware across a large-scale production data center fleet. Writes Python automation scripts, reviews logs and alerts, performs diagnostics, supports deployments, builds hardware health dashboards, coordinates with DevOps, supply chain, and vendors, and assists with hardware evaluation and reliability improvements. Requires on-call availability and travel to data center sites.

Provides technical leadership for Azure cloud-scale distributed data platforms processing network telemetry and operational data. Defines architecture and long-term technical strategy, leads streaming and batch system design, resolves complex scalability and reliability challenges, oversees production readiness and continuous improvement, and influences cross-team technical investments. Partners across Azure Networking, conducts design reviews, establishes reusable engineering patterns, improves observability and quality, and mentors engineers and technical leaders.

Tests, validates, and troubleshoots next-generation cloud server hardware for performance, power, reliability, and quality. Develops test scripts, documents results, identifies defects, recommends improvements, and resolves hardware issues across engineering and manufacturing environments. Requires hands-on embedded systems debugging, Linux and scripting experience, and knowledge of server architecture, firmware, operating systems, networking, storage, and hardware acceleration technologies.

Develop and operate Akamai’s Linux-based cloud infrastructure, including bare-metal and virtual machine platforms, kernels, operating systems, and KVM/QEMU virtualization. Build software, automation, observability, and infrastructure enhancements at scale; troubleshoot complex distributed-system issues; collaborate across engineering and operations; mentor team members; and participate in on-call service restoration.

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.

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.

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