Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Philadelphia, PA

Designs, develops, assembles, tests, and supports computer hardware and peripherals. Responsibilities include analyzing system requirements, evaluating hardware/software interfaces, building prototypes, verifying equipment, documenting configurations and test results, selecting materials, monitoring performance, and providing technical support, training, and implementation guidance. The role requires at least three years of directly related technical experience and is remote within the United States.

Lead end-to-end hardware development for next-generation communication modules, including schematics, PCB layouts, component libraries, prototypes, test fixtures, validation, compliance testing, and in-lab or field debugging. Collaborate with firmware, systems, and mechanical engineers, maintain design documentation and databases, lead design reviews, support field-failure investigations, mentor junior engineers, and improve design processes and tooling.

Design and develop wireless power transfer and energy-harvesting hardware for IoT and wearable devices. Apply power electronics, RF and electromagnetic theory to create ICs and circuits, integrate solutions into scalable systems, optimize energy efficiency, and drive sustainable innovation for large sensor networks.

Tests and certifies enterprise laptops, desktops, monitors, docks, peripherals, BIOS, firmware, and drivers. Manages Edge and Chrome releases, policies, extensions, and security baselines across Windows endpoints. Troubleshoots hardware and browser issues using Intune, Microsoft Graph, Splunk, and SysTrack, then plans and deploys fixes to 30,000 devices. Maintains documentation, change records, test hardware, vendor relationships, and certification processes while supporting Windows feature updates and engineering projects.

Leads manufacturing engineering and supplier performance for sourced hardware. Coordinates multifunctional teams, resolves technical and delivery issues, guides supplier improvements, drives cost reduction, supports supplier selection and source changes, and develops underperforming suppliers. Provides expertise across machining and manufacturing processes while managing complex supplier projects and frequent supplier travel.

Manage manufacturing engineering performance across assigned suppliers, coordinate cross-functional delivery improvement projects, resolve technical and delivery issues, guide supplier performance, drive cost reductions, support supplier selection and source changes, and develop lower-performing suppliers. The role requires deep expertise in machining and manufacturing processes, supplier operations, production control, and technical project leadership.

Leads manufacturing engineering for assigned aerospace suppliers, owning technical performance, resolving delivery and manufacturing issues, coordinating cross-functional delivery projects, and improving supplier performance. Provides expertise across machining and production processes, supports supplier selection and source changes, drives cost reduction, and develops underperforming suppliers. The role requires frequent supplier travel and collaboration with sourcing, quality, commercial, fulfillment, and production teams.

Manage manufacturing engineering performance for assigned suppliers, coordinate cross-functional delivery improvement projects, resolve technical and production issues, guide supplier performance, drive cost reductions, support supplier selection and source changes, and develop underperforming suppliers. The role requires expertise across machining and manufacturing processes, supplier operations, production control, and complex aerospace or automotive manufacturing environments.

Leads the design, simulation, testing, troubleshooting, and production release of RF and analog circuits operating from 400 MHz to 6 GHz. Responsibilities include designing amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, filters, PLLs, matching networks, and DC power supplies; conducting design reviews, reliability analyses, and root-cause corrective actions; supporting RF testing and customer link-margin analysis; and coordinating cross-functional development teams.

Develop and deliver electrical and hardware designs for industrial field instruments, including transmitters, gas detection equipment, sensors, and measuring systems. Responsibilities include schematic development, circuit analysis, component selection, PCB design, verification testing, technical documentation, and collaboration with manufacturing, simulation, supply chain, and external testing teams. The role also applies value and component engineering principles to identify lower-cost designs while meeting performance, certification, and manufacturing requirements.

Develop electrical and hardware designs for industrial field instruments, including sensors, transmitters, detectors, and measurement systems. Responsibilities include schematic development, circuit analysis, component selection, verification testing, PCB design, technical documentation, and cross-functional collaboration. The engineer will apply value and component engineering principles to identify lower-cost solutions while maintaining performance, compliance, manufacturability, and certification requirements. The role requires expertise in analog and digital electronics, sensors, signal conditioning, microcontroller interfacing, communication protocols, EMI/EMC testing, and new product introduction.

Designs and develops hardware test boards and platforms for high-speed electro-optical device characterization in R&D and manufacturing environments. Performs laboratory testing, analog design and debugging, test-system development, hardware bring-up, and firmware development for microcontrollers. Supports System-on-Chip optical engine development and interfaces with vendors. Preferred experience includes power supply design, advanced PCB stack-ups, optical instrumentation, automated measurements, and coherent optical communications.

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.

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.

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.

Designs electrical control systems for conveyor and material-handling equipment, including power calculations, 480V and 120V schematics, I/O drawings, PLC and panel layouts, field-device layouts, and material specifications. Collaborates with customers, sales engineers, and project managers to define requirements. Inspects, tests, commissions, and troubleshoots motor control panels for compliance with design standards, codes, and project specifications.

Designs, debugs, verifies, and documents electrical hardware for wearable medical devices. Responsibilities include schematic and PCB development, BOM creation, RF and antenna design, power management, manufacturing transfer, testing, certification, electrical safety, EMC compliance, RoHS compliance, and hardware improvement projects. The role collaborates with contract manufacturers, certification laboratories, and internal engineering and manufacturing teams.

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.

Lead mixed-signal PWB and complex hardware system design (analog, digital, power, FPGA/microcontroller), define technical solutions, direct validation and test, produce engineering documentation, and coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve high-impact design issues and ensure manufacturability and standards compliance.

The Lead Hardware Engineer designs and develops hardware, evaluates optical/RF components, coordinates with firmware and manufacturing, and supports customers.

Lead design and development of complex DoD embedded hardware (SBC, FPGA, switch, I/O) in 3U/6U VPX and custom form factors. Drive high-speed mixed-signal PCB design, thermal/power solutions (including LFT), testing, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration to meet schedule-driven program requirements and improve product performance and reliability.

Leads hardware design and development for optical and RF transceiver modules, including analog and digital design, simulation, PCB layout, verification testing, troubleshooting, and hardware architecture. Documents digital control requirements for firmware teams, coordinates development across engineering and manufacturing groups, supports customers and field personnel, and provides technical training. The role requires onsite laboratory testing with a hybrid option and limited travel between company sites.

Collaborate with hardware and software engineering to develop and maintain traffic sensor systems, improve operations, and enhance security and performance.