Top Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs in Phoenix, AZ

Design, develop, integrate, and qualify electronic test hardware for aerospace products across development, production, verification, and repair. Define digital, analog, power, FPGA, and mixed-signal test architectures; develop schematics; support PCB layout, board bring-up, validation, ATE integration, fault isolation, and test coverage. Lead multiple hardware programs, perform root-cause investigations, support compliance and qualification activities, and mentor junior engineers.

Lead advanced hardware design for Honeywell Aerospace’s next-generation Head-Up Display systems. Responsibilities include schematic capture, PCB design support, hardware validation, testing, debugging, root-cause analysis, design verification, qualification, and integration with software and systems engineering. The role provides technical leadership and mentorship while ensuring compliance with aerospace standards and customer requirements throughout development and production.

Provides technical leadership and product engineering ownership for custom integrated circuits from development through production transfer. Defines fabrication, wafer-test, characterization, qualification, and reliability requirements; analyzes yield, risk, and reliability data; leads ESD evaluations and wafer-level DOE experiments; manages development wafer inventory; resolves complex issues with design, test, operations, quality, reliability, and fabrication suppliers; and delivers robust test solutions and stable yields for production handoff.

Designs and develops advanced hardware for Modular Avionics Unit subassemblies in aerospace applications. Responsibilities include product engineering, cross-functional project execution, quality compliance, hardware performance improvement, schematic and PCB development, testing, validation, configuration management, and engineering change processes. The role requires strong hardware design expertise and familiarity with embedded systems, with a focus on reliable avionics products.

Develop and deploy machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI models to predict wafer-level semiconductor yield and optimize performance, power, and area. Analyze SoC telemetry, production test data, circuit sensor readings, and silicon characterization results to identify failure mechanisms. Build scalable data workflows, collaborate with foundry and engineering teams, and apply SPICE modeling, Cadence Virtuoso, and PrimeTime STA tools to support semiconductor manufacturing and productization.

Leads the architecture, design, verification, and production support of rugged System-in-Package microelectronics for aerospace and defense applications. Responsibilities include digital, analog, power, RF, FPGA, high-speed interface, substrate, schematic, layout, and signal-integrity design. The role coordinates with manufacturing and test teams, supports failure investigations and DFM/DFT efforts, contributes to proposals and cost estimates, and mentors junior engineers.

Manages manufacturing engineering performance across assigned aerospace suppliers. Coordinates multifunctional teams, resolves technical and delivery issues, guides supplier manufacturing processes, drives cost reduction, supports supplier selection and source changes, and develops underperforming suppliers. The role requires expertise across machining and additive manufacturing processes, supplier performance management, production control, and complex project coordination.

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.

Design and optimize high-speed, high-density ASIC package layouts and substrate breakouts. Perform pinout optimization, routing, placement, stack-up, power distribution, CAD library development, feasibility studies, and productivity methodology improvements while collaborating with package leads and cross-functional teams.

Design and perform physical layout for silicon interposers using Cadence Virtuoso; run DRC/LVS and verification (Calibre, ICV, Thunder); perform feasibility studies, floorplanning, custom layout, and collaborate with package, SI, and technology teams to meet schedule, cost, manufacturability, and electrical goals.

Designs and validates electrical and electronic components, subsystems, integrated circuitry, and hardware solutions. Develops test plans covering tolerances, form, fit, function, shock, vibration, EMI, safety, reliability, thermal performance, and power. Performs feasibility, margin, validation, modeling, and empirical analyses; collaborates with internal and outsourced engineering partners; evaluates production reliability and supports prototype fabrication for reliable, cost-effective products.

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.

The Senior/Staff Hardware Design Engineer will lead hardware design and system integration for AI/datacenter motherboard development, ensuring architectural alignment and performing rigorous analysis and optimization.

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