Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Portland, OR

Lead failure analysis and root-cause corrective actions for networking hardware issues from field and factory sources. Analyze quality metrics, debug complex board- and system-level hardware, review new-product test reports, and drive quality improvements, change management, and multisourcing activities. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, operations, customer support, vendors, and customers. Provide technical leadership, document lessons learned, and mentor junior engineers.

Leads qualification and validation for HDD, SSD, NVMe, and PCIe solutions used in Azure infrastructure. Develops automated test suites and strategies covering performance, reliability, security, interoperability, error recovery, and fleet scenarios. Analyzes failures and field incidents, partners with suppliers on root-cause resolution, validates hardware, firmware, drivers, and system interactions, and leads cross-functional technical initiatives while mentoring engineers.

Leads multi-generation architecture and delivery of complex network switch hardware for Azure AI infrastructure. Owns requirements, board and system design, validation, manufacturing readiness, supplier execution, and resolution of complex electrical and platform issues. Provides technical authority across ASICs, CPUs, BMCs, high-speed Ethernet, power delivery, signal integrity, telemetry, and management interfaces while driving cross-functional reviews, mentoring engineers, and influencing ODM/OEM partners.

Perform deep technical teardown and architectural analysis of AI/datacenter hardware (GPUs, CPUs, ASICs). Drive sample preparation, failure analysis, use FIB/SEM/X-ray tools, interpret design/process trade-offs (DTCO/STCO), co-author research, and expand lab capabilities and tooling.

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 optimize neural processing unit and AI accelerator hardware for Intel platforms. Develop RTL features, analyze AI workloads, evaluate neural network mapping, and improve inference efficiency through quantization, pruning, compression, and sparsity. Collaborate with architecture, software, compiler, and machine learning teams on hardware-software co-design, computer architecture, and next-generation AI solutions.

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.

Leads storage hardware qualification and validation for Microsoft Azure data centers. Responsibilities include developing qualification frameworks, reliability and telemetry strategies, debugging complex hardware, firmware, operating system, driver, and cloud-service issues, and coordinating with OEMs, ODMs, and silicon partners. The role drives production readiness, root-cause investigations, automation, technical reviews, and continuous process improvement while providing technical leadership to team members.

Develop and maintain transistor-level timing characterization flows for custom IP, memories, SRAMs, register files, and compiler-generated macros. Build CAD infrastructure, automation, and validation methodologies for timing, power, and noise models. Collaborate with circuit design, memory, STA, methodology, and EDA vendor teams. Support hardware design, verification, integration, layout, and timing development for advanced semiconductor technology nodes.

Drive architecture and development of datacenter systems from chip-level components through full-scale deployments. Collaborate across silicon, software, networking, operations, suppliers, procurement, and customers to evaluate performance, power, cost, hardware, thermal, and mechanical tradeoffs. Lead multidisciplinary teams, guide product strategy, monitor competitive solutions, and execute systems from concept through production. The role requires deep hardware and server architecture expertise, plus experience spanning software and hardware.

Lead the architecture, design, integration, validation, debugging, and production release of complex PCB-based hardware for test and measurement products. Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams, guide system-level tradeoffs, identify and resolve technical risks, lead design reviews, and mentor engineers. The role requires hands-on expertise in PCB design, hardware bring-up, and high-speed, analog, mixed-signal, or RF circuitry.

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.

Develops and validates hardware systems for Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include designing system validation plans, test frameworks, automation, debugging methodologies, and benchmarking tools for CPU/GPU server platforms. The role performs hands-on laboratory validation, troubleshoots hardware, firmware, driver, and operating-system issues, collaborates with OEMs and ODMs, and develops software, libraries, and drivers. It also supports DevOps activities and occasional production on-call resolution.

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.

Design and develop physical layouts for silicon interposers used in NVIDIA products. Collaborate with package technical leads, signal integrity and technology engineers, and design teams to deliver package solutions. Conduct feasibility studies, floorplanning, custom layout, design-rule and netlist verification, and layout trade-off analysis. Resolve manufacturing, electrical, cost, and scheduling issues while using Cadence tools and verification flows such as DRC and LVS.

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.

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.

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.