Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Leads electrical test hardware development and verification for TeraWave spacecraft avionics, from requirements derivation and test equipment design through qualification, acceptance, integration, and flight support. Owns test plans, procedures, interfaces, automation, instrumentation, and data acquisition. Leads electrical and RF test campaigns, anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions while coordinating with systems, design, manufacturing, and production engineering teams to create scalable, high-throughput test infrastructure.

Leads electrical test hardware development and verification for TeraWave spacecraft avionics, including test equipment design, requirements derivation, procedures, test campaigns, automation, EMI/EMC testing, anomaly resolution, and production-scale test infrastructure. Coordinates with systems, design, manufacturing, and production engineering teams from concept through qualification, acceptance, integration, and flight support.

Leads electrical test hardware development and verification for TeraWave spacecraft avionics, including test equipment design, requirements derivation, procedures, integration, qualification, acceptance, and production scaling. Coordinates cross-functional teams, leads flight-hardware test campaigns, investigates anomalies, drives corrective actions, and develops automation and data acquisition infrastructure for repeatable, high-throughput testing.

Leads electrical test hardware development and verification for TeraWave spacecraft avionics. Responsibilities include deriving requirements, designing scalable test equipment and ground support equipment, developing procedures, leading bench and vehicle-level test campaigns, performing RF and EMI/EMC testing, investigating anomalies, and implementing automation and data acquisition infrastructure. The role coordinates across systems, design, manufacturing, and production engineering teams while supporting qualification, acceptance, integration, and flight readiness.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

Leads end-to-end electrical engineering for access control hardware, including component selection, PCB design, DFM, validation, compliance, failure analysis, and production readiness. Collaborates with mechanical and software teams on integrated products, develops quantitative validation plans, manages EMC and regulatory certification, and mentors junior engineers. The role also supports high-speed digital, power, imaging, wireless, and embedded system integration.

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.

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.

Designs and tests robotic hardware from overall system architecture through detailed components and assemblies. Responsibilities include developing concepts, defining requirements and packaging, creating 3D CAD designs and drawings, coordinating with vendors and manufacturers, and supporting assembly, integration, and testing. The role requires expertise in mechanical engineering, structural analysis, electromechanical integration, and complex robotic systems, with preferred experience in optimized structures, actuators, end-effectors, and high-volume manufacturing.

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.

Debug and resolve complex hardware/software issues for manufacturing test stations. Lead commissioning and release-to-manufacturing of opto-electrical test stations, improve test uptime, provide documentation and support to contract manufacturers and vendors, coordinate equipment RFQs/RMAs, and use AI tools for data analysis.

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.

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