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Hardware Engineer
A Hardware Engineer designs, builds, and tests physical electronic components and systems, from circuit design and PCB design to embedded systems that power consumer devices, industrial equipment, or telecommunications infrastructure. They use CAD software such as Altium to lay out boards and apply signal processing knowledge to ensure reliable performance under real-world conditions. Typically holding an electrical or computer engineering degree, hardware engineers work closely with firmware and mechanical engineering teams throughout product development.
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Hardware Design Engineer(Einfochips Inc.)
Arrow Electronics
Full-time · Bedford, MA · $135,000 – $145,000
This role involves designing and developing hardware products across their full lifecycle, from initial concept through production, with focus on microcontroller-based architectures, analog circuits, and power supply design. It suits engineers with at least 5 years of experience in hardware product development who are comfortable working with industry-standard EDA tools and lab equipment.
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Lead Hardware-in-the-Loop Engineer
AeroVironment
Full-time · Huntsville, AL · $137,500 – $209,750
Lead a hardware-in-the-loop engineering team designing and deploying test systems for advanced guidance, navigation, and avionics validation. This role combines hands-on electrical engineering with technical leadership across a multidisciplinary team supporting missile and autonomous systems development.
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Senior Hardware Engineer- Optical
Adtran
Atlanta, GA
ADTRAN is hiring an optical hardware engineer to design and validate components for next-generation DWDM transport systems, working across optical subsystems, mixed-signal electronics, and test automation. The role suits someone with hands-on experience in optical communications or hardware development who enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex networking challenges.
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Prin. Systems Hardware Engineer
Medtronic
Full-time · $140,800 – $211,200
This principal-level hardware engineering role leads the design and development of complex medical device systems for Medtronic's Digital Health products, requiring deep expertise in electrical systems, regulatory standards, and wireless technologies. The position suits experienced hardware engineers who want to mentor teams while driving innovation in patient monitoring and acute care devices.
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Senior Hardware Systems Engineer - LPU Platform Pathfinding
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA · $184,000 – $287,500
Senior role leading hardware pathfinding for NVIDIA's next-generation language processing units, working across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and interconnect design to advance AI platform architecture. Suits experienced hardware systems engineers who have driven platform development through multiple technology domains and can collaborate across silicon, data center, and manufacturing teams.
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Senior Engineer, GPU Modeling Architect
Samsung Semiconductor
Full-time · $124,000 – $208,400
Samsung is seeking a Senior Engineer to design and develop cycle-accurate functional models for next-generation GPU architectures, enabling architectural exploration and performance validation. This role suits engineers with GPU architecture expertise who want to bridge hardware design and software simulation at a major semiconductor company.
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Silicon Product Engineer
Intel
Full-time · Austin, TX · $150,300 – $200,340
Intel seeks a Silicon Product Engineer to ensure quality and manufacturability of semiconductor products throughout their lifecycle, from design through production. This role suits experienced engineers who excel at failure analysis, test methodology development, and cross-functional collaboration to optimize yield and performance.
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Staff Engineer, SSD Validation
Micron Technology
Longmont, CO
This role leads the validation and qualification of enterprise NVMe SSDs for Micron, overseeing testing across firmware, hardware, and customer platforms while mentoring engineers and driving automation improvements. It suits experienced storage engineers with deep NVMe expertise who want to shape product quality and work directly with major customers and internal teams.
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R&D Hardware Engineer
Broadcom Inc.
Full-time · San Jose, CA · $141,300 – $226,000
This Principal Hardware Engineer role focuses on designing high-performance electronic products with ownership across the full product lifecycle, from conception through production and field support. It suits experienced engineers comfortable owning complex hardware projects end-to-end while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a startup-like environment.
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Staff Hardware Systems Engineer
Crusoe
San Francisco, CA · $215,000 – $260,000
Crusoe seeks a senior hardware engineer to own the full lifecycle of high-performance AI compute systems, from prototype to production, with deep expertise in PCIe, InfiniBand, and NVMe debugging. This role suits someone with 8+ years in hardware validation and sustaining engineering who thrives solving complex system-level issues across thermal, mechanical, and firmware domains.
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Continental Resources
Oklahoma City, OK
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Reliability Engineer
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Principal Electrical Engineer
Crusoe
Arvada, CO · $225,000 – $255,000
Crusoe is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to serve as the technical authority for power distribution and switchgear design across modular data centers and critical infrastructure. This leadership role combines hands-on expertise in power systems analysis, protection coordination, and electrical code compliance with mentorship of the engineering team and strategic direction-setting.
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Firmware Engineer
Broadcom Inc.
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Senior Electrical Engineer
CesiumAstro
Westminster, CO · $133,000 – $161,000
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Electrical Engineer
Ranger Boats
Flippin, AR
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Senior Electrical Engineer
Sullair Corporation
South Boston, VA
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Automation Engineer
Smithfield Foods
Sioux Falls, SD
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Systems Engineer
Moody's Corporation
New York, NY
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Firmware Engineer
Crane Co.
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