Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

Lead troubleshooting, hardware bring-up, validation, qualification, and root-cause analysis for Arm-based AI compute platforms, including server blades, motherboards, power systems, and rack-scale infrastructure. Diagnose thermal, power, networking, BIOS, and BMC issues; develop validation documentation and troubleshooting procedures; collaborate with engineering and data center teams; and mentor junior staff while supporting critical deployments and on-call activities.

Leads architecture, design, testing, verification, integration, and production transition for high-reliability digital circuit cards and modules. Responsibilities include FPGA and microprocessor circuit design, schematic and layout capture, signal integrity analysis, environmental testing, troubleshooting, documentation, defect resolution, customer and supplier coordination, and mentoring junior engineers.

Design and validate embedded hardware products from concept through field deployment. Responsibilities include PCB design, schematic capture, PCB layout, hardware debugging, regulatory certification support, reliability testing, manufacturing release, sustaining engineering, documentation, and troubleshooting field issues. The role also involves basic embedded firmware development in C or C++, board bring-up, firmware interaction debugging, and collaboration with product, hardware, firmware, and software teams.

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.

Maintains and troubleshoots server, storage, networking, cabling, and power hardware across a large-scale production data center fleet. Writes Python automation scripts, reviews logs and alerts, performs diagnostics, supports deployments, builds hardware health dashboards, coordinates with DevOps, supply chain, and vendors, and assists with hardware evaluation and reliability improvements. Requires on-call availability and travel to data center sites.

Designs and verifies ultra-high-speed PCB circuits and new routing-system hardware for Nokia’s Service Router products. Responsibilities include schematic and board design, simulation, design verification, production release, board bring-up, debugging, and hardware-lab testing. The role also maintains hardware and system integrity while collaborating with engineering teams to deliver reliable high-performance digital hardware.

Designs and develops PCB-based evaluation hardware for low-power, ARM-based SoCs. Responsibilities include hardware architecture, schematic and layout design, system bring-up, lab debugging, manufacturing test development, customer hardware reviews, issue resolution, embedded software support, and creation of application notes and hardware design guidelines.

Drive selection, validation, qualification, and operational acceptance of network hardware for Cloudflare’s global network. Lead NPI activities, develop automated hardware performance tests, evaluate network operating system releases, troubleshoot and reproduce hardware issues, collaborate with engineering and operations teams, and work with OEMs, ODMs, and technology vendors. Document findings and improve testing efficiency across network hardware systems.

Lead end-to-end integration, validation, troubleshooting, and production deployment of perception hardware for humanoid robots. Responsibilities include custom camera and sensor module development, optical vendor and contract manufacturer coordination, ISP tuning, high-speed video link debugging, camera-LiDAR-IMU synchronization, calibration fixture deployment, DVT and EOL testing, and cross-functional technical leadership across mechanical, thermal, industrial design, software, and manufacturing teams.

Assist with server subsystem design and validation, verify designs against functional specifications, create technical documentation and Python test scripts, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The intern will use hardware lab equipment and may work with Cadence design tools to help deliver quality products on schedule.

Supports hardware product development from circuit and ASIC design through system design, validation, testing, and high-volume manufacturing. Responsibilities may include board design, circuit layout, signal integrity, power design, automation, and debugging. Requires enrollment in an eligible education or workforce program and foundational hardware engineering experience. Preferred capabilities include scripting, data analysis, collaboration across engineering and manufacturing teams, task prioritization, communication, and technical problem-solving.

Designs digital hardware and FPGA systems for test and measurement products. Responsibilities include register-map development, FPGA logic implementation, data movement, testbenches, compilation, timing analysis, board-level schematic and layout guidance, signal-integrity simulation, prototype bring-up, and validation. The engineer collaborates across disciplines, estimates work, communicates project status, and identifies technical risks. The role requires a relevant bachelor’s degree and knowledge of digital logic, circuit design, programmable logic, computer interfaces, and programming.

Design and validate FPGA-based digital hardware and PCBs for test and measurement products. Responsibilities include synthesizable logic development, register maps, testbenches, timing analysis, schematic and layout guidance, signal integrity simulation, prototype bring-up, board validation, documentation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

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.

Designs, integrates, and validates system-level embedded electronics for energy products. Responsibilities include digital and mixed-signal circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout, interface implementation, board bring-up, hardware and firmware debugging, signal integrity, EMI/EMC, documentation, manufacturing transfer, and production support. The engineer owns hardware execution from requirements through release and collaborates with firmware and manufacturing teams.

Lead the architecture, design, prototyping, and deployment of high-speed mixed-signal control electronics for quantum computers. Responsibilities include analog and RF front-end design, ADC/DAC selection, board-level circuit design, schematic capture, PCB development in Altium Designer, and hardware bring-up, verification, and testing. The role collaborates with quantum, FPGA, firmware, and software engineers and drives multiple concurrent hardware projects.

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.

Design digital hardware and FPGA systems for test and measurement products. Responsibilities include developing register maps, implementing FPGA logic, creating testbenches, performing timing analysis, designing digital boards, supporting signal integrity simulations, and validating prototype hardware. The engineer collaborates across disciplines, contributes to project planning, documents design intent, and supports board bring-up and troubleshooting.

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.

Designs and develops FPGA SmartNIC networking acceleration for Microsoft Azure. Responsibilities include hardware architecture evaluation, RTL coding in Verilog/SystemVerilog, simulation, hardware testing, debugging, verification, scripting, software development, Agile collaboration, and production DevOps support. The role partners across hardware and software teams to deliver cloud networking infrastructure, including SDN capabilities, packet manipulation, and performance improvements.

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.

Lead and conduct post-silicon validation for AI compute blades and racks, ensuring performance meets product standards while collaborating with multiple teams and mentoring engineers.

Designs, tests, debugs, brings up, and manufactures custom high-speed, high-density hardware, primarily PCBs. Responsibilities include schematic capture, PCB layout, signal and power integrity simulation, initial hardware bring-up code, interface validation, test planning, requirements development, performance research, vendor management, and ownership from concept through production. Collaborates with trading, research, software, mechanical, and infrastructure engineering teams.

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.