Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Designs, develops, integrates, tests, and fields advanced RF hardware systems for defense applications. Responsibilities include defining requirements, selecting RF components, performing link-budget and related analyses, developing test plans, supporting assembly and integration, and analyzing test data. The engineer collaborates with multidisciplinary teams on radar, electronic warfare, communications, and potentially airborne systems throughout the development lifecycle.

Designs and prototypes RF hardware and analog/mixed-signal systems for hardware-in-the-loop, digital twin, and surrogate platforms. Characterizes and debugs complex electronic systems using laboratory test equipment, develops automated acquisition and control platforms, leads customer and internal test events, and represents hardware expertise on interdisciplinary teams. The role also supports technical proposals, design reviews, documentation, cost estimates, scheduling, and mentorship of junior engineers.

Reviews and maintains optical module configuration records, technical documentation, spreadsheets, and production data. Processes engineering change orders, resolves configuration discrepancies, coordinates with engineering and manufacturing partners, supports production ramps, and maintains product label templates. Provides production configuration support and identifies workflow gaps and automation opportunities. Requires strong Excel and data-validation skills, with Python, Git, SQL, manufacturing, and change-control experience preferred.

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.

Support hardware engineering teams by designing, documenting, building, testing, and debugging robotic and electromechanical systems. Responsibilities include CAD-based part design, assembly, robot motion scripting in Python, BOM and ECO management, PLC implementation, reliability testing, and root cause analysis. Interns may work across mechanical, electrical, testing, and industrial controls functions while collaborating with experienced engineers on warehouse automation technology.

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.

Leads architecture, design, validation, and production implementation of complex hardware, including embedded controllers, analog and digital circuits, data converters, RF/microwave subsystems, and filters. Sets technical direction, mentors engineers, reviews designs, performs root-cause analysis, ensures regulatory compliance, and collaborates with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and customer teams.

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.

Design and prototype sensor hardware, including PCBs, mechanical housings, and electromechanical systems for industrial environments. Develop test strategies, collect and analyze sensor data, integrate sensors with Zephyr RTOS platforms, and support field trials. Lead rapid R&D evaluations, product bringup, debugging, fabrication, and cross-functional system development.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Provide strategic technical leadership for board-level hardware design across defense and aerospace programs. Architect high-speed digital boards (400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+), drive design-for-manufacturing/test, lead proposals and BOE, mentor engineers, and champion signal integrity, EMI, and reliability practices for ruggedized mission-critical systems.

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.

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.

Lead architecture and development of rugged board‑level hardware for high‑speed embedded systems. Design and verify advanced digital circuits (400G+, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+), mentor engineers, establish hardware standards, support proposals, and drive DFM/DFA/DFT with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑reliability defense/aerospace solutions.

The Senior Hardware Integration and Test Engineer will lead hardware integration and testing tasks, develop test plans, manage project risks, and mentor junior engineers within a multidisciplinary team.

Design and develop hardware from concept through production for microcontroller-based systems. Create analog and mixed-signal circuits, power supplies, and manage signal integrity. Use EDA tools for schematic/PCB design, validate prototypes with lab equipment, ensure EMI/EMC compliance (automotive), and collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and test teams to ensure manufacturability and robustness.

Design, develop, simulate, layout, build, and test electronic hardware and PCBs. Translate system requirements into hardware architectures, prepare manufacturing documentation, support prototype debugging, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while independently driving projects to completion.