Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Designs, tests, and analyzes custom high-speed digital electronics for the Terran R launch vehicle. Owns hardware development from concept through board bring-up, verification, qualification, production, integration, and vehicle operations. The role requires expertise in high-speed signal and power integrity, electronics for harsh environments, eCAD design, rigorous engineering processes, and cross-functional integration. The engineer will mentor others, communicate technical concepts broadly, and help deliver reliable avionics hardware on schedule.

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.

Designs and develops digital circuit and unit hardware for aerospace applications, including requirements, architecture, modeling, analysis, testing, verification, and production support. Leads technical reviews, supplier management recommendations, performance tracking, lifecycle engineering support, and future product research. The role requires close collaboration across satellite electronics teams and is fully onsite in El Segundo, California.

Designs and sustains avionics laboratory hardware, test articles, interfaces, instrumentation, and related systems. Responsibilities include hardware architecture, component selection, mechanical and electrical design, test procedure development, systems verification, troubleshooting, calibration, data analysis, configuration control, and technical documentation. The engineer supports program milestones, hardware reviews, test reporting, and cross-functional engineering activities for aerospace programs.

Lead a small team designing custom avionics controllers for rocket propulsion, fluid, payload, and separation systems. Own the full hardware lifecycle from requirements and design through board bring-up, verification, qualification, production, integration, and vehicle operations. Apply mixed-signal, analog, power, and control electronics expertise while leading root-cause investigations, engineering processes, cross-functional integration, and team mentorship for mission-critical hardware.

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.

Own the design, development, integration, verification, and delivery of spacecraft avionics from concept through flight-qualified hardware. Lead avionics architecture, PCB design, harnessing, embedded system interfaces, testing, environmental qualification, component selection, supplier coordination, and technical documentation. Collaborate with propulsion, guidance and control, thermal, and software teams to build reliable avionics for deep-space missions while establishing technical standards and executing autonomously.

Own spacecraft avionics hardware from concept through flight, including system architecture, PCB design, harnessing, embedded interfaces, integration, verification, and environmental qualification. Collaborate with propulsion, guidance and control, thermal, software, suppliers, and internal stakeholders. Lead hardware builds, component selection, testing, documentation, and delivery for reliable deep-space missions.

Designs and develops integrated RF and wireless systems for Spectacles hardware. Responsibilities include creating schematics, overseeing PCB and flex layouts, developing prototypes, executing RF validation, debugging baseband and RF circuits, selecting components and chipsets, and documenting designs. The role collaborates with mechanical, software, industrial design, and supplier teams, and requires expertise in RF analysis, wireless standards, high-speed digital interfaces, simulation tools, and RF test equipment.

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.

Leads the architecture, integration, testing, and deployment of rack-mounted quantum hardware systems. The role integrates electrical, RF/microwave, thermal, optical, and fiber-optic subsystems into manufacturable and serviceable platforms. Responsibilities include rack layout, power and grounding, safety compliance, thermal management, cable routing, assembly and test process development, customer site acceptance, and collaboration with scientists and program managers. The engineer also provides technical leadership and manages engineering teams.

Own end-to-end RF hardware design for space radios, from architecture, schematics, layout, and PCB implementation through bring-up, characterization, qualification, and flight. Design RF chains, manage cascade performance, select space-grade components, and lead failure analysis. Establish verification and documentation standards while mentoring engineers and serving as the technical authority for high-reliability radio hardware.

Integrate, assemble, calibrate, test, and qualify imaging sensor systems from prototypes through production. Build and deploy hardware, analyze test data, iterate designs with algorithm and opto-mechanical teams, develop test procedures and fixtures, and support supplier readiness. Automate workflows using Python and AI tools. The role is fully on-site in Los Angeles and includes regular weekend travel to test sites and suppliers.

Design, develop, test, and integrate RF and microwave hardware for satellite communications and software-defined radio systems. Responsibilities include RF circuit and multilayer PCBA design, component selection, environmental qualification, spacecraft integration, debugging, and technical mentorship. The role covers frequencies from UHF through Ka band and involves collaboration with antenna, FPGA, DSP, software, mechanical, and electrical engineering teams.

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.

Design and develop high-speed, high-density ASIC package layouts and IC substrates. Responsibilities include substrate breakout, pin assignment optimization, routing, placement, stack-up, power distribution, CAD library development, feasibility studies, and resolving manufacturing, cost, and electrical issues using Cadence tools.

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.

Lead hardware reliability for avionics components and production assemblies from design through flight. Partner with design, manufacturing, and test teams to track yields, investigate failures, perform electrical root-cause analysis, validate test systems, improve inspection and rework processes, and reduce production and flight risks. The role requires hands-on work across offices, factories, and labs, supporting Lean continuous improvement and product quality objectives.

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.

Designs, manufactures, tests, qualifies, and deploys highly integrated RF products for space communications. Owns RF designs across PCB, box, and system integration levels; performs design trades, analyses, troubleshooting, and requirements review. Collaborates with software, FPGA, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to move products from initial design through vehicle integration and scalable production.

Own the design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and deployment of integrated RF products for space communications. Develop RF circuitry across PCB, box, and integration levels; troubleshoot and qualify designs; perform RF cascades, link budgets, and noise analyses; and collaborate with supply chain, manufacturing, software, hardware, and FPGA teams. The role also involves component selection for radiation environments, board rework, communications link modeling, antenna measurement, and high-PAPR signal development.

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.

Designs and brings up high-speed digital circuit boards featuring DDR, FPGAs, and networking interfaces. Performs schematic capture, EMC mitigation and testing, signal integrity simulation, laboratory testing, board debugging, root-cause analysis, and verification reporting. Uses FPGA design tools and technologies including Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, Vitis, Vivado, Quartus, Xilinx devices, and Altera devices. Supports test case development and execution while applying verification methodologies relevant to the space industry.