Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

The Hardware Development Engineer is responsible for developing and manufacturing propulsion hardware, collaborating with design teams, and ensuring manufacturability and reliability of engine systems.

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.

As a Senior RF Hardware Engineer, you'll design, test, and produce RF devices for space applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Lead design and development of ruggedized board-level hardware for defense/aerospace systems. Architect high-speed digital boards (FPGAs, secure processing, PCIe, DDR5, 400G Ethernet), establish design standards, ensure manufacturability and verification, support proposals, and mentor engineering teams through production.

The Senior RF Hardware Engineer will design, manufacture, test, and deploy RF devices, working on architecture, connections with digital engineers, and RF performance validation.

The Sr. Power Electronics Hardware Engineer designs and develops SiC-based propulsion electronics for UAV and hybrid-electric aircraft, ensuring hardware meets aerospace standards and performance requirements.

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.

The Principal Hardware Engineer will lead the design of hardware systems for a satellite communications platform, focusing on power distribution, signal integrity, and PCB design, while ensuring high-reliability and fault tolerance in space environments.

Design and develop digital circuitry for satellites, analyze performance, support testing, and maintain specifications while collaborating with various teams.

Design and develop advanced digital electronics hardware for aerospace applications, ensuring compliance to specifications and collaborating across teams.

Design and deliver secure compute hardware for post-quantum cryptography and orbital/terrestrial systems. Own power, thermal, enclosure, and bus architecture design; collaborate with software, security, and systems teams; support FPGA integration, manufacturability, reliability, and environment-specific constraints (radiation, vibration, thermal-vacuum). Deliver iterative hardware releases on aggressive timelines.

Responsible for ensuring hardware reliability by conducting root cause analysis, troubleshooting RF systems, and improving satellite product quality.

Designs and executes hardware test strategies for wireless power products. Develops test specs, fixtures, and software; performs component-level troubleshooting; validates product and fixture qualification; documents results and reports issues to stakeholders.

Owns electrical hardware development for automotive display and infotainment systems, including schematic capture, multilayer PCB layout, signal and power integrity, EMC/ESD design, component library governance, automotive-grade part qualification, BOM and PLM integration, mechanical coordination, prototype bring-up, validation, documentation, and formal hardware release.

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 board-level design of ruggedized, high-speed digital hardware from concept through production for defense/aerospace systems. Architect FPGA and CPU-based solutions, ensure signal integrity and manufacturability, establish design standards, support proposals, and collaborate with manufacturing for DFM/DFT.

Own hardware platform end-to-end: evaluate and qualify x86/ARM compute and networking components; bring up and tune Linux for real-time, safety-critical workloads; build fleet health, diagnostics, and observability tooling; implement platform security (Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, disk encryption); design and execute hardware validation campaigns and maintain hardware compatibility matrix.

The Hardware Test Engineer will work on software development with a focus on JavaScript and/or Python, with preferred experience in LabVIEW. Responsibilities include conducting tests and ensuring the quality of hardware systems.

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, build, integrate, test, install, and maintain communications hardware and rack-based systems. Create drawings/BOMs, specify cabling and cooling, perform signal/power analysis, system verification, lab/field integration, troubleshooting, and stakeholder briefings. On-site role with travel and clearance requirements.

Design, test, and validate next-generation server hardware and components for performance, power, and reliability. Diagnose and resolve hardware issues across engineering and manufacturing, document results, and develop/maintain test scripts. Collaborate with internal teams and OEM/ODM partners to scale platforms for global deployment.

Hands-on senior hardware design engineer responsible for schematic capture and PCB layout in Altium, high-speed SI/PI simulation, prototype bring-up, debugging, verification, and production release of mixed-signal and high-speed digital video/ networking/fiber products. Lead design reviews, mentor junior staff, coordinate cross-functional teams, and support compliance and reliability testing for mission-critical and medical-grade products.

Lead cross-functional hardware development from concept through production: define system architectures, allocate functionality across mechanical/electrical/RF/software/test, drive trade studies, manage interfaces, mitigate technical risks, run technical reviews, and collaborate with manufacturing and suppliers to deliver reliable defense hardware in operational environments.

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.

Design and implement board-level manufacturing test hardware and fixtures, define ICT/functional/test/programming/calibration strategies, deploy and sustain test solutions with contract manufacturers, analyze yield and failure trends, and drive DFT and continuous improvements across prototype to high-volume production.