Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

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, integrates, verifies, and sustains avionics laboratory hardware, test systems, interfaces, and equipment. Develops test methods, procedures, instrumentation configurations, and verification plans; troubleshoots calibration and lab issues; analyzes and validates test data; prepares reports; and presents results to customers. Supports hardware and software integration, requirements documentation, configuration control, and qualification testing for aerospace programs.

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.

Designs, develops, tests, and validates analog, digital, and mixed-signal electronic hardware for automation, telemetry, and embedded systems. Responsibilities include schematic and PCB layout, microcontroller integration, prototyping, hardware-software interface definition, laboratory testing, troubleshooting, documentation, compliance validation, and production support. The role collaborates with engineering and operations teams on manufacturability, reliability, component lifecycle management, and design improvements.

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, develops, assembles, tests, and supports computer hardware and peripherals. Responsibilities include analyzing system requirements, evaluating hardware/software interfaces, building prototypes, verifying equipment, documenting configurations and test results, selecting materials, monitoring performance, and providing technical support, training, and implementation guidance. The role requires at least three years of directly related technical experience and is remote within the United States.

Designs, tests, and analyzes custom high-speed digital electronics for the Terran R launch vehicle. Owns hardware through the full lifecycle, including concept design, board bring-up, verification, qualification, manufacturing, integration, and vehicle operations. Collaborates with mechanical, thermal, electrical, software, propulsion, GNC, and other teams to deliver reliable avionics hardware on schedule.

Selects, qualifies, releases, and manages electronic and electromechanical components for product development and sustainment. Reviews specifications, datasheets, drawings, and standards; supports component integration, alternate sourcing, lifecycle and obsolescence mitigation, failure analysis, regulatory compliance, documentation, NPI, and supplier quality resolution. Collaborates with design, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams in an onsite hardware engineering environment.

Leads end-to-end development of RF components and systems, including requirements, schematic and PCB layout, bring-up, measurement, production, testing, and system integration. Automates RF measurement and data processing, supports new product introduction and design-for-manufacturing, debugs complex electrical systems, and mentors engineers. The role requires expertise in RF fundamentals, link budgets, analog/mixed-signal design, wideband architectures, and antenna and receiver design, with onsite work in El Segundo and eligibility for a security clearance.

Designs and manages end-to-end testing strategies for high-reliability access control hardware. Responsibilities include collaborating with overseas ODM partners, conducting design reviews, defining in-house and outsourced testing boundaries, developing test equipment and tooling, creating build and test documentation, and integrating automated testing across hardware and firmware development pipelines.

Owns technical direction and final sign-off for RF hardware implementations across wireless products. Reviews link budgets, cascade analysis, spectral performance, and subsystem requirements; guides RF architecture, component selection, verification, validation, and production testing. Leads root-cause analysis for interference, desense, link margin, coexistence, and compliance issues. Serves as the senior technical authority for complex RF hardware designs and advises engineers and cross-functional teams across multiple platforms.

Bring up, validate, port, and optimize support for new accelerator architectures across kernels, compilers, runtimes, graph execution, and model serving. Investigate cross-layer correctness and performance issues, develop hardware and ISA expertise, map AI operators to novel platforms, build portability infrastructure, benchmark workloads, and collaborate with hardware vendors to deliver production-quality integrations.

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.

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.

Support design, build, and maintenance of NI PXI-based HIL test benches. Configure test hardware, integrate with Digital Twin, execute test procedures, collect and document data, troubleshoot hardware, and assist senior engineers with electrical integration and harness assembly.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.