Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Owns development, testing, and integration of GPS-based navigation avionics for a launch vehicle. Responsibilities include RF architecture, hardware bring-up, validation, debugging, qualification testing, antenna and communications systems, architectural trade studies, cross-functional integration, technical analysis, and mentoring engineers. The role supports critical navigation, telemetry, command, landing, recovery, and booster reuse systems.

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.

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 sustains avionics laboratory hardware, test systems, interfaces, and test environments. Executes verification procedures, develops instrumentation and configuration definitions, troubleshoots equipment, analyzes test data, prepares reports, and presents results. Requires engineering-related bachelor’s degree, electronic hardware and software testing experience, laboratory experience, wiring design knowledge, U.S. Person status, and ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Designs and develops digital circuit and unit hardware for aerospace and satellite applications. Responsibilities include requirements and interface definition, modeling, analysis, testing, design verification, technical support for production, schematic and circuit development, performance measurement, trade studies, and lifecycle engineering support. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional electronics teams and supports communication, control, embedded, and digital processing systems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Design and develop automotive electronic hardware for Ford’s electric vehicle programs. Responsibilities include requirements capture, schematic design, component selection, power electronics implementation, worst-case and thermal analysis, PCB layout reviews, functional safety support, hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and validation test definition. The role collaborates across engineering teams to deliver production-ready designs and requires hands-on automotive electronics experience.

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.

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.

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 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.

Design, build, integrate, test, install and maintain rack-based communications hardware and cabling in lab and field environments. Produce drawings and BOMs, perform signal/power analysis, verify systems, troubleshoot complex issues, support site integration and provide stakeholder briefings. On-site role requiring travel and active security clearance.

Design complex digital boards using high-end SoC FPGAs, high-speed interfaces, microprocessors, and power supplies. Perform signal and power integrity analysis using simulation tools, support EMC certification, and apply military and space hardware design experience. The role is hybrid in San Diego and offered on a contract-to-potential-permanent basis.

Own spacecraft and constellation hardware reliability strategies, requirements, models, allocations, and testing programs. Lead HALT/HASS, accelerated life testing, reliability growth, statistical modeling, root-cause investigations, FRACAS, and corrective actions. Integrate test and flight telemetry data into reliability predictions, flow down requirements, advise leadership on risk trade-offs, and mentor reliability engineers. Partner with design, systems, test, and manufacturing teams to improve robustness and support high-volume satellite production.

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.

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.