
Hardware Test Engineer
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The Hardware Test Engineer works on a project team specifying, designing, developing, and testing hardware. The role defines unit- and system-level test processes, performs complex system and integration testing, and debugs hardware issues. The engineer collaborates with hardware, software, diagnostic, and manufacturing teams to develop test strategies and scripts, resolve issues for manufacturing release, and support field issues and customer escalations.
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Job Description
Role & Responsibilities:
- Participates on a project team of engineers involved in the specification, design, development, and test of hardware. Defines the unit and system level test processes and procedures.
- Performs complex system level unit and integration test. Debug/Mitigate complex system level problems.
- This engineer will work closely with hardware design engineers, software/diagnostic engineers, and manufacturing test engineers to determine a product test strategy, develop the necessary scripts, test the products, and drive any issues to resolution for successful release to manufacturing.
- Debug complex issues at system level & component level including CPU, ASICs, FPGAs, Power supplies, etc.
- Leverage automation to implement test strategy & improve productivity.
- Provide detailed issue mitigation & drive issues to closure.
- Document test plans, procedures, & test reports.
- Help root cause field issues & support customer escalation.
Skills and Requirements
- BSEE/CE with 2-3 years of experience
- Hands on experience with electrical test & measurement equipment’s.
- TCL/Python or similar Scripting experience is a plus.
- Excellent hardware debugging skills and script development/debug skills.
- Ability to widely apply networking principles, theories, and field concepts to product test.
- Ability to draw parallels between hardware architecture and OSI networking fundamentals.
- Understanding of Fiber Optics and Ethernet Cable plant infrastructure.
- Sound troubleshooting & diagnostic methodology.
- Good written & verbal communication skills.
- Motivated to work in a lab environment.
- Ability to plan and execute projects.
- Ability to work well with others - both internal & external teams.
- Ability to learn things quickly & adapt to a dynamic, fast paced work environment.
- A "can do" attitude, independent thinking, & ability to articulate complex technical issues in an effective manner.
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 3,141 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$146–215K/yr990 salary ranges
- California median$60–66/hr21 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,292 open Hardware Engineer jobs in California and 3,141 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,624 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,745 of the 3,141 open Hardware Engineer jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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