Principal Hardware Engineer
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The Principal Hardware Engineer leads technical quality efforts for data center hardware, working with internal teams, external partners, and suppliers to resolve critical issues. The role develops supplier quality strategy, performs GPU subsystem failure analysis, manages NPI builds and quality phase-gate deliverables, and establishes product quality metrics. Candidates may qualify through several degree-and-experience paths or equivalent experience, with extensive server architecture, debugging, and quality leadership experience described.
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Hands on debug in data center (onsite and virtual) Technical Leadership with a focus on complex quality solutions with external/internal partners. Develop and implement a robust supplier quality management strategy to ensure the data center hardware is manufactured at the highest level of quality standards. Leadership to work across data centers, development groups, and suppliers to resolve critical & high severity issues (Hardware and Software/Firmware). Conduct hands on debug in global data centers (onsite and virtual) specifically focused on GPU sub-system failure analysis. Manage multiple NPI builds and quality phase-gate deliverables for the manufacturing team throughout the engineering development lifecycle, from concept through production readiness. Establish Critical-to-Quality performance metrics to measure and improve product quality. Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. 12+ years of experience in working with the modern server architectures - includes understanding of GPU, GPU system hardware, Memory or CPU and methods for failure analysis, debugging or validation. 12+ years of proven success of leading resolution of critical quality issues across data centers 8+ years of system level server debugging with an understanding of power, system, driver, workloads, and network environments 3+ years of direct GPU related engineering experience in issue debug/test log review. Patent or track record of engineering excellency. Experience with Liquid Cooling Systems in Data Centers Leadership skills and ability to collaborate with diverse teams and drive a call to action. Versed in filtering through applicable debug data, like telemetry and logs to identify and investigate HW failure signatures. Versed in AI tooling/Agentic utilization for scaling debug/Data management
How this job compares
Set against the 2,936 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$145–215K/yr946 salary ranges
- US median$60–70/hr79 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,218 open Hardware Engineer jobs in California and 2,936 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,442 postings).
- Education
- 1,582 of the 2,936 open Hardware Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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