Hardware Engineer II
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The Hardware Engineer II will design, test, and validate next-generation server hardware for Akamai’s CDN and Cloud Compute platforms. The role focuses on evaluating server components for performance, power, and reliability; troubleshooting hardware issues; developing test scripts; and collaborating with internal teams and OEM/ODM manufacturing partners to move new server platforms from development through deployment. The ideal candidate has server hardware and computer architecture knowledge, Linux and scripting experience, and embedded systems debugging experience.
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Job Description
This Hardware Engineer II will work on the design, testing, and validation of next-generation server hardware supporting Akamai’s CDN and Cloud Compute platforms. The role is very hands-on and will focus on testing server components for performance, power, and reliability, troubleshooting hardware issues, developing test scripts, and working with internal teams and OEM/ODM manufacturing partners to bring new server platforms from development through deployment. The ideal candidate will have strong server hardware and computer architecture knowledge, Linux and Bash or Python scripting experience, hands-on embedded systems debugging experience, and familiarity with technologies including Ethernet, TCP/IP, PCIe, NVMe, DDR, and GPU architectures.
Skills and Requirements
-5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or a related field -Demonstrate an understanding of computer architecture, server hardware components, firmware and operating systems. -Have experience with Linux environments and scripting, ideally with Bash or Python -Have hands-on experience with embedded systems and debugging with lab tools -Have experience with standards, protocols and related technologies such as: Ethernet, -TCP/IP, PCIe, NVMe, DDR and GPU architectures
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 3,060 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Massachusetts median$117–190K/yr109 salary ranges
- US median$60–68/hr76 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 144 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Massachusetts and 3,060 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,588 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,740 of the 3,060 open Hardware Engineer jobs (57%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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