
R&D Staff Hardware Engineer
San Jose, CAFull-time$122–195K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Staff Hardware Engineer designs, develops, and delivers high-performance electronic products, owning electrical hardware design from bill of materials and circuit/board development through validation and product sustaining. The role includes customer trials and field issues, with collaboration across hardware, ASIC, signal, mechanical, thermal, diagnostic, packaging, and manufacturing teams, as well as partner engineering teams on joint development programs.
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USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive
Full time
R027455
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Job Description:
As a Staff Hardware Engineer, you will design, develop, and deliver Ultra High-performance electronic products. We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, start-up-like environment and are proud of delivering high-quality products. We have a One Person One Board development culture, so you will own all aspects of EE hardware design, including BOM creation, participation with vendor negotiators, circuit/board design, development, and validation. Our Cradle to Grave lifecycle product development means ownership does not end at product ship. You will help with customer trials, field issues, and product sustaining.
You will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of Hardware, ASIC, Signal, Mechanical, Thermal, Diagnostic, Packaging, and Manufacturing engineers. In addition, Joint development programs may require extensive interaction with partner engineering teams.
Key Qualifications & Experience:
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Large high-powered SOCs based on advanced silicon and packaging process technologies, including 2D, 2.5D, and 2.5D with 3D memories.
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Precision Scopes, Analyzers, development & validation tools.
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Power and Thermal issues associated with PCBs with 1kW+ footprints
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High-speed & High-density signaling with SerDes rates of 112G+ Demonstrate participation in a cross-functional development team.
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Work with support groups, including Manufacturing, Compliance, and Safety.
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Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and 8+ years of related experience
Compensation and Benefits
The annual base salary range for this position is USD 121,900.00 To USD 195,000.00
As a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.
Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.
Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.
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Welcome! Thank you for your interest in Broadcom!
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,934 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$122–195K/yr
- California median$146–214K/yr902 salary ranges
- US median$131–201K/yr2,149 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $158K, is 11% below the California median midpoint ($178K) — in the middle half of Hardware Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,194 open Hardware Engineer jobs in California and 2,934 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,463 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,846 of the 2,934 open Hardware Engineer jobs (63%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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