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Staff Hardware Systems Design Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure

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Compensation
$188–274K/yr
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Staff Hardware Systems Design Engineer will develop ML/AI hardware systems for current and future data center deployments, from concept through high-volume manufacturing. The role works with product teams and collaborates across ASIC/FPGA, software, verification, manufacturing, and field teams to validate features, ensure manufacturability, and support deployed systems. The position is part of Google’s board and system design team.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Hardware EngineeringSystem DesignBoard DesignDebuggingTroubleshootingHardware DesignPCIeDDREthernetUSBSPI

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or Related6 Years Hardware System Design Experience3 Years Technical Leadership ExperiencePhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or Related10 Years Hardware Design and Bring-Up Experience3 Years Technical Leadership or Management ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

Full job description

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 6 years of experience working in a hardware system design technical environment.

  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

  • Experience in hardware engineering, system design, board design and development, debugging/troubleshooting, or hardware design.

Preferred qualifications:

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 10 years of experience with hardware, design and bring-up.

  • 3 years of experience in technical leadership or management.

  • Experience in PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, USB, SPI etc.

About the job

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

As a Hardware Engineer in the board and system design team, you will work on ML/AI hardware systems projects to craft the solutions for current and future data center deployments. You will work with product teams to ensure that their goals are met with your systems. You will be responsible for collaborating with ASIC/FPGA, Software, and Verification teams to ensure proper verification of features in your systems. You will also work with the manufacturing teams to ensure that your designs are manufacturable and ready for volume production, and with the field teams to support systems that are deployed in the data center.

Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the

hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of Google users.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Gather system requirements, define architecture, execute hardware design, and product validation.

  • Lead the bring up, validation, NPI, deployment, and sustaining of hardware solutions.

  • Work cross-functionally with Hardware, Software, Mechanical, Thermal, Validation, Manufacturing, and external vendors.

  • Drive system development from concept through production.

  • Lead debug and root cause analysis of deployed systems.

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How this job compares

Set against the 3,155 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$188–274K/yr
  • California median$146–215K/yr988 salary ranges
  • US median$135–205K/yr2,354 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $231K, is 27% above the California median midpoint ($182K) — in the top quarter of Hardware Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,290 open Hardware Engineer jobs in California and 3,155 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,635 postings).
Education
1,752 of the 3,155 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 7, 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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