Hardware Design Engineer - Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Originally posted 13 May 2026 by the employer.
Design PCB systems and hardware platforms around custom AI ASIC silicon.
About the role
The Hardware Design Engineer owns hardware system development aspects including schematics, PCB layout, mechanical design, component selection, AVL management, and testing across EVT, DVT, and PVT cycles. Work centers on developing reference platforms and volume products built around a custom AI ASIC.
What you'll do
- Own hardware system engineering aspects across lab bringup artifacts through shipping products. - Gather requirements and specifications from engineering, product, and operations teams to plan hardware deliverables. - Perform hands-on schematic capture and PCB design around a complex custom AI ASIC. - Plan compliance, validation, and FMEA analysis for products. - Drive hardware parts selection and vendor qualification processes with manufacturing operations.
What you'll need
- B.S. degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering. - 2+ years of hardware engineering experience covering product-cycle aspects. - Hands-on experience in schematic capture and PCB design, along with an understanding of signal integrity, mechanical, and thermal design areas. - Experience in part selection, AVL management, and working with manufacturing operations teams. - Understanding of CPU subsystems, modern power subsystem designs, and hardware bringup. - Experience representing engineering considerations in contract manufacturing relationships.
Nice to have
- Demonstrable experience with EVT, DVT, PVT testing and certification processes.
This role has been open 119 days — well above the 51-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
1003
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$155k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Tensordyne | All employers we track in this specialty (1003 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 1003 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 10 | 6298 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 119 d | 51 d (+68 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $155k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 72 open roles · median 34 d
- KLA Corporation · 63 open roles · median 48 d
- Teradyne · 61 open roles · median 34 d
- NVIDIA · 53 open roles · median 72 d
- Applied Materials · 51 open roles · median 70 d
- AMD · 46 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 1003 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.