Originally posted 10 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role supports early-career hardware development and engineering tracks across digital design, hardware validation, electronics, and storage systems. Candidates participate in structured onboarding and engineering rotations covering ASIC design, SoC architecture, embedded firmware, or electronic hardware development.
What you'll do
- Design, prototype, validate, and improve electronic hardware, circuit boards, processors, sensors, and magnetic recording systems.
- Design, integrate, and verify ASIC and SoC architectures, digital logic, interfaces, and IP blocks using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
- Build simulations, validate hardware designs, and support synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure.
- Develop and debug embedded firmware in C, C++, and Assembly to integrate with analog and digital hardware.
- Create hardware validation strategies, automated test solutions, and execute reliability, stress, and performance testing.
- Collaborate across hardware, firmware, silicon, and systems engineering teams to troubleshoot system-level integration issues.
What you'll need
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Technical project, internship, co-op, or laboratory experience in areas such as hardware development, ASIC/SoC design, embedded systems, firmware, or validation.
- Familiarity with programming languages such as C, C++, Python, Java, Go, or SQL.
- Understanding of engineering fundamentals in digital logic, computer architecture, electronics, RTL design, simulation, verification, or debugging.
- Demonstrated technical problem-solving ability in a cross-functional engineering environment.
Nice to have
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and common software development tools such as Git, Linux, or IDEs.
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 47-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
1150
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Median days since first seen
47 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$148k
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| Metric | Western Digital | All employers we track in this specialty (1150 roles · 109 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 1150 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 39 | 6613 · 157 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 20 d | 47 d (+27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $148k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 90 open roles · median 34 d
- KLA Corporation · 68 open roles · median 61 d
- NVIDIA · 61 open roles · median 74 d
- Teradyne · 59 open roles · median 53 d
- Applied Materials · 58 open roles · median 46 d
- ASML · 57 open roles · median 20 d
How we counted: 1150 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 109 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.