Hardware NPI / Debug Engineer (AI)

Location: Santa Clara, CA, USA; travel to contract manufacturing sites in Mexico, Malaysia, and Vietnam is required.

Total estimated annual compensation: $200,000–$400,000, including base salary, bonus, and equity. Base salary: $120,000–$165,000.

Company

hirify.global develops client-to-cloud networking solutions for data centers, campuses, and routing environments.

What you will do

• Lead early prototype builds with Hardware, Manufacturing, and Test Engineering teams.
• Drive Design for Excellence activities across DFM, DFT, DFQ, and DFR through schematic and layout reviews.
• Perform system-level debugging, root-cause analysis, repairs, and design issue diagnosis.
• Support the maturation of hardware designs and manufacturing processes for customer field trials.
• Collaborate with engineering and platform design teams to improve production efficiency and quality.
• Mentor contract manufacturing partners and train factory-level technical staff.

Requirements

• BSEE degree required; MSEE strongly preferred.
• 0–5+ years of experience in Hardware, NPI, Sustaining, or Test Engineering within networking, AI, GPU, or computing industries.
• Experience with system-level debugging, root-cause analysis, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Knowledge of IPC and JEDEC standards, VIPPO, backdrill, and complex electro-mechanical systems.
• Ability to interpret schematics, board layouts, mechanical drawings, datasheets, command-line logs, and diagnostics.
• Passport readiness and ability to travel to manufacturing sites in Mexico, Malaysia, and Vietnam are required. English fluency is required.

Nice to have

• Mechanical aptitude.
• Spanish and/or Vietnamese fluency.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration with remote and headquarters-based engineers.
• Hands-on exposure to hardware development, manufacturing, testing, and product engineering.
• US-based employees receive medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings, and income protection benefits.
• Additional compensation may include discretionary bonuses and equity.