Hardware Engineer (AI)

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States; hybrid working environment with some in-office and in-person expectations.

Salary: USD 147,900–180,000 target On-Target Earnings (OTE), including base salary and potential commission.

Company

hirify.global develops intelligent data infrastructure, unified storage, integrated data services, and cloud solutions supporting enterprise workloads and AI.

What you will do

• Architect, specify, design, test, productize, and support hardware modules and complex computer platforms through the production lifecycle.
• Define design and validation requirements and drive execution across internal and external engineering teams.
• Lead mid-level hardware development projects from start to finish while meeting aggressive goals and quality standards.
• Debug complex system issues and support reliability, prototyping, failure analysis, and product validation.
• Collaborate with development, commodity, QA, manufacturing, field support, supplier, ODM, and external development teams.
• Apply digital hardware design and PCB design practices to platform development.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience in hardware engineering or a similar role; the education section also specifies 8+ years of relevant hardware design and development experience.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, design engineering, reliability, prototyping, and failure analysis.
• Experience with computer hardware, embedded systems, x86 and embedded processor chipsets, and programmable devices.
• Ability to architect, specify, design, test, productize, and support hardware modules and complex computer platforms.
• Ability to lead hardware development projects and collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Experience evaluating and specifying design and validation requirements, coordinating multiple engineering teams, and debugging complex system issues.
• Hardware design and development experience, including digital design and PCB design practices; collaboration with suppliers and ODM partners is essential.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience with PCIe, NVMe, DDR5, FPGA design, Ethernet, and server system design.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with in-office and in-person expectations defined during recruitment.
• Benefits may include health, life, retirement or pension plans, paid time off, leave options, employee stock purchase plans, and restricted stock units, subject to regional policies.
• Culture emphasizes initiative, ownership, collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and work-life balance.
• hirify.global is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed only when submitted through the hirify.global company website; direct emails to employees, recruiters, or Human Resources do not influence applications.
• Selected hiring stages may use AI tools to support, but not replace, human decision-making.