Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Designs, builds, integrates, tests, and troubleshoots rugged agricultural camera hardware for tractor and farm-vehicle environments. Responsibilities include mechanical CAD, electrical systems and wiring harnesses, prototypes, test fixtures, assembly quality checks, production support, and iterative design improvements. The role partners with perception and embedded software teams while owning physical hardware development from concept through reliable production hardware.

Hardware Engineering Interns support autonomous vehicle systems through electrical and functional validation, failure root-cause analysis, hardware stability tooling, quality and reliability analysis, supplier assessments, and sourcing projects. They analyze engineering and supplier data, recommend improvements, and present findings to cross-functional stakeholders. The role requires Python or similar data-analysis tools, hands-on lab equipment experience, strong analytical skills, and relocation to the Bay Area for a full-time summer internship.

Hardware Engineering Intern supporting Zoox Manufacturing Operations through production hardware development, test automation, diagnostics, process optimization, logistics, prototyping, and manufacturing data analysis. Responsibilities may include improving assembly and logistics processes, developing work instructions and automation tools, analyzing production data, and presenting recommendations to engineering and manufacturing stakeholders. The internship is full-time for 12 weeks in the Bay Area beginning May or June 2027.

Design, manufacture, integrate, and validate autonomous hardware systems for heavy construction equipment. Responsibilities include component architecture, camera and optics design, vendor and manufacturing coordination, safety-focused verification and validation, hardware testing, and development of reusable sensor-data analysis and test-automation software. The hybrid role requires San Francisco office attendance at least three days weekly and up to 15% regional or national travel.

Lead failure analysis and root-cause corrective actions for networking hardware issues from field and factory sources. Analyze quality metrics, debug complex board- and system-level hardware, review new-product test reports, and drive quality improvements, change management, and multisourcing activities. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, operations, customer support, vendors, and customers. Provide technical leadership, document lessons learned, and mentor junior engineers.

Architect, source, build, integrate, characterize, and validate hardware systems for autonomous heavy machinery. The role defines hardware architecture, leads external vendor relationships and development programs, collaborates across engineering and safety teams, and ensures reliable performance in rugged environments. Responsibilities include autonomy sensing, compute, HMI, connectivity, machine-control interfaces, power and cooling, hardware testing, data analysis, and test automation using Python, C++, C, or Rust.

Design, build, integrate, and improve bespoke hardware and commercial equipment for automated chemistry workflows. Responsibilities include developing dispensing, handling, heating, cooling, sampling, and analysis systems; designing parts; assembling prototypes; writing hardware-control software; debugging in the laboratory; and taking systems from concept through reliable deployment. The role requires close collaboration with chemists and hands-on ownership in a fast-moving, resource-constrained environment.

Designs, develops, assembles, tests, and supports computer hardware and peripherals. Responsibilities include analyzing system requirements, evaluating hardware/software interfaces, building prototypes, verifying equipment, documenting configurations and test results, selecting materials, monitoring performance, and providing technical support, training, and implementation guidance. The role requires at least three years of directly related technical experience and is remote within the United States.

Summer intern supporting wireless engineering through RF and antenna validation data analysis. Responsibilities include developing automated data pipelines, cloud-based factory testing tools, dashboards, data quality frameworks, and scalable analysis workflows. The intern will collaborate with RF engineers, optimize scripts and infrastructure, and document wireless data management practices. Candidates should be pursuing an engineering degree and have knowledge of wireless systems, RF or antenna theory, Python, data processing, cloud development, and large datasets.

Designs, fabricates, and iterates precision mechanical systems, optical components, laboratory instrumentation, robotics, electronics, and control hardware for neuroscience experiments. The role spans concept development, machining, prototyping, integration, testing, and reliable operation. The engineer will collaborate closely with scientists, build custom research tools, make performance and manufacturability tradeoffs, and help establish Astera Neuro’s design, prototyping, and fabrication facility.

Lead hands-on hardware development across concept, prototyping, validation, manufacturing, and field performance. Responsibilities include PCB lifecycle ownership, ODM design review, regulatory testing, manufacturing coordination, vendor and component management, troubleshooting, test fixture support, technical documentation, and mentoring engineers. The role collaborates cross-functionally with product, software, QA, operations, and customer success teams while shaping the technical direction of agricultural sensing products.

The Hardware Reliability Engineer will oversee reliability testing for Skip's wearable devices, manage FMEA, perform environmental stress testing, and lead root cause analyses to ensure product performance in real-world conditions.

Design and integrate hardware systems for residential energy applications, focusing on battery management and inverter systems, while ensuring compliance with industry standards.

The role involves optimizing hardware support within a software stack for AI model deployment, collaborating with teams and hardware vendors to enhance performance and portability across platforms.

Bring up, validate, port, and optimize support for new accelerator architectures across kernels, compilers, runtimes, graph execution, and model serving. Investigate cross-layer correctness and performance issues, develop hardware and ISA expertise, map AI operators to novel platforms, build portability infrastructure, benchmark workloads, and collaborate with hardware vendors to deliver production-quality integrations.

Own the end-to-end development of Navi’s ruggedized cockpit edge-compute device, including electrical architecture, component selection, PCB design, enclosure integration, embedded firmware, validation, certification, fleet deployment, and cloud telemetry. Build systems for high-bandwidth real-time audio and flight-data streaming in demanding aviation environments, while collaborating with software and ML teams to support automated debriefing capabilities.

Build and maintain hardware integration test benches, bring up new vehicle hardware, troubleshoot electrical issues, and support autonomous vehicle fleet validation. The role includes writing Python automation scripts, building and repairing harnesses and electrical boards, conducting hi-pot testing, collaborating with engineering teams and suppliers, maintaining documentation, and following high-voltage safety procedures.

Drive networking hardware development from concept through EVT, DVT, PVT, and mass production. Coordinate firmware, mechanical, supply chain, operations, and JDM partners; lead technical reviews, manage risks and dependencies, support schematic and component decisions, resolve build issues, and ensure manufacturing readiness. The role requires hands-on technical problem solving, cross-functional leadership, and travel to Taiwan to collaborate with manufacturing and design teams.

Lead the mechanical, electrical, and systems design of robotics subsystems from prototype through production. Direct a small team of hardware engineers, make architecture decisions, integrate controls and sensors, manage BOMs and suppliers, reduce costs, and improve field reliability. The role requires regular travel between a San Francisco robotics facility and a West Texas deployment site to resolve failures and implement design fixes.

Design and integrate hardware interfaces for autonomous heavy equipment, including brackets, enclosures, wiring, sensors, and compute systems. Build test stands, conduct lab validation, capture data, iterate on designs, fabricate and install components, document procedures, and collaborate with field teams. The role requires hands-on shop skills, CAD proficiency, basic electrical knowledge, and comfort working around heavy equipment in PPE.

Designs and develops hardware test boards and platforms for high-speed electro-optical device characterization in R&D and manufacturing environments. Performs laboratory testing, analog design and debugging, test-system development, hardware bring-up, and firmware development for microcontrollers. Supports System-on-Chip optical engine development and interfaces with vendors. Preferred experience includes power supply design, advanced PCB stack-ups, optical instrumentation, automated measurements, and coherent optical communications.

Lead hardware test and reliability efforts for autonomous drones: define and execute validation strategies from prototype to production, perform failure analysis, drive corrective actions, contribute design-for-reliability, and use telemetry and data (Python/SQL/AI) to develop prognostics and reliability specs.

Designs and validates electrical and electronic components, subsystems, integrated circuitry, and hardware solutions. Develops test plans covering tolerances, form, fit, function, shock, vibration, EMI, safety, reliability, thermal performance, and power. Performs feasibility, margin, validation, modeling, and empirical analyses; collaborates with internal and outsourced engineering partners; evaluates production reliability and supports prototype fabrication for reliable, cost-effective products.

Support the design, integration, characterization, testing, and validation of autonomous hardware systems for construction equipment. Evaluate components, write Python, C++, C, or Rust scripts for sensor data analysis and test automation, run tests, collect data, and document results. The intern will work with embedded compute platforms, autonomous sensors, communication protocols, and hardware integration under senior engineer guidance.

Tests, validates, and troubleshoots next-generation cloud server hardware for performance, power, reliability, and quality. Develops test scripts, documents results, identifies defects, recommends improvements, and resolves hardware issues across engineering and manufacturing environments. Requires hands-on embedded systems debugging, Linux and scripting experience, and knowledge of server architecture, firmware, operating systems, networking, storage, and hardware acceleration technologies.