Hardware Jobs in United States
There are 3,571 open Hardware jobs in United States on freehire right now. 660 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are ai, python and automation.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $152,650 | $185,000 | $212,932 | 848 |
| USD | hour | $28 | $40 | $48 | 35 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- ai 34%
- python 28%
- automation 20%
- fpga 18%
- verilog 17%
- networking 15%
- ethernet 14%
- assembly 13%
How the work is done
- Onsite 689 · 19%
- Hybrid 291 · 8%
- Remote 121 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 45% of the 1,015 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 783
- Principal 274
- Staff 198
- Lead 197
- Intern 135
- C-level 55
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 1,169
- 501-1000 employees 244
- 11-50 employees 109
- 51-200 employees 89
- 201-500 employees 13
- 1-10 employees 9
Electrical Hardware Engineer
Designs and develops analog/digital electronic circuits and PCBs for industrial/embedded systems, including component selection, compliance testing (UL/CE/CCC), prototyping, and troubleshooting—bridging hardware development to manufacturing.
Principal Electrical Engineer - Server Hardware Validation
Lead electrical validation and troubleshooting for Oracle’s cloud server hardware, designing test plans, isolating failures, and driving root-cause fixes across NPI and production.
RF Design Engineer (Must be US Citizen)
Designs and develops RF systems and components for defense and commercial applications using electromagnetics and computational analytics.
Senior Principal FPGA & Digital Signals Processing Engineer
Lead FPGA firmware architecture for a portable SIGINT/EW platform, migrating GPU DSP algorithms to FPGA and optimizing real-time RF signal processing for defense missions.
Hardware Systems Engineer - Lab Environment
Design and validate hardware systems in AMD’s lab, ensuring compatibility and performance for next-gen computing platforms across AI, data centers, PCs, and gaming.
Technologist, Hardware Development Engineering
Designs and debugs high-speed board-level hardware and ASIC interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, FPGAs) from concept to production, focusing on signal/power integrity, lab bring-up, and cross-domain debug.

Hardware Engineering - Sustaining
Hardware engineer sustaining IoT devices, resolving field failures, managing ECOs, and coordinating with CMs to keep cellular/GNSS/BLE trackers operational.
Hardware Support Specialist
Diagnose hardware issues remotely for LVT’s AI-driven security systems, guiding field technicians via phone using multimeters and diagnostic data to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical faults.
Technical Support and Hardware Specialist
Provide hands-on tech support for a university campus, maintaining Windows/Mac hardware and software, managing printers, and mentoring student technicians.
Hardware Rack Specialist / Subject Matter Expert
Senior role designing, integrating, and maintaining shipboard IT hardware racks for Navy systems, ensuring cyber-resilient, deployable configurations in ruggedized environments.