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Linux Hardware Engineering Jobs
Hardware engineers design and validate the physical systems that run Linux. This track covers server hardware design, FPGA and ASIC development, PCB design, hardware validation, and HPC system integration. Linux is the development OS for EDA toolchains and the validation environment for all server hardware. Roles are concentrated at semiconductor companies, server OEMs, cloud providers building custom silicon, and HPC system integrators.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Yesterday Not disclosed
Boulder, Colorado, United States Yesterday Not disclosed
San Jose, California, United States Yesterday $150k – $275k
Hawthorne, California, United States Yesterday $125k – $175k
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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2d ago Not disclosed
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Louisville, Colorado, United States 2d ago $68k – $83k
Santa Clara, California, United States 5d ago Not disclosed
London, United Kingdom 5d ago £30k – £80k
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 5d ago Not disclosed
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 5d ago Not disclosed
Singapore, Singapore 5d ago Not disclosed
Boulder, Colorado, United States 5d ago Not disclosed
Chantilly, Virginia, United States 5d ago Not disclosed
Redmond, Washington, United States 5d ago $32 – $50
Boulder, Colorado, United States 6d ago Not disclosed
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San Mateo, California, United States 6d ago $100k – $300k
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New York City, New York, United States May 27 Not disclosed
Redmond, Washington, United States May 27 $125k – $175k
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Everett, Washington, United States May 27 Not disclosed
Frequently Asked Questions
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Hardware engineers use Linux for EDA toolchains (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor run on Linux), hardware validation scripting (Python, Bash), kernel driver development for new hardware, and system-level performance analysis. Board bring-up requires Linux OS knowledge to debug driver and firmware interactions.
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FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) engineers design hardware logic using HDLs (Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog) that is synthesised and programmed onto reconfigurable chips. FPGAs are used for network packet processing, machine learning inference acceleration, cryptography, signal processing, and prototyping ASICs. All major FPGA vendors provide Linux-based development tools.
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AWS (Graviton, Trainium, Inferentia), Google (TPU), Microsoft (Azure Maia), and Meta are designing their own custom silicon to reduce cloud economics and gain competitive differentiation. This has created enormous demand for chip design engineers, hardware architects, and validation engineers with Linux and systems software experience.
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Hardware engineers with Linux and systems software skills earn $130,000–$200,000 in the US. Custom silicon engineers at cloud providers and semiconductor leaders (Intel, NVIDIA, Apple, Qualcomm) frequently earn $200,000+ total compensation. The combination of hardware and software depth is rare and well-compensated.