Meta
Hardware Engineer
$118K–$170K
Austin, TX +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Menlo Park, CA - Experience
- 2+ years of industry experience; several listed areas require 2+ years. 3+ years of server system architecture experience is also listed.
- Education
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering degree; M.S. in electrical engineering or computer engineering is also listed.
About the job
Designs, develops, validates, and qualifies server, rack, and infrastructure hardware for Meta’s data centers.
What you'll do
- Define hardware architectures, select components, and develop system specifications with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Bring up, validate, and characterize prototype hardware; investigate failures and drive root-cause resolution.
- Support design reviews, manufacturing readiness, production ramp, and hardware deployment at scale.
What they ask for
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering degree.
- 2+ years of industry experience.
- 2+ years of experience in data center or complex consumer-device development and bring-up; PCB design involving integrated and discrete circuits and high-speed interfaces; product design and deployment cycles; and board-level signal integrity and power delivery.
- 2+ years of hardware bring-up, validation, and characterization experience with compute, storage, or networking platforms.
Nice to have
- Experience with server data buses such as PCIe, CXL, DDR, SAS, SATA, and I2C, and validation tools such as high-speed scopes and logic analyzers.
- Experience with EDA tools, Linux hardware validation, server architecture, or cross-functional product development.
Pay
$118,000/year to $170,000/year (base salary); bonus + equity (amounts not stated)
Tools
PCIe, CXL, DDR, SAS, SATA, I2C, Linux, EDA
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