Meta
Network Hardware Engineer, Infrastructure
$173K–$245K
Austin, TX +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Menlo Park, CA - Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Designs and scales custom network hardware for Meta’s data centers, from hardware architecture and validation through production deployment.
What you'll do
- Define network hardware architecture and lead electrical design, including high-speed PCB layouts, signal integrity, and power delivery.
- Bring up, debug, qualify, and validate prototype network systems; document designs and test results.
- Collaborate with engineering teams, ODMs, and contract manufacturers to integrate hardware and move designs into production.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of hardware or electrical engineering experience focused on network equipment, data center infrastructure, or high-speed digital systems.
- Experience designing and validating high-speed networking PCBs, including SerDes signal integrity analysis at 50G, 100G, or higher data rates.
- Experience with complex network hardware bring-up and debug, lab instrumentation, and ODM or contract manufacturer hardware development across EVT, DVT, and PVT.
Nice to have
- Experience contributing to open networking hardware initiatives or custom silicon-based switching platform development.
- Background in large-scale data center network infrastructure, high-power ASIC systems (>500W), and OSFP or co-packaged optics integration.
Pay
$173,000/year to $245,000/year USD base salary
Tools
Linux, SerDes, EVT, DVT, PVT, OSFP, TDRs, oscilloscopes
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