Senior Hardware Engineer

Jobtailor; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai's hardware engineering team seeks a hardware engineer to develop, validate, manage lifecycles, and document server platforms across multi-vendor scenarios.

You will collaborate with vendors, drive design reviews, and provide input on future product designs while aligning with roadmap goals; this role emphasizes reliability, thermal management, and embedded software integration. Hybrid work, three days on-site in Cracow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience across full hardware development lifecycle, including pre-production sample evaluation and mass-production validation.
• Expertise with server hardware components and their protocols (CompTIA Server+ level).
• Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, thermal chambers, and networking devices.
• Experience with diagnostic and investigative analysis.
• Ability to develop advanced test frameworks and embedded software; hardware-software integration.
• Over three years of programming experience in Python.
• Expertise with Linux operating systems.
• Understanding of reliability engineering principles.
• Ability to engage stakeholders and drive business outcomes.
• Openness to hybrid work, three days on-site per week, in Cracow.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, manage lifecycles, and document Akamai's server hardware platforms.
• Collaborate with vendors to evaluate pre-release hardware.
• Provide input on future product designs.
• Define and review architecture for next-generation platforms.
• Lead design reviews across electrical, mechanical, and firmware domains.
• Negotiate requirements and trade-offs with product and business teams.
• Anticipate system-level challenges including thermal, signal integrity, and compliance issues, and propose solutions.
• Oversee multi-vendor engagements and align them with roadmap goals.
• Manage hardware failure escalations and coordinate resolutions with OEM/ODM suppliers for deployed systems.
• Drive post-deployment analysis and feed feedback into design.
• Design servers and develop firmware for Akamai's distributed platform.

Skills

Python programming

Linux operating systems

Hardware lifecycle

Server hardware components

Embedded software development

Diagnostic analysis

Test framework development

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Thermal chambers

Networking devices

Job description

• Develop, validate, manage lifecycles, and document Akamai's server hardware platforms
• Collaborate with vendors to evaluate pre-release hardware
• Provide input on future product designs
• Define and review architecture for next-generation platforms
• Lead design reviews across electrical, mechanical, and firmware domains
• Negotiate requirements and trade-offs with product and business teams
• Anticipate system-level challenges including thermal, signal integrity, and compliance issues, and propose solutions
• Oversee multi-vendor engagements and align them with roadmap goals
• Manage hardware failure escalations and coordinate resolutions with OEM/ODM suppliers for deployed systems
• Drive post-deployment analysis and feed feedback into design
• Design servers and develop firmware for Akamai's distributed platform

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or a related discipline
• Experience across the full hardware development lifecycle, including pre-production sample evaluation, mass-production validation, and leading comprehensive validation strategies
• Expertise with server hardware components: Disk, RAM, NIC, and GPU, and their protocols (CompTIA Server+ level proficiency)
• Expertise operating lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, thermal chambers, and networking devices
• Experience conducting comprehensive diagnostic and investigative analysis
• Ability to develop advanced test frameworks and embedded software while supporting hardware-software integration
• Over three years of programming experience in Python
• Expertise with Linux operating systems
• Understanding of core principles of reliability engineering
• Expertise in shaping business outcomes through effective technical strategy
• Ability to present and engage effectively with stakeholders
• Openness to hybrid work, three days on-site per week, in Cracow

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in hardware development lifecycle management, including server hardware design, validation, and integration with a strong focus on reliability engineering and technical strategy. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive product outcomes and resolve complex system-level challenges.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Hardware Development Lifecycle Management
• Server Hardware Design
• Python Programming
• Linux Operating Systems
• Reliability Engineering

Hard Skills

• Server Hardware Components
• Embedded Software Development
• Test Framework Development
• Diagnostic Analysis
• Validation Strategies

Soft Skills

• Stakeholder Engagement
• Collaboration
• Negotiation

Certifications & Qualifications

• CompTIA Server+

Industry Keywords

• Akamai
• Firmware
• Multi-Vendor Engagements
• System-Level Challenges
• Product Design

Tools & Technologies

• Oscilloscopes
• Thermal Chambers
• Networking Devices