Senior Hardware Engineer - Hybrid Cracow Server Platforms

Akamai; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to design, qualify, validate, and document server hardware platforms for our global network. You will evaluate pre-release hardware, drive investigations, and contribute to firmware development across a platform with tens of thousands of servers.

You should have deep knowledge of computer architecture, hands-on debugging skills, and strong Linux proficiency. Hybrid work is available in Kraków, with on-site collaboration and occasional travel to

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of computer architecture and server hardware.
• Hands-on hardware debugging and system integration experience.
• Proficiency with Linux for engineering, diagnostics, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Qualify and validate server hardware platforms and components.
• Evaluate pre-production hardware and server architectures.
• Drive hardware and system-level investigations to resolution independently.
• Create and improve validation plans, test methodologies, tools, and documentation.
• Develop and maintain Python/Bash-based tools for hardware validation and automation.
• Collaborate with OEMs, ODMs, vendors, and internal teams.
• Provide input into platform and component selection.

Skills

Computer architecture

Linux

Hardware debugging

System integration

Python programming

Tools

Python

Linux

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to design, qualify, validate, and document server hardware platforms for our global network. You will evaluate pre-release hardware, drive investigations, and contribute to firmware development across a platform with tens of thousands of servers.

You should have deep knowledge of computer architecture, hands-on debugging skills, and strong Linux proficiency. Hybrid work is available in Kraków, with on-site collaboration and occasional travel to