Data Center Hardware Engineer - Equity & Bonus

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 118,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design, develop, and validate server and rack-level hardware for its global data center fleet. You will guide architecture, select components, and lead validation across the full hardware lifecycle.

In this role, you will work with mechanical, electrical, thermal, and firmware teams to ensure performance, reliability, and efficiency at hyperscale. Join a team driving next-gen infrastructure hardware.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 2+ years industry experience.
• 2+ years data center system equipment bring-up or complex consumer devices.
• 2+ years PCB design with high-speed interfaces (integrated & discrete).
• 2+ years end-to-end enabling, design, deployment of multiple product generations.
• 2+ years working with SI and Power as a board owner for PCBA high-speed interfaces.
• 2+ years hardware bring-up, validation, characterization of compute/storage/networking platforms.
• Experience with system-level hardware architecture incl. power, thermal, SI, or interconnects.
• Experience reading schematics, specifications, and datasheets.
• Experience collaborating with ODMs/CMs through development & qualification.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop server, rack, and infrastructure hardware systems for large-scale data center deployment.
• Define hardware architecture and system-level specifications with cross-disciplinary teams.
• Lead component evaluation and selection including processors, memory, storage, power, and interconnects.
• Conduct hardware bring-up, validation, and characterization of prototype systems.
• Develop and execute hardware validation tests covering performance, reliability, thermal, and power integrity.
• Analyze failure modes and drive root-cause investigations.
• Collaborate with supply chain, contract manufacturers, and ODM partners for manufacturability reviews.
• Contribute to hardware design reviews with specs, schematics, and test reports.
• Work with data center operations to ensure designs meet scale requirements.
• Track milestones, communicate risks, and drive resolution with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Server hardware design

PCB design (high-speed interfaces)

System-level hardware architecture

Power delivery and thermal management

Signal integrity analysis

Schematic reading & interpretation

Collaboration with ODMs/CMs

Data center hardware bring-up

Education

BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering (preferred)

Tools

EDA tools

PCIe/CXL/DDR/SAS/SATA/I2C data buses

High-speed oscilloscope & logic analyzer

Job description

Meta is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design, develop, and validate server and rack-level hardware for its global data center fleet. You will guide architecture, select components, and lead validation across the full hardware lifecycle.

In this role, you will work with mechanical, electrical, thermal, and firmware teams to ensure performance, reliability, and efficiency at hyperscale. Join a team driving next-gen infrastructure hardware.