Hardware Engineer

Insight Global (United States); Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) options

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Hardware Engineer/Maintainer in Longmont, CO to support a major aerospace and defense program. The role involves owning hardware maintenance, integration into racks and facilities, and support across ground systems and space-sensitive infrastructure.

Ideal candidates bring 7–9+ years of hardware/systems experience, strong troubleshooting, and the ability to work with customers and engineering teams on technically challenging problems.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance + ability to obtain TS/SCI
• 7–9+ years of relevant hardware/systems experience
• Hardware engineering, integration, operations & maintenance
• Network, communications, antenna, or ground systems experience
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
• Experience with technical documentation, specifications, testing, and vendor evaluation

Responsibilities

• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot outages
• Perform hardware maintenance and rack/cabinet/workstation integration
• Support research, design, development and testing of COTS and custom hardware
• Work with customers and engineering teams to solve challenging problems

Skills

Hardware engineering

Systems integration

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Vendor evaluation

Job description

Hardware Engineer/Maintainer | Space & Defense | Longmont, CO

I’m recruiting for a Hardware Engineer/Maintainer supporting a major aerospace and defense organization on a next-generation space program in Longmont, CO.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work on high-visibility, mission-critical space infrastructure while joining a program with long-term stability. You’ll support next-generation ground systems that play an important role in national security, working across computing hardware, networks, communications, antenna infrastructure, and complex system integration.

Day to day, you’ll monitor system performance, troubleshoot and restore outages, perform hardware maintenance, integrate equipment into racks/cabinets/workstations and facilities, and support the research, design, development, and testing of COTS and custom hardware.

We’re looking for someone who can independently take ownership of challenging technical problems and work directly with customers and engineering teams.

Ideal background:

• Active Secret clearance + ability to obtain TS/SCI
• 7–9+ years of relevant hardware/systems experience
• Hardware engineering, integration, operations & maintenance
• Network, communications, antenna, or ground systems experience
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
• Experience with technical documentation, specifications, testing, and vendor evaluation

Why consider it?

• Work supporting an established leader in the aerospace & national security space
• Long-term contract through February 2028
• Opportunity to support sophisticated next-generation space technology
• $60–$90/hr based on experience
• Medical benefits + 401(k) options

If you’re a cleared hardware engineer looking for a technically challenging program with long-term runway,