Senior Hardware Infrastructure Engineer

About the role

The Senior Hardware Infrastructure Engineer – GSE owns the design, build, deployment, and sustainment of ground support hardware infrastructure used to support development, validation, troubleshooting, and production support of complex aerospace electronics and power systems. This role is highly hands-on and spans rack-level hardware architecture, instrumentation integration, power distribution, harness and cable development, fixture design, configuration control, and cross-disciplinary debugging.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy ground support equipment (GSE) infrastructure including equipment racks, bench systems, fixtures, breakout hardware, adapter panels, and support hardware.
• Develop rack-level hardware architectures including instrumentation layout, power distribution, cable management, grounding, thermal considerations, and serviceability.
• Develop custom cable harnesses, interconnect assemblies, and hardware interface solutions.
• Integrate laboratory instrumentation including oscilloscopes, DAQs, DMMs, programmable power supplies, electronic loads, switching systems, network hardware, and specialized test equipment.
• Support development, validation, and troubleshooting of aerospace electronics including embedded computer systems, FPGA-based hardware, digital interfaces, and power electronics.
• Troubleshoot issues spanning wiring, grounding, signal integrity, instrumentation behavior, power distribution, mechanical fit-up, connectorization, and hardware integration.
• Develop reusable hardware infrastructure that supports scalable engineering validation, production support, and automated engineering workflows.
• Own bills of material (BOMs), rack documentation, wiring diagrams, interface documentation, inventory tracking, calibration readiness, and hardware configuration control.
• Assist in selecting COTS instrumentation, electrical hardware, interconnect components, and mechanical hardware to support engineering and production needs.
• Partner with electrical, embedded software, FPGA, systems, and automation engineering teams to support efficient development and debugging workflows.
• Maintain safe lab practices including ESD controls, wiring discipline, grounding practices, and safe operation of powered systems.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of related experience (OR 4+ years of experience with a Master’s degree OR 10+ years in lieu of a degree)
• Hands-on experience with equipment racks, harnessing, wiring, instrumentation integration, and hardware assembly.
• Experience with laboratory instrumentation including oscilloscopes, DAQs, DMMs, programmable power supplies, loads, and switching systems.
• Experience developing technical documentation including BOMs, wiring documentation, interface definitions, inventory records, or configuration-controlled hardware documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across electrical, mechanical, and hardware integration domains.
• Familiarity with embedded electronics, hardware interfaces, serial communications, and practical debug methodologies.
• Ability to independently own hardware projects from concept through deployment.
• Strong organizational, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability engineering environments.
• Experience supporting aerospace electronics, FPGA-based systems, embedded hardware, power electronics, or similar complex technical hardware.
• Familiarity with custom fixture development, rapid prototyping, or mechanical integration activities.
• Experience with CAD tools for rack layouts, harness design, fixture development, or mechanical packaging.
• Familiarity with Python-based automation, instrument control, or automation-ready hardware environments.
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC, grounding practices, ESD protection, and high-reliability hardware design considerations.