Hardware and engineering jobs

• Hardware engineer519 jobsDesigns chips, circuit boards and the electronics inside devices.
• Electrical engineer478 jobsDesigns power systems, wiring, batteries and radio parts.
• Mechanical engineer526 jobsDesigns the physical parts of a product: housings, mechanisms, cooling.
• Robotics and autonomy308 jobsBuilds machines that sense the world and move by themselves, from warehouse robots to self-driving cars.
• Aerospace engineer675 jobsDesigns and operates aircraft, rockets and satellites.
• Optics and photonics126 jobsDesigns lenses, lasers and light sensors for cameras, satellites and chips.
• Materials and process engineer127 jobsChooses the materials a product is made of and designs the steps that make it.
• Manufacturing and quality859 jobsTurns a design into products made in numbers, and checks that each one is built right.
• Test and validation engineer434 jobsProves that hardware works as designed, under heat, vibration and long use.
• Technician1,042 jobsBuilds, installs, repairs and maintains equipment by hand.
• Field service and operations388 jobsWorks at customer sites: installs, starts up and repairs equipment where it is used.
• Civil engineering and construction378 jobsPlans and builds sites and buildings: factories, data centers, launch pads.
• Energy and sustainability187 jobsWorks on power: generating it, storing it, and using less of it.
• Operators and drivers163 jobsRuns machines, vehicles or a control room, usually in shifts.

• SSpaceX1,339
• RRocket Lab263
• LLucid Motors167
• SSaronic141
• AAstranis102
• XxAI101
• AAcorn Health91
• TTrue Anomaly88
• AARCO/Murray National Construction86
• FFinni Health86
• VVarda Space Industries81
• SSkydio76

• 🇺🇸United States4,477
• 🇺🇸California1,910
• 🇺🇸Texas913
• 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area700
• 🇺🇸Los Angeles683
• 🇪🇺Europe212
• 🇺🇸Seattle204
• 🇺🇸Austin174
• 🌏Asia-Pacific150
• 🇺🇸New York136

A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Which jobs count as hardware and engineering?

Designing and building physical things: chips, machines, vehicles, rockets. On Hiring Right Now that is 14 kinds of work: Hardware engineer, Electrical engineer, Mechanical engineer, Robotics and autonomy, Aerospace engineer, Optics and photonics, Materials and process engineer, Manufacturing and quality, Test and validation engineer, Technician, Field service and operations, Civil engineering and construction, Energy and sustainability, Operators and drivers.

How many hardware and engineering jobs are open right now?

There are 5,039 open hardware and engineering jobs at 252 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 318 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.

Which companies have the most hardware and engineering jobs?

Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (1,339), Rocket Lab (263), Lucid Motors (167), Saronic (141) and Astranis (102). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.

Are there remote hardware and engineering jobs?

164 of the 5,039 open hardware and engineering jobs (3%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.

What do hardware and engineering jobs pay?

The median advertised salary is $160K, based on 2,088 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $125K and $200K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.

How do I apply for hardware and engineering jobs?

Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

• SSpaceX1,339
• RRocket Lab263
• LLucid Motors167
• SSaronic141
• AAstranis102
• XxAI101
• AAcorn Health91
• TTrue Anomaly88
• AARCO/Murray National Construction86
• FFinni Health86
• VVarda Space Industries81
• SSkydio76