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Senior Hardware Engineer - Cambridge MA Company Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Federal Contractor Location Helena, MT

Date Posted 09/23/2026

Description Are you excited about building the next generation of cloud servers? Do you enjoy hands-on hardware bring-up? Join our Server Team! Our Hardware Engineering team designs, qualifies, and scales the server platforms that power Akamai Cloud. We partner closely with OEM/ODM manufacturers to deliver reliable, efficient, and secure platforms from concept through global deployment. Partner with the best You will develop new server platforms optimized for cloud workloads, and GPU-accelerated configurations for AI inference. You will be at the forefront of the server lifecycle managing architecture, design for manufacturability, bring-up, validation, and release ensuring our platforms meet demanding performance, cost, and reliability targets. As a Senior Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for Owning platform development forpute and GPU servers. Defining requirements, review schematics/layouts, guide DFM, and drive platform NPI from

EVT DVT PVT MP.

Leading bring-up and debug of boards and systems (power, thermal, storage, networking, manageability) Developing and execute validation plans, root-cause issues across

HW/FW/SW.

Collaborating with partners (OEM/ODM, silicon, andponent suppliers) to develop platform configurations that balance performance, efficiency, supply continuity, and TCO. Managingponent firmware/BIOS/OpenBMC feature sets (performance/power/thermal, secure boot, provisioning, telemetry) Qualifying key technologies PCIe Gen5/Gen6 GPUs, CPUs, NICs, DPUs, NVMe drives, DRAM. Designing and validating GPU platforms including PCIe/NVLink/UALink topologies, power/thermal envelopes, and reliability considerations for GPUs. Do what you love To be successful in this role you will Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or a related field Have a foundation in server architecture and board-level design/debug. Comfortable with low-level buses and tools (IC, SPI, UART, oscilloscopes). Have practical experience with platform validation (power/thermal, signal integrity, storage and PCIe/NVMe qualification, system stress). Be proficient in Linux and scripting (Python, Bash). Ability to automate tests, parse logs, and build data-driven reports. Have a track record of vendor management. Translating requirements into clear specifications, negotiating trade-offs, and holding partners accountable to schedule and quality. Have excellent written and verbalmunication skills, including beingfortable speaking in a group setting This role will require your presence in our Cambridge office 5 days a week. Applicants should be aware that this office attendance will be required. About us At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone. Our focus is simple Cloud and Edge Running apps closer to users for instant performance. Security Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data. Content Delivery Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch. AI Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform. At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works. Benefits at Akamai We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. (akamai/careers/working-at-akamai?utm\source=akamai&utm\medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits) FlexBase adapts to your job's needs Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show ourmitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees w to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work. We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best at home, in an office, or abination of both. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like! Compensation Akamai ismitted to fair and equitablepensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $121,400 - $218,600/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. Thepensation package may also include incentivepensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan,pany holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements . Equal Employment Opportunity Rights Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.