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Hardware Network Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design, deploy, and operate lab network infrastructure supporting hardware development and validation programs.

Role type

Senior Hardware Network Engineer

Builds

Secure and scalable lab network environments for hardware prototyping and validation

Domain

Hardware engineering support / Data center networking

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Layer 2/L3 networking, VLAN segmentation, routing policies, IP address management, DHCP, DNS, PXE, firewall policies, zero-trust principles, root cause analysis, network planning, switch placement, cabling standards, monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, change management, vendor coordination, hardware-level troubleshooting, automation scripting, cloud networking, load balancing technologies

Preferred skills

Arista ACE Specialist+, Cisco CCNP Enterprise+, Linux/Windows system interaction, high-paced globally distributed environments

Technologies

Arista, Cisco, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Azure, AWS, GCP, NGINX, HAProxy

Responsibilities

Design and implement L2/L3 network topologies and security policies; Lead network planning for rack, row, and lab deployments; Troubleshoot complex connectivity issues across prototype hardware and lab networks; Partner with hardware engineering and security teams to translate requirements into network designs; Establish monitoring, alerting, and operational health practices; Coordinate vendor and third-party support for network hardware and spares; Participate in escalation/on-call rotation for critical lab network support

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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