--- title: Hardware Systems Test Engineer, Networking, Platforms description: Hardware Systems Test Engineer, Networking, Platforms Infrastructure Engineering at Google. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/hardware-systems-test-engineer-networking-platforms-infrastructure-engineering-at-google-01a1d444-034d-7e37-8b81-267498819b9b date: 2026-11-13T12:17:46Z og_description: Join Google as Hardware Systems Test Engineer, Networking, Platforms Infrastructure Engineering in Sunnyvale, CA. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/ryscz9.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Sunnyvale, CA | | **Salary** | $132K/yr - $189K/yr | | **Posted** | Nov 13, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Google sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 9,179 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Google. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $168,000 – $235,000 a year (median $200,000). ## Description Platforms Infrastructure Engineering (PIE) delivers high-performance compute, storage, and networking hardware infrastructure powering next-generation system platforms. As a Hardware Test Engineer within PIE, you will lead the validation, bring-up, and qualification of complex hardware systems from early design phase prototypes to deployment readiness. In this role, you will partner closely with silicon designers, system architects, and network test engineers. You will help drive rigorous validation plans, isolate, troubleshoot and debug board-level and system-level anomalies, and build automated testbeds to ensure our platform infrastructure meets high standards for performance, efficiency, and reliability. Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of Google users.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $132000 - $189000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about [benefits at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/). - Help design and build complex system-level testbeds and maintain lab space, tools and infrastructure. - Diagnose hardware, silicon, and system level issues using software tools to isolate root causes across hardware, firmware, and signal interfaces. - Design and maintain automated test scripts and automation tools to enable continuous validation and regression coverage. Generate implementation plans and provide technical expertise and guidance during deployment activities. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address hardware bugs, and ensure seamless resolution. - Anticipate and resolve problems by applying knowledge and skills, escalating design, manufacturing and product test issues to other people within the organization when appropriate. ### Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degreein Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 2 years of experience working in a hardware or data center technical environment. - 2 years of experience with Linux, networking, network troubleshooting, failure analysis. - Experience with diagnosis, data center server, debugging/troubleshooting. ### Preferred qualifications: - Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline. - 5 years of validation engineering experience focused on hyperscale servers, high-performance computing, or data center platform infrastructure. - Proven experience building automated hardware test suites and integrating test benches into continuous integration (CI/CD) pipelines. - Strong cross-functional technical leadership skills with a proven track record of driving complex hardware anomalies to resolution. - Bachelor's degreein Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 2 years of experience working in a hardware or data center technical environment. - 2 years of experience with Linux, networking, network troubleshooting, failure analysis. - Experience with diagnosis, data center server, debugging/troubleshooting. ## Skills - Debugging - Technical Leadership - Test Bench Design - Software Deployment - Automation - Data Centers - Network Troubleshooting - Hardware Testing - Regression Analysis - CI/CD - Computer Engineering - Computer Science - Driving - Linux - Electrical Engineering - Firmware ## Related - [More jobs at Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Engineering jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Electrical Engineering jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering/electrical-engineering?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Hardware Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering/electrical-engineering/hardware-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Hardware Validation / Test Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering/electrical-engineering/hardware-engineer/hardware-validation-test-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260844 jobs - [Technology, Information and Internet](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/technology-information-and-internet?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 11855 jobs - [Sunnyvale, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/sunnyvale?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 5863 jobs - [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 3880 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260844 jobs - [Technology, Information and Internet](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/technology-information-and-internet?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 11855 jobs - [Sunnyvale, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/sunnyvale?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 5863 jobs - [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 3880 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)