Systems Engineer — Hardware Integration

Job overview

The Systems Engineer — Hardware Integration role is remote, with the listing associated with San Francisco, CA. Compensation is $100–$120 per hour. Mercor connects technical talent with leading AI research labs. The role applies hands-on systems, integration, reliability, and test engineering expertise to evaluate complex physical products and hardware systems. It contributes rigorous technical analysis and feedback on requirements, interfaces, verification, testing, reliability, and production workflows.

What you'll do

• Review system requirements, interfaces, integration plans, verification strategies, test procedures, qualification approaches, reliability analyses, and manufacturing test workflows
• analyze interactions across electrical, mechanical, firmware/software, thermal, controls, and manufacturing domains
• diagnose integration failures and identify root causes, interface issues, design deficiencies, reliability risks, manufacturing defects, and test coverage gaps
• develop or review engineering problems, reference solutions, test cases, verification criteria, failure analyses, and technical documentation
• and provide feedback grounded in hardware development, testing, and production experience.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

systems engineer

hardware integration

remote

san francisco ca

systems engineering

reliability engineering

test engineering

verification and validation

failure analysis

root-cause analysis

manufacturing test

$100–$120/hr

mercor

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting seeks 5+ years of relevant professional experience, including at least 3 years of recent hands-on hardware integration, test, validation, qualification, failure analysis, manufacturing test, or troubleshooting experience.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.