Six Figure Work

Hardware Engineer

DDN

Company websiteddn.com (DDN, opens in new tab)

Base salary $100K  to $120K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in United States

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  • LocationUnited States
  • WorkplaceOn-site
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (3 h ago) · observed since

About this job

We are seeking a hands-on Platform Engineer to support the deployment, validation, and operation of large-scale solutions. This role focuses on system bring-up, hardware and firmware validation, and operational reliability across storage, compute, and networking infrastructure.

You will work closely with senior engineers to ensure systems are correctly configured, stable, and performant: from BIOS settings and firmware versions to OS behavior and device health.

What You’ll Do

  • Perform system bring-up and validation, including BIOS configuration, firmware updates, and OS-level checks.

  • Configure and verify platform settings (BIOS, BMC, OS) to ensure systems meet performance, reliability and consistency standards.

  • Execute and validate firmware updates across components, including NVMe drives, NICs, and system firmware.

  • Identify and troubleshoot issues related to:

  • Device initialization and visibility.

  • Firmware mismatches or upgrade failures.

  • Misconfigurations impacting performance or stability.

  • Understand, define and test procedures for:

  • Drive swaps and rebuilds.

  • Data integrity and system health checks.

  • Minimizing impact to running systems.

  • Monitor and validate storage device health, including basic performance characteristics and failure indicators.

  • Work with Linux systems to verify configuration, collect diagnostics, and assist in debugging issues.

  • Collaborate with senior engineers to escalate and help triage complex cross-layer issues.

  • Contribute to documentation and standardization of bring-up, validation, and operational procedures.

What will you bring to DDN

  • 5+ years of experience in systems, infrastructure, or platform-focused engineering roles.

  • Comfortable working directly with hardware and firmware, including BIOS, BMC, and device-level tools.

  • Solid understanding of Linux systems administration and troubleshooting.

  • Familiarity with storage and networking fundamentals (NVMe, NICs, basic I/O concepts).

  • Experience performing and supporting firmware updates, with awareness of risk and failure scenarios.

  • Good scripting skills; familiarity with Go is a plus.

  • Strong attention to detail, able to verify configurations and catch subtle issues.

  • Willingness to learn and grow into deeper system, performance, and debugging responsibilities.

  • Curiosity about why systems perform the way they do: investigate, rather than just run scripts blindly.

Source: DDN on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($100,000) is above 0% of the 186 Engineering (non-software) roles in Colorado listed on this site; 3 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $129,488; the middle half runs from $113,941 to $144,179.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live DDN roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live DDN roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Hardware Engineer (this listing)$100K - $120K
Senior Revenue Accountant$110K - $125K
QA Engineer II$110K - $140K
Technical Account Manager$128K - $154K
Senior Manager, Business Operations$130K - $190K
Senior Accountant$130K - $165K
Senior Analyst/Manager, Product Finance$130K - $190K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All DDN roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

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  2. Began meeting the published-salary criteria
Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-09-24
Where this pay comes from

Location as the employer wrote it: Wheat Ridge Office

USD 100,000 – 120,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary

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