Test Engineer

The Hardware/Product Safety Test Engineer is responsible for planning, developing, executing, and automating test strategies to verify and validate electronic hardware designs. This role works closely with hardware design, firmware, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure products meet functional, performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle, from prototype through production release.

• Developing and executing comprehensive test plans for electronic hardware, including PCB assemblies, subsystems, and complete products.
• Designing, building, and maintaining hardware test setups, fixtures, and test equipment.
• Performing functional, electrical, performance, stress, and environmental testing.
• Debugging and troubleshooting hardware failures at the component, board, and system levels.
• Collaborating with hardware design engineers to review schematics, layouts, and design changes from a testability and reliability perspective.
• Developing automated test scripts and tools to improve test coverage, repeatability, and efficiency.
• Documenting test procedures, results, failure analysis, and corrective actions.
• Supporting design verification (DVT), production validation (PVT), and manufacturing bring-up activities.
• Assisting with regulatory, safety, and compliance testing (e.g., EMC/EMI, ESD, thermal, safety).
• Providing feedback and recommendations to improve design robustness, manufacturability, and testability.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience testing electronic hardware.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital circuits, power systems, and embedded hardware.
• Proficiency with common lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, signal generators, DMMs).
• Experience reading and interpreting schematics, PCB layouts, and datasheets.
• Familiarity with 60601-1 standards and how standards differ from US to EU.
• Product Safety Test Practical Experience - particularly 60601-1 compliance testing experience.
• Familiarity with common test equipment used in 60601-1 compliance testing (AC Withstand Voltage Tester, HIPOT Tester, Electrical Safety Analyzer, Calipers, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with hardware debugging and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with test automation using Python, Shell/Command-line scripting, or similar tools preferred.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, firmware interaction, and communication protocols (I²C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet, etc.) preferred.
• Experience with manufacturing test development and production support preferred.
• Knowledge of reliability testing, environmental testing, and failure analysis methods preferred.
• Exposure to regulatory standards (FCC, CE, UL, IEC) preferred.
• NO C2C CANDIDATES

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