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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Hardware Engineer (Teradyne, Oregon) - **Company:** Teradyne Inc. - **Location:** Tualatin, OR, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $175,300.0 - $280,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software Debugging, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Design of User Interfaces, Hardware Design, Routing, Release Management, Systems Integration, Control Structures, Reliability of Systems - **Published:** July 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/6220F650E97A4E189E6F1247C2087E4E/job/ ## About the Role * 12+ years of experience in power electronics, high-current power delivery, or instrumentation hardware design. * Strong expertise in switching power supplies, multiphase regulators, linear regulators, and power-stage design. * Experience with power integrity, transient analysis, and compensation/stability design. * Proficiency with SPICE simulation, PDN modeling tools, and PCB design tools. * Hands-on experience with power measurement equipment and high-current test setups. * Strong analytical and debugging skills. * Experience designing power-delivery modules for ATE instrumentation. * Knowledge of dynamic voltage scaling, digital power control, and telemetry systems. * Familiarity with high-current connectors, cabling, and low-impedance mechanical design. * Understanding of thermal modeling, heatsink design, and system-level thermal constraints. * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field. ## Description The Senior Hardware Engineer in the hardware group is responsible for designing, developing, and validating high-current, high-power sourcing and switching hardware used in semiconductor automated test equipment. This role focuses on power delivery architecture, fast transient response, load regulation, protection systems, thermal management, and system-level integration to support advanced SoCs, FPGAs, high-power devices, and complex test conditions. The engineer owns power-delivery modules from concept through production release and collaborates across hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test engineering teams. Power Delivery Architecture & Design * Architect and design high-current power delivery modules (from mA to 100+ A) for ATE systems. * Develop fast-response voltage/current sourcing circuits optimized for dynamic load conditions, droop control, and transient performance. * Implement advanced power-stage topologies (buck, multiphase, linear, hybrid) tailored for semiconductor test environments. * Design for wide operating ranges, including high-voltage rails, low-voltage/high-current rails, and dynamic voltage scaling. Power Integrity & Transient Performance * Optimize power integrity across the full PDN (instrumentation * cabling * loadboard * DUT). * Model and mitigate droop, overshoot, ringing, and ground bounce under fast load steps. * Perform simulation and analysis of loop stability, compensation networks, and transient response. * Ensure compliance with DUT power-up sequencing, ramp rates, and timing constraints. Protection, Reliability & Safety * Design robust protection systems including OCP, OVP, OTP, short-circuit protection, and fault-isolation mechanisms. * Implement fast fault-response circuits to protect sensitive DUTs and ATE hardware. * Conduct reliability analysis, derating studies, and thermal modeling for long-term stability. * Support HALT/HASS, stress testing, and failure-mode investigations. Switching, Routing & Load Management * Develop efficient high-current solutions for routing power to multiple DUT pins or sites. * Engineer low-impedance, low-loss paths for high-current delivery with attention to thermal and mechanical constraints. * Collaborate with mechanical teams on heatsinking, airflow, and thermal interface design. Bring-Up, Debug & Validation * Lead bring-up of new power-delivery modules, performing root-cause analysis of analog, digital, and mixed-signal issues. * Execute characterization plans for load regulation, transient response, efficiency, thermal behavior, and fault handling. * Use advanced lab equipment (power analyzers, high-bandwidth scopes, current probes, electronic loads) to validate performance. ATE System Integration * Ensure power-delivery modules meet ATE system-level requirements for timing, triggering, synchronization, and software control. * Collaborate with firmware teams on control loops, telemetry, calibration, and fault-reporting algorithms. * Create and use ATE test programs to validate instrument and system level designs. * Support integration with loadboards, probecards, and DUT power-delivery networks. Cross-Functional Collaboration * Work with product engineering, test engineering, and silicon teams to define power-delivery requirements for new devices. * Provide technical mentorship and contribute to power-delivery design standards and best practices. ## Related Videos - [Quantum Computing - The tiny and the big challenges](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/934-quantum-computing-the-tiny-and-the-big-challenges) - [Creating a routing app with Google Maps API from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/831-creating-a-routing-app-with-google-maps-api-from-scratch) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [How to Domain Model – An example from manufacturing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/742-how-to-domain-model-an-example-from-manufacturing) ## Related Articles - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)