Hardware Engineer IV

Insight Global is looking for a contract Electrical Hardware Engineer to work for one of the world’s leading technology companies. We are looking for a hands-on hardware test & validation engineer for the Wrist New Technology Introduction (NTI) team, responsible for bringing up new engineering dev boards (EDBs) and prototypes from bare board to a validated, functional state - power/rails, clocks, boot, and subsystem bring-up (BT/Wi-Fi SoC, camera, sensors, audio, RF) - and for building the bench automation and documentation that make results reproducible and hand-off-ready., Bring up EDBs / prototypes: current-limited power-on, rail verification and ripple, power-up sequencing, clock/reference validation, boot/console (UART or vendor debug), and subsystem checkout.

Design bench setups and automate measurements in Python (VISA/SCPI, serial): inrush, power sequencing, current profiling, rail ripple, and datalogging.

Characterize batteries and power delivery: cell chemistries, fuel-gauge configuration, discharge/cycle testing, brown-out/transient analysis, and battery emulation.

Validate signal integrity and sensors: EMG/biopotential capture and PSD analysis, SPI/comms-noise debug, passive-intermodulation (PIM) testing, and interposer/FPC bring-up.

Support PCB and packaging: impedance and capacitance characterization, coupon testing, design releases (Teamcenter), and contract-manufacturer / vendor coordination.

Own documentation and handoff: living bring-up docs, gated test plans, data dictionaries, and reproducible result packages; triage issues and hand them off clearly to firmware and EE partners.

BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.

• Demonstrated hardware bring-up / board-validation experience.

• Proficiency with lab instrumentation: DC power supplies/analyzers, source-measure units, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, and DMMs.

• Test automation and data analysis with Python (e.g., pyvisa/SCPI, pyserial).

• Ability to read schematics and datasheets and to debug power, clocks, resets, and digital communications.

• Strong written documentation and organized data management. - Experience with wearables, TWS, or small battery-powered SoC platforms.

• Familiarity with BT/Wi-Fi SoCs, MCUs, camera/MIPI, and sensors.

• Background in one or more of: battery/fuel-gauge, RF/antenna, or PCB signal-integrity / impedance.

• Firmware/debug tooling: SWD/JTAG (J-Link), USB-UART bridges (FTDI), vendor debug

• Comfort partnering across EE, ME, firmware, and CM/vendor teams in a fast-moving prototype environment.