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# Hardware Engineer IV

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $176,800.0 - $187,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Data Transmissions, Data Dictionary, Software Debugging, Firmware, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), Signal Integrity, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Wi-Fi Technology, Hardware Testing, Ripple (payment Protocol), Data Management, Wearables, Teamcenter (Software)
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3369522044&tx=HT8074THV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

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.

## Description

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.


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