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# Principal Hardware Engineer (NEXTEST, San Jose,CA / Tualatin, OR)

- **Company:** Teradyne Inc.
- **Location:** Tualatin, OR, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $175,300.0 - $280,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Adobe InDesign, Dynamic Random-Access Memory, Flash Memory, Pcb Layout, Ansys
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3bcfadcf55f87ba9

## About the Role

We seek individuals who share our passion and determination. Our commitment to customer success drives us to go the extra mile. If you're ready to join us in this mission, take a closer look at the minimum criteria for the position.

 * The candidate will have 10+ years of experience as a circuit design engineer, with experience designing digital and analog board-level circuitry.
 * High-Speed Design techniques.
 * Knowledge of Thermal & Mechanical fundamentals
 * Relevant PCB layout experience to guide CAD personnel
 * Experience with circuit simulation tools (e.g., SPICE, ADS, Ansys)
 * Strong communications skills. Ability to work with geographically dispersed multifunctional teams is important
 * Desire to take on project leadership
 * Proven ability to lead junior engineers
 * Self-Starter, * BSEE, MSEE or equivalent

## Description

You will join a group of dedicated, enthusiastic, and dynamic team players in the 'Memory Tester' Business Unit. Here, we design IC testers for the DRAM and FLASH memory market.
As a Hardware Circuit design Engineer, you will be responsible for concept-through-production design of analog and digital instruments for automated test equipment. The engineer will perform a variety of complex activities covering the design of new products, investigating customer-reported problems for root cause analysis, and implementing improvements in design, test, and/or operations.


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