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# Sr. Hardware Engineer (Teradyne, Oregon)

- **Company:** Teradyne Inc.
- **Location:** Tualatin, OR, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $141,400.0 - $226,200.0
- **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:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3466460612&tx=DT10596UYT&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

* 8- 10+ 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.