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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr Staff Engineer, Factory Board Test (AI2502) - **Company:** SiMa Technologies, Inc. - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $155,400.0 - $248,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Network Analysis, Code Coverage, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Ethernet, Hardware Design, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), PCI Express, Signal Integrity, Strategies of Testing, USB, Data Logging, Data Management, Pcb Layout - **Published:** June 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c22ac602f5699d0c ## About the Role Do you have experience in Spectrum analyzer usage?, * Education & Experience: BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 12+ years of hardware engineering experience, including 7+ years dedicated to PCB board test development and architecture. * Test Methodology Expertise: Hands-on experience with In-Circuit Test (ICT), flying-probe, and functional board test across complex, high-layer-count PCBAs. * High-Speed Digital Interfaces: Strong understanding of high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen 3/4/5, DDR4/5, USB 3.x, Ethernet, MIPI CSI-2/D-PHY) and their test challenges at the board level. * Power Integrity & Signal Integrity: Experience testing and validating power delivery networks (PDN) and high-speed signal integrity on complex SoC-based boards. * DfT Skills: Demonstrated ability to drive DfT guidelines into PCB designs early in the design cycle * Test Software: Proficiency in Python (preferred) and/or C/C++ for automated test scripting, instrument control (SCPI/VISA), data analysis, and integration with MES/TDM systems. * Lab Instrumentation: Hands-on skill with bench instruments including oscilloscopes, signal/spectrum analyzers, power supplies, DMMs, logic analyzers, and JTAG debug probes. * Manufacturing Environment: Experience deploying and supporting test programs at contract manufacturers (CMs); knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC-7711) and SMT/PCB assembly processes is a plus. Test Equipment Proficiency: Practical experience programming and maintaining ATE platforms such as Teradyne TestStation/ICT, Keysight (Agilent) 3070, GenRad, or equivalent is a plus., Can-do attitude. Strong team player who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment. Curious, creative, and systematic in solving complex hardware problems. Execution and results-oriented with a strong sense of ownership across the full test lifecycle. Self-driven, thinks strategically about long-term testability, and is highly accountable. Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across hardware, software, and manufacturing teams. ## Description As Senior Staff Engineer, Factory Board Test, you will be a key technical leader within the Engineering team responsible for defining and driving the board-level test strategy for SiMa's MLSoC platform and associated printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs). You will architect end-to-end test solutions spanning Design for Testability (DfT), In-Circuit Test (ICT), and functional board test, ensuring robust manufacturing quality and accelerating hardware bring-up. Your work will directly impact product quality, time-to-market, and the long-term testability of SiMa's embedded edge AI platforms. Areas of Focus: Define, implement and maintain comprehensive PCB board test architectures for current functional test strategies. Develop automated test programs and fixtures, drive DfT guidelines with hardware design teams, and own test coverage analysis from prototype through high-volume manufacturing. Create a roadmap for ICT and DfT for higher volume manufacturing across multiple Contract Manufacturers (CMs)., * Board Test Architecture: Define and own the full board test strategy for complex, high-speed PCBAs, including selection and integration of ICT, flying-probe, and functional test methodologies where applicable. * DfT Collaboration: Partner with PCB layout and digital/analog hardware design teams early in the design cycle to embed testability features: test points, bed-of-nails access planning, and test pad placement rules. * Functional Board Test: Architect, implement and maintain functional test sequences (FT) executed via bench instruments and/or custom test fixtures to validate power delivery networks, clock domains, memory interfaces, high-speed I/O (PCIe, USB, Ethernet, MIPI), and SoC boot. * Test Fixture Design: Define electrical and mechanical requirements for bed-of-nails and/or custom functional test fixtures; work with fixture fabrication vendors through bring-up and qualification. * Test Software Development: Develop and maintain test software in Python and/or C/C++ for automated test execution, data logging, and analysis; integrate with manufacturing execution systems (MES) and test data management platforms. * ICT & Flying-Probe Programs: Develop fixture and probe-card specifications in collaboration with test equipment vendors as needed to support future high volume manufacturing tests. * Failure Analysis & Debug: Lead board-level failure analysis using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, and network analyzers; produce detailed failure reports and drive root-cause and corrective action (RCCA) with hardware and layout teams. * Test Coverage & Metrics: Define fault coverage targets, track test escapes, and continuously improve test coverage; produce yield and defect rate reports for manufacturing reviews. * NPI & Sustaining Support: Drive test readiness from prototype (EVT/DVT/PVT) through mass production; support contract manufacturers (CMs) with test program transfers, training, and ongoing sustaining engineering. ## Related Videos - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [The Gashlycrumb Tinies of AI Networking You Must Know (or Languish!)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2067-the-gashlycrumb-tinies-of-ai-networking-you-must-know-or-languish) - [Prototyping with Hardware and the Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/651-prototyping-with-hardware-and-the-web) - [The Billion Dollar Machine: First Time Right.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/393-the-billion-dollar-machine-first-time-right) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Project Fugu: Extending the web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/832-project-fugu-extending-the-web) ## Related Articles - [The 8 Best Code Testing Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/402-the-8-best-code-testing-tools) - [Should senior developers refuse interview coding challenges?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/29-should-senior-developers-refuse-interview-coding-challenges) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)