Role & Responsibilities:
* Participates on a project team of engineers involved in the specification, design, development and test of hardware. Defines the unit and system level test processes and procedures
* Responsible for unit and system level test architecture design (what to test and how to test to exercise all the components on a board). Writes complete unit and system level test plans for an entire product family
* Performs complex system level unit and integration test. Debug/Mitigate complex system level problems
* Interfaces with Customer Eng., Marketing, and Sales to understand customer problems and requirements to continually improve internal engineering test methodologies and test cases
* This engineer will work closely with hardware design engineers, software/diagnostic engineers and manufacturing test engineers to determine a product test strategy, develop the necessary scripts, test the products and drive any issues to resolution for successful release to manufacturing
* Leverage automation to implement test strategy & improve productivity
* Test product’s compliance to internal specs as well as industry standards
* Provide detailed issue mitigation & drive issues to closure
* Document test plans, procedures, & test reports
* Help root cause field issues & support customer escalation
Minimum Qualifications:
* BSEE/CE with 2-4 years of experience or MSEE/CE with 1-2 years experience. AA degree with relevant experience can also be considered
* Hands on experience with electrical test & measurement equipment
* TCL or similar Scripting experience is a plus
Desired Skills:
* Knowledge of fundamental hardware blocks & subsystems – CPU/microcontrollers, LVDS signaling, PCIe, USB, clocking, basic signal integrity & power issues
* Excellent hardware debugging skills and script development/debug skills.
* Ability to widely apply networking principles, theories and field concepts to product test
* Ability to draw parallels between hardware architecture and OSI networking fundamentals
* Extensive experience with instrument control & automation
* Sound troubleshooting & diagnostic methodology
* Good written & verbal communication skills
* Ability to work well with others – both internal & external teams
* Ability to learn things quickly & adapt to a dynamic, fast paced work environment
* A “can do” attitude, independent thinking, & ability to articulate complex technical issues in an effective manner
Qualified candidates should send their resume and application to: hr@ptecsolutions.com