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Senior Hardware Test Engineer

Senior Hardware Test Engineer

CompanyAurora Innovation
LocationMountain View, CA, USA
Salary$127000 – $204000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • Extensive experience in measuring, testing, analyzing, or designing electrical systems.
  • Experience with testing and characterizing communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, and MDIO.
  • Proficiency in using lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, electronic loads, VNA, TDR, and spectrum analyzers.
  • Strong knowledge of Electrical Engineering fundamentals.
  • Experience working in a Linux environment.
  • Ability to set up test stations with network configurations.
  • Extensive experience in hardware troubleshooting and FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis).
  • Knowledge of shell scripting and Python.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement test methodology for verifying and validating hardware operation of complex systems.
  • Work directly with Aurora’s HW and SW Embedded design engineering teams to create validation test plans, procedures, and reports.
  • Plan, evaluate, and purchase required test equipment for validation work in the lab.
  • Perform component, board, and system level electrical, functional and characterization measurements.
  • Deploy automated scripts/software to test systems, analyze data, and create test reports.
  • Investigate failure root cause and help drive product improvements.
  • Support hardware design team with bring-up, experiments/evaluations, and measurements.
  • Support and train junior team members with troubleshooting, measurements, and testing.
  • Presenting and documenting the test reports and test plans, review the schematic and HW architecture;
  • Directing junior-level and assisting senior-level engineers on various projects;
  • Setup a test rack with networking on linux based OS.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience on Lidar HW design and/or testing
  • Experience on ISO16750-2 testing
  • Proven experience in the product life cycle development process from concept to production.
  • Project management of complex systems
  • Familiar with EE design tools, such as schematic capture and layout.
  • Designing and prototyping test boards