Senior Hardware Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

This individual will play a critical role in the development and lifecycle of Netezzas product offerings.

• Develop and execute detailed hardware electrical tests from component level on up to system level testing. Ensure conformance to internal design functional specifications as well as component and ANSI/IEEE standards.
• Perform electrical product evaluations and reliability studies using accelerated testing techniques on components, circuit boards, sub-assemblies and 3rd party products.
• Perform detailed failure analysis which will include problem tracking / recording, root cause / failure analysis and recommending corrective actions.
• Perform continuous quality improvement activities including analyzing trends and providing process improvement recommendations.
• Work with a cross functional team (software, hardware, manufacturing and customer support) to create test processes, test specifications, test cases for integration, regression, alpha, beta and production testing.
• Assemble and compile hardware test plans per input from internal inter-disciplinary teams.
• Setup and maintain HW test platform configurations for testing. Demonstrate technical leadership and provide consultation / guidance on complex projects and issues.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills, be able to work both independently and as part of a team and thrive on technical challenges.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities, in a fast paced environment while working as part of a team.

Qualifications:

• This position requires 5-10 years of experience in Hardware Test Engineering.
• BSEE or BSEET degree.
• Ideal candidate will have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, as well as excellent written, documentation and verbal communication skills.
• Extensive experience in writing and execution of test plans for the verification and validation of designs of electronic and electromechanical assemblies and systems.
• An understanding of system level testing, build management including source control, defect tracking from product conception to release to manufacturing.
• Experience in environmental testing of products (temperature, vibration, voltage margining, frequency margining).
• Experience determining operational and performance limitations of products.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, logic/spectrum analyzers, and data acquisition tools.
• Experienced in high volume manufacture environments a plus.
• Experience testing on Linux based platforms.
• Experience identifying and developing automated test suites.
• Knowledge of test automation tools used by HW test engineers such as Labview and Visual basic.
• Ability to travel approximately 5-10% annually.

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