Hardware Validation Engineer

• 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 electrical and functional 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 bringup, experiments/evaluations, and measurements.
• Support and train junior team members with troubleshooting, measurements, and testing.

• BS or MS in Electrical or equivalent engineering field
• Extensive experience in testing, analysis, or design of electrical systems.
• Experience in communication protocols, such as I2C, SPI, UART, and MDIO.
• Experience in measuring and qualifying high speed buses, such as PCIe, DDR, SATA, USB, and Networking.
• Experience in using lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes, E-loads, VNA, TDR, and spectrum analyzer.
• Strong knowledge of Electrical Engineering fundamentals

Desirable Qualifications

• Proven experience in the product life cycle development process from concept to production.
• Familiar with Python or other scripting languages.
• Project management of complex systems
• Familiar with EE design tools, such as schematic capture and layout