Hardware Engineer (Teradyne, Oregon)

Teradyne•Tualatin, OR

About The Position

Teradyne is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to design, develop, and validate high-current, high-power sourcing and switching hardware for semiconductor automated test equipment (ATE). This role involves a focus on design verification, power delivery, transient response, regulation, protection, thermal management, and system integration for advanced SoCs, FPGAs, and other high-power devices. The engineer will be responsible for power-delivery modules from concept to production release, working closely with cross-functional teams including hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test engineering. Key activities include leading the bring-up, design verification, and lab characterization of these modules, utilizing various measurement tools to test design assumptions and performance. The role also entails designing protection and fault-response systems, conducting reliability analysis, and collaborating with firmware teams on control and telemetry. Ensuring modules meet ATE requirements for timing, triggering, synchronization, and software control is crucial, as is developing test programs and supporting integration with other test hardware. The engineer will also partner with product, test, and silicon engineering teams to define requirements, mentor colleagues, and contribute to design standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
8–10+ years of experience in power electronics, high-current power delivery, or instrumentation hardware design.
Experience with power integrity, transient analysis, and compensation and stability design.
Proficiency with SPICE simulation, power-delivery-network modeling, and PCB design tools.
Hands-on experience with power measurement equipment and high-current test setups.
Strong analytical and debugging skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing or verifying power-delivery modules for ATE instrumentation.
Knowledge of dynamic voltage scaling, digital power control, and telemetry systems.
Familiarity with high-current connectors, cabling, low-impedance mechanical design, thermal modeling, heatsink design, and system-level thermal constraints.
Experience with reliability engineering, derating, and long-term stress testing.

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, and validates high-current, high-power sourcing and switching hardware for semiconductor automated test equipment (ATE).
Focuses on design verification, power delivery, transient response, regulation, protection, thermal management, and system integration for advanced SoCs, FPGAs, and other high-power devices.
Owns power-delivery modules from concept through production release.
Collaborates with hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test engineering teams.
Leads bring-up, design verification, and lab characterization of power-delivery modules, including load regulation, transient response, efficiency, thermal behavior, and fault handling.
Develops and executes verification plans; uses power analyzers, high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, current probes, and electronic loads to test design assumptions and performance.
Designs protection and fault-response systems.
Conducts reliability analysis, derating studies, thermal modeling, stress testing, and failure investigations.
Collaborates with hardware designers to debug analog, digital, and mixed-signal issues.
Works with firmware teams on control, telemetry, calibration, and fault reporting.
Ensures modules meet ATE requirements for timing, triggering, synchronization, and software control.
Develops test programs and supports integration with loadboards, probecards, and device-under-test power networks.
Partners with product, test, and silicon engineering teams to define device requirements.
Mentors colleagues and contributes to design standards and best practices.