Product Verification and Validation Engineer

Tactacam•Billings, MT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Tactacam, a rapidly growing and market-leading outdoor products and technology company, we offer exciting opportunities for career growth and personal development. With a loyal customer base of over 600,000+ active customers worldwide and expanding product offerings, we are seeking a Product Verification and Validation Engineer. The successful candidate will lead the development of new Camera and Cellular IoT devices for consumer and private outdoor applications. In this position, you will collaborate with third-party ODM or JDM partners throughout the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include defining requirements, reviewing electrical designs, executing Verification and Validation (V&V) testing, and supporting the manufacturing phase during New Product Introduction (NPI). In this role you will be the ultimate SME on designing tests for our products inside the lab and in the field from an engineering context. Join us at Tactacam, where innovation, adventure, and limitless possibilities await!

Requirements

BS in Electrical Engineering or technical field.
10+ years of experience in test design from engineering artifacts with consumer or commercial products, or similar.
Direct experience designing tests to examine: Microcontrollers, SOCs, memory devices, power systems, high-speed transceivers, and LTE/WiFi/BT/GPS devices.
Direct experience designing tests to examine: Various serial interfaces such as I2C, I2S, SPI, UART, USB, MIPI, SDI and SLVS-EC signals.
Direct experience designing tests to examine: Firmware/Hardware interaction
Direct experience designing tests to examine: ‘Golden’ data sets
Direct experience designing tests to examine: Performance of mechanical, electrical and firmware interactions.
Proficient in circuit design for high quality and power-efficient embedded systems.
Familiar with EMC Compliance standards and certification process (CE EMC, FCC, PTCRB).
Proven ability in independently analyzing root cause, complex design debugging, and problem solving with minimal guidance.
Experience with an ‘on board’ validation and fault detection system like Memfault
Expertise in test design lifecycle

Nice To Haves

Experience with standards related to the IoT industry, such as Cellular LTE and Wi-Fi.
Experience with Low Power Design, Battery Management, Battery Charging, and Solar Panel Integration.
Experience with camera module hardware design and/or raw imager integration.
Experience evaluating, testing, and qualifying PIR sensors and lenses for occupancy detection.
Experience with RF circuit design, RF layout, antenna integration, and RF testing.
Experience analyzing Switch Mode Power Supply design, performance, and noise mitigation.
Experience with embedded programming languages such as C, C++.
Experience with Power and Signal Integrity Analysis.
Experience performing circuit margin analysis on Digital, Analog, and Power circuits.
Experience with USB-C Power Delivery.
Mixed Signal circuit design with knowledge of optimal grounding schemes and return paths.
Hands-on experience with rapid prototyping.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the cross functional development teams to accomplish project deliverables.
Perform electrical circuit review at all stages of Product Development i.e. Proof of Concept, EVT, DVT, PVT, Mass Production.
Verify and Validate electrical designs meet functional, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and safety requirements.
Based on review and testing, issue ECRs and ECOs during EVT, DVT, PVT, and Mass Production stages.
Manage and organize electrical BOMs with emphasis on High Volume, Low Cost designs.
Resolve and track technical issues in project management tools (JIRA).
Review and qualify alternative electrical parts during engineering validation and development stages and support sustaining engineering in qualifying alternative parts after production release.
Work cross-functionally to ensure electrical designs meet EMC compliance, USB-C compliance, PTCRB compliance, Battery Compliance, and Cellular Carrier certification requirements.
Operate as a self-motivated professional who is proactive in finding solutions to existing and new challenges.