Senior Electrical Engineer - Test Hardware & Validation

ATOMS Careers page•San Francisco, CA

2d•$139,000 - $162,000•Onsite

About The Position

Pronto AI is seeking a Hardware Test & Validation Engineer to own testing requirements, validation strategy, and custom test hardware for custom PCBs. The role designs specialized PCB test fixtures and instrumentation to validate boards, partners with the Electrical Design team to develop comprehensive validation plans and test coverage for quality control, and works with QC and Bring-Up Process Engineers to build testing infrastructure for the QC team. The engineer will design electronic boards from requirements and component selection through schematics, PCB layout, and fabrication and assembly packages. They will also develop production test PCBs, test plans, operating procedures, and standards for validating electrical designs; bring up and validate prototypes; investigate field failures and root causes; and review other engineers’ schematics, layouts, and validation plans. This is an onsite role based in Pronto AI’s San Francisco office, with office-based teams working onsite five days a week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electronic, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
At least 4 years of professional experience, specifically designing electronic hardware.
Proven experience taking boards from schematic to production, including layout, prototype bring-up, and handoff to a contract manufacturer.
Proficiency with an EDA tool such as Altium Designer or KiCad.
Solid knowledge of power electronics for low-voltage DC systems, including DC/DC converters, protection, and thermal design.
Experience with CAN bus and other embedded communication interfaces, including Ethernet, RS-485, SPI, and I2C.
Hands-on laboratory skills with oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, soldering, and rework.
Experience debugging hardware failures and leading root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

Design electronic boards end to end, including requirements, component selection, schematics, PCB layout, and fabrication and assembly packages such as Gerbers, BOMs, pick-and-place files, and assembly drawings.
Design test PCBs for production use in quality control of custom hardware.
Develop test plans and operating procedures for existing custom hardware.
Develop standards for validating electrical designs.
Bring up and validate prototypes on the bench, including functional, thermal, vibration, and EMC/EMI pre-compliance testing.
Debug field failures, perform root-cause analysis, and feed fixes back into the design.
Review other engineers’ schematics and layouts and provide feedback on design validation and testing plans.