Sr. Electrical Engineer-Hardware Test

Hayward Industries • N. Kingstown, RI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is based in North Kingstown, RI. Sr Electrical Engineer-Hardware Test will manage all aspects of production testing and test equipment within Hayward’s Rhode Island facility. This includes designing, building, repairing and maintaining all production test hardware on the factory floor as well as providing proper training to test operators and periodically inspecting for necessary maintenance and improvements. The candidate will also be required to support robotics and mechatronics systems and interface with R&D on design changes.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience as a Hardware Test Engineer with responsibility for complete development of test platform from initial product specification to project completion
• Strong knowledge of digital and analog electronics, circuit analysis, and development of GUI test applications for evaluating hardware required
• Must have C and assembly language programming skills
• Must be able to demonstrate Windows programming ability using a common object orientated language such as Delphi/Pascal, Python, C#
• Understanding of common communications protocols such as RS232, RS485, I2C, and SPI required

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Microchip PIC processors, Arduino Controllers, and Raspberry Pi Linux Computers a plus
• Knowledge of Embarcadero IDE’s a plus
• Successful applicant should be able to develop test applications for circuit board manufacturing environment, utilizing custom designed ‘bed of nails’ test platforms as well as interfaces to off-the-shelf test equipment such as programmable power supplies, spectrum analyzers, DMM’s, HiPot and programmable loads
• Experience in printed circuit board design using a schematic/CAD package such as Eagle, PCB123, KiCAD, or similar product a plus
• Familiarity with mechatronics and/or robotic platforms such as Universal Robotics, AUBO, Mecademic, Cartesian systems, stepper/servo drive systems a plus

Responsibilities

• Analyze and develop complete understanding of all circuits and functional blocks of consumer electronics products
• Develop test specifications and requirements necessary to completely test products on high volume production lines, guaranteeing correct function of all circuits and functional blocks
• Design test hardware and GUI applications which will perform tests as detailed in the test specification
• Work with Design Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to develop safe, ergonomic, fault tolerant test equipment at ICT, subassembly and EOL levels
• Coordinate with R&D to support new product releases and verify quality improvements to products
• Debug and repair existing test hardware and software as required
• Periodic Maintenance of test equipment as well as repair
• Update existing documentation, create new test system design documentation, test procedures, and work instructions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior