Staff Electrical Engineer - Testing
About The Position
Vector Atomic, an IonQ company, is seeking an experienced test engineer to collaborate with a diverse group of physicists, electrical, mechanical, and optical engineers. This role is crucial for developing specialized, cutting-edge electronics and rapidly improving verification procedures and approaches to support the development of world-beating sensor performance. The engineer will be part of the leadership team defining the hardware test strategy, comfortable with both defining and executing procedures, debugging challenging board-level issues with custom electronics, and mentoring early-career engineers. The role involves leading a growing group tasked with testing and debugging complex electronic circuits, including FPGAs, MCUs, mixed-signal, precision analog, and photonics devices. Collaboration with various engineering disciplines is key to developing test procedures for next-generation quantum instruments, defining DFT and DFM improvements, and creating test plans for environmental, EMI, and EMC testing. The engineer will also oversee external testing, adjust protocols, use electronic test equipment for characterization, and define equipment and software for automated data systems.
Requirements
- BSEE/MSEE Degree combined with leadership experience testing precision instruments and/or sensors.
- Must be comfortable working in a laboratory environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively with coworkers and collaborators, both written and verbal.
- Able to create new test plans and procedures for novel instrumentation.
- Proficient with laboratory test and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes, VNA, SA, power supplies, function generators, and DVM.
- Must be U.S. citizens (born or naturalized), lawful U.S. permanent residents (i.e. green card holders), and certain categories of refugees, and asylees to comply with US export control laws.
Nice To Haves
- Experience using PCB Layout tools, particularly Altium
- Able to write test firmware for embedded MCUs to support testing of MCU-based PCBs.
- A background with AS9100 compliance would be a plus
- Experience with environmental testing for space electronics, including radiation effects, is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Be a team leader for a growing group that is tasked with both testing and debugging complex electronic circuits.
- Collaborate with physicists, electrical, mechanical, software, and optical engineers to develop test procedures to verify electronic designs for next-generation quantum instruments.
- Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to define DFT and DFM improvements.
- Create test plans for environmental, EMI and EMC testing.
- Oversee and manage execution of these plans at external facilities, when necessary.
- Adjust test protocols as needed to optimize results.
- Use electronic test and measurement equipment to characterize and verify performance.
- Define equipment and software to create automated data systems for production systems.
- Organize and manage test results.
- Take ownership of data storage and management systems to ensure valuable test data is retained and properly documented.
- Devise testing protocols for precision instruments.
- Specify appropriate equipment, write programs/scripts to automate testing, and document procedures for the team to use.
- Perform post-test data analysis to extract required performance metrics.
- Design test loads, cabling, and custom equipment to support verification work.
- Read schematics, data sheets, and technical information to define expected measurement ranges.
Benefits
- Platinum-level family health coverage (medical, dental, vision)
- Health and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Employer 401(k) contributions
- 20 days of paid time off
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Fully stocked kitchen
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
