Hardware Engineer, ATE

Quick Facts

• Role: Hardware Engineer, Automated Test Equipment (ATE)

• Focus: Design and validation of automated test hardware (electrical + mechanical)

Description

You will design, develop, and validate automated test hardware solutions by translating test requirements into circuit schematics, PCB layouts, and interconnect designs, and optimizing designs for RF, signal integrity, power integrity, crosstalk, impedance control, and EMI/EMC compliance. You will collaborate with mechanical engineers on fixtures and enclosures, maintain documentation (schematics, BOMs, test plans, revision histories), and support supplier/contract-manufacturer builds.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate ATE hardware systems

• Translate test requirements into circuit schematics, PCB layouts, and interconnect designs

• Conduct schematic capture and layout work and participate in design reviews using tools such as Cadence or OrCAD

• Optimize PCB designs for RF design, signal integrity, power distribution, crosstalk, impedance control, and EMI/EMC compliance

• Collaborate with mechanical engineers to design ATE-compatible fixtures and enclosures

• Generate and maintain documentation: schematics, BOMs, test plans, assembly drawings, and revision histories

• Work with suppliers/contract manufacturers on PCB fabrication, component sourcing, and assembly builds

• Manage multiple concurrent projects and deliverables

• Contribute to continuous improvement of test hardware standards, processes, and design libraries

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent)

• 2+ years of hardware development for test systems/ATE/test fixtures

• Experience with RF, analog, mixed-signal, and digital circuits; signal conditioning, switching, and instrumentation

• Experience with high-speed digital or RF test (e.g., >1 GHz, SerDes, high-speed PHYs)

• Hands-on debugging skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, network analyzers, and source measure units

• Experience interfacing with DUTs (connectors, sockets, relays, cabling, mechanical constraints)

• Experience in manufacturing/production test environments

• Prior experience in semiconductor, communication, or data center industries

• Travel requirements up to 10%

Benefits

• Discretionary annual performance bonus eligibility

• Equity eligibility

• Comprehensive benefits package