Principal Electronics Test Engineer I Verified today

About the role

You are responsible for the design, analysis, and implementation of engineering test plans and procedures for board-level electronics products, including power, digital, and RF electronics. You will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to address company-wide test needs and present engineering design review materials to customers and executives.

What you will do

• Design and execute tests at prototype, qualification, and acceptance stages.
• Plan and execute board-level verification tests including high-speed signal integrity, digital link characterization, power supply performance, and performance over temperature.
• Design and develop systems for testing complex integrated hardware and software, such as phased array products combining radios, computers, and antennas.
• Write test software to interface with devices under test and test equipment.
• Develop test requirements and write hardware test plans and procedures.
• Design test architectures and systems, including equipment selection, test fixtures, data logging methodology, and interfaces.
• Advise design engineering on design-for-testability (DFT).
• Troubleshoot and debug hardware and software issues.
• Train technicians and operators to perform tests.
• Design tests for compliance with standards such as NASA GEVS (GSFC-STD-7000).
• Evaluate and document test results, presenting them to stakeholders.
• Guide equipment purchasing decisions and contribute to lab buildout and management.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of in-house tools, test software, and documentation templates.
• Qualified candidates will have the opportunity to design board-level electronics hardware for test systems.

What you need

• Bachelor of Science (BS) or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or similar from an accredited university.
• 9 years of industry or university research experience in design, analysis, and implementation of electronic products and/or test systems.
• Experience designing and executing test plans for custom board-level electronics.
• Hands-on experience with lab instruments such as digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, and vector signal analyzers.
• Programming or scripting experience, such as Python.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred experience

• Board-level hardware design.
• Aerospace industry experience.
• Designing test racks for automated testing.
• EMI/EMC test design and execution.
• Understanding of RF and mixed-signal hardware (e.g. amplifiers, filters, ADCs/DACs, antennas).

Employment details

Full-time employment. CesiumAstro offers company stock options and a benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.

To conform with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.