Design Validation and Test Engineer

Interested in building the personal computing device you’ve always wished you had? This is an opportunity to join a well-funded startup as a design validation and test engineer and to work on a new product from its early early concept phase through shipping the device.

This is the perfect role for an engineer who wants to prototype quickly, loves building delightful products, and wants to work in a fast-paced startup environment where they can have a wide-reaching impact. We are looking for a test engineer that is excited to work with the design team as we quickly iterate on product requirements and build our first prototypes.

This role is based in San Francisco, but 15-20% travel will be required to work with vendors as we transition to NPI.

Responsibilities

Support engineering and Product testing to enable product design. This includes explorations, DOEs, and benchmarking.
Work with the design team to identify testing and benchmarking opportunities and then build test plans to execute.
Help design and build custom test setups to quickly enable design decisions.
Support initial manufacturing test work as we perform vendor selection and then begin the NPI process.
Create clear, comprehensive documentation for test procedures and results that can scale with us as we graduate from R&D to NPI.
Assist design team with system validation and debugging efforts during prototype hardware bring-up and development.

Requirements

3-5 years of experience in test engineering with a background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or similar technical field.
Proven experience with test equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, thermocouples, DACs) and hardware-in-the-loop testing using embedded systems.
Proven experience to take technical requirements and generate a test plan to validate a design.
Demonstrated programming skills for test automation (e.g. Aurdiuno, Labview, Python).
Excellent documentation abilities and attention to detail in testing procedures.
Demonstrated success in cross-functional collaboration and technical communication

Preferred Skills

Experience with automated test development in manufacturing environments.
Experience with generating reliability test plans, interpreting testing results and performing failure analysis on consumer electronics.

Compensation and Benefits

Competitive salary + generous equity.
100% health/dental/vision premium coverage + 70% premium coverage for dependents.
401(k) plan.
Take-what-you-need unmetered vacation policy.

Annual Salary Range

$125,000 - $150,000/year