Embedded Systems Validation Engineer

Location: Chandler, Arizona

Employment Type: Full-Time

Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizen Required

ABOUT COREKINECT

CoreKinect is an innovative technology company specializing in the design, development, and manufacturing of connected IoT solutions.

Our team works across the full product lifecycle; from hardware and firmware development through validation, manufacturing, deployment, and ongoing support. At CoreKinect, reliability is non-negotiable, and validation plays a critical role in ensuring our products perform as intended before they reach our customers.

JOB DESCRIPTION

At CoreKinect we develop connected IoT devices where reliability is non-negotiable. As a Validation Engineer, you'll verify firmware before it reaches customers by designing tests plans, building automated validation tools, and investigating failures across embedded systems.

This role is hands-on. You will work directly with embedded firmware, test fixtures, bench instruments, and automated test infrastructure. If you prefer reports over lab-time, this is probably not the right fit.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Author and execute test cases against firmware validation plans, tracing coverage back to requirements
• Write test scripts and tooling to automate repetitive validation steps
• File defects with enough detail that firmware and hardware engineers can reproduce them without asking follow-up questions
• Maintain fixture and bench setups for RF and power validation
• Review test results, identify failure patterns, and escalate with data

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 3+ years validating embedded hardware or firmware, ideally in a regulated or life-safety context
• Comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and digital multimeters for hardware debugging
• Ability to read schematics and correlate measurements with expected hardware behavior
• Familiarity with common embedded communication buses: UART, SPI, I2C, USB
• Experience writing automation scripts in C#, Python or a similar language
• Comfortable working in a Linux environment from the command line
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the curiosity to investigate problems through to root cause
• Able to communicate technical findings clearly to engineers across disciplines

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience validating cellular modems
• GPS/GNSS validation
• LoRa or LoRaWAN protocol validation
• Battery and battery charging validation
• Experience with embedded RTOS environments
• JTAG/SWD debug

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Enjoy figuring out why something failed, not just that it failed.
• Like moving between schematics, firmware logs, test code, and bench equipment.
• Prefer building better automation over repeating manual tests.
• Take satisfaction in preventing customer issues before products ship.
• Want your work to have a visible impact on the quality of real hardware.

BENEFITS

• A small, technical team where your work is visible and your opinion carries weight
• Exposure to the full hardware development cycle, from first silicon to manufacturing handoff
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
• Health, dental, and vision benefits