Hardware Engineer

MSI Communications 

📍 Milwaukee, United States 🇺🇸

full-time
mid-level
Posted —

Key Skills

testingPCBFPGAUSBEMI

Industry

Consumer ElectronicsIndustrial Automation

Job Description

<p>The Hardware Test Engineer will perform product testing, hardware verification, board bring-up, troubleshooting, certification testing, and anomaly reporting. The position also involves hardware system design, schematic and PCB-related activities, signal integrity measurements, EMI/EMC testing, prototype build management, and functional safety product development in accordance with IEC 61508.</p> <p>The position requires at least three years of hardware testing experience.</p> <h2 id="tasks">Tasks</h2> <ul> <li>Perform product testing based on applicable experience and product requirements.</li> <li>Map product and system requirements to hardware testing activities.</li> <li>Create hardware test cases.</li> <li>Perform hardware board troubleshooting.Conduct board bring-up activities.</li> <li>Identify and report anomalies.</li> <li>Read and update hardware schematics.Perform hardware soldering activities.</li> <li>Conduct certification testing.Update hardware test stands.</li> <li>Diagnose and fix hardware board issues.</li> <li>Design microprocessor- and microcontroller-based systems.</li> <li>Design memory systems.</li> <li>Design circuits incorporating FPGA, CPLD, and PAL devices.</li> <li>Design, test, and certify Ethernet and USB interfaces.</li> <li>Work with digital electronics, analog electronics, power supplies, and I/O circuits.</li> <li>Use schematic capture and PCB layout design tools.</li> <li>Perform board-level and system-level design verification testing.</li> <li>Apply EMI noise reduction techniques and PCB layout countermeasures.</li> <li>Conduct testing for EMI/EMC regulatory certifications.</li> <li>Perform signal integrity measurements using network analyzers and oscilloscopes.</li> <li>Perform product testing against environmental and certification test standards.</li> <li>Manage prototype builds, from BOM creation through build change requests.</li> <li>Support functional safety product development in accordance with IEC 61508.</li> </ul> <h2 id="requirements">Requirements</h2> <ul> <li>Minimum of three years of experience in hardware testing.</li> <li>Experience with product testing.</li> <li>Experience with requirement mapping.Experience creating hardware test cases.</li> <li>Experience troubleshooting and repairing hardware boards.</li> <li>Experience conducting board bring-up activities.</li> <li>Experience identifying and reporting anomalies.</li> <li>Ability to read and update schematics.</li> <li>Good soldering skills.</li> <li>Experience with certification testing.Experience updating hardware test stands.</li> <li>Experience with board-level and system-level design verification testing.</li> <li>Experience managing prototype builds, BOM creation, and build change requests.</li> <li>Experience with functional safety product development under IEC 61508. </li> <li>Microprocessor and microcontroller system design</li> <li>Memory system design</li> <li>FPGA, CPLD, and PAL circuit design</li> <li>Ethernet and USB design and testing</li> <li>Digital electronicsAnalog electronics</li> <li>Power supply circuitsI/O circuits</li> <li>Schematic capture tools</li> <li>PCB layout tools</li> <li>Hardware test-case development</li> <li>Board bring-up</li> <li>Hardware board troubleshooting</li> <li>Hardware soldering</li> <li>EMI noise reduction techniques</li> <li>EMI/EMC regulatory testing</li> <li>Signal integrity measurement</li> <li>Network analyzers</li> <li>OscilloscopesEnvironmental testing</li> <li>Certification testing</li> <li>BOM creation and management</li> <li>Prototype build management</li> <li>IEC 61508 functional safety development</li> </ul>