Hardware Engineer (Teradyne, Oregon)

About the role

• Designs, develops, and validates high-current, high-power sourcing and switching hardware for semiconductor automated test equipment (ATE).
• Focuses on design verification, power delivery, transient response, regulation, protection, thermal management, and system integration for advanced SoCs, FPGAs, and other high-power devices.
• Owns power-delivery modules from concept through production release, collaborating with hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test engineering teams.
• Leads bring-up, design verification, and lab characterization of power-delivery modules, including load regulation, transient response, efficiency, thermal behavior, and fault handling.
• Develops and executes verification plans; uses power analyzers, high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, current probes, and electronic loads to test design assumptions and performance.
• Designs protection and fault-response systems, and conducts reliability analysis, derating studies, thermal modeling, stress testing, and failure investigations.
• Collaborates with hardware designers to debug analog, digital, and mixed-signal issues and with firmware teams on control, telemetry, calibration, and fault reporting.
• Ensures modules meet ATE requirements for timing, triggering, synchronization, and software control; develops test programs and supports integration with loadboards, probecards, and device-under-test power networks.
• Partners with product, test, and silicon engineering teams to define device requirements, mentors colleagues, and contributes to design standards and best practices.

Requirements

We seek individuals who share our passion and determination. Our commitment to customer success drives us to go the extra mile. If you’re ready to join us in this mission, take a closer look at the minimum criteria for the position.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 8–10+ years of experience in power electronics, high-current power delivery, or instrumentation hardware design.
• Experience with power integrity, transient analysis, and compensation and stability design.
• Proficiency with SPICE simulation, power-delivery-network modeling, and PCB design tools.
• Hands-on experience with power measurement equipment and high-current test setups.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.