Hardware VnV Engineer

Contract Phoenix, AZ (On Site) Job Description Developed, maintained, and debugged Python-based hardware validation scripts for board-level and interface-level verification and validation (V&V).Translated hardware and system requirements into detailed test procedures, automated test scripts, and measurable pass/fail criteria.Executed hardware verification and validation (HW V&V) for embedded systems, ensuring compliance with functional and performance specifications.Validated and debugged hardware communication interfaces including UART, RS-422, RS-485, SPI, I2C, GPIO, Ethernet, and CAN.Performed hardware bring-up, failure analysis, and root-cause debugging across Python scripts, firmware, and board-level hardware.Conducted issue triage to isolate failures related to test setup, automation scripts, firmware behavior, or hardware defects.Utilized laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital multimeters (DMMs), programmable power supplies, and signal generators for hardware testing and signal analysis.Developed modular, reusable Python automation with logging, exception handling, retries, timeout mechanisms, and robust error handling to improve test reliability.Managed source code using Git, participated in code reviews, and supported automated test execution through basic CI workflows.Maintained requirement-to-test traceability, test evidence, execution logs, waveform captures, and validation reports to ensure complete verification coverage.Authored comprehensive test documentation, including setup guides, troubleshooting procedures, known failure modes, and reusable debugging playbooks.Independently owned the complete hardware test lifecycle from test design and automation development through lab execution, defect closure, and continuous improvement of test throughput and reliability.