Senior Validation Technician

About the role

Seeking a Senior Validation Technician for a 12+ month contract opening working onsite in Palo Alto, CA.

Responsibilities

• Set up and run development and validation tests (thermal, vibration, humidity, corrosion, electrical performance) on High Voltage Power Electronic
• Document test results and provide test reports.
• Support technical root cause and resolution of issues found during test
• Select and install instrumentation needed to collect response data from the test item during testing (accelerometers, strain gauges, pressure gauges, thermocouples, voltage sense leads, etc.)
• Utilize standard test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters and flowmeters with no direction.
• Fabricate special test equipment supporting development and validation testing.
• Support design and fabrication of simple mechanical fixtures, jigs, and harnesses.

Qualifications

• Technical degree in electronics or mechanics preferred.
• 3+ years of experience with environmental validation testing
• 3+ years of experience fabricating special electronic test equipment and test harnesses.
• 3+ years using MS Excel, SQL, Python, Jira and Atlassian Products
• Ability to use MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Experience working with high voltage and an understanding of high voltage safety practices.
• Experience using common machine shop equipment preferred.
• High level of soldering skill preferred.
• Understand how to read electrical schematics and use manufacturers' product data sheets.
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment.
• Willing to work flexible hours and passionate about getting jobs done.
• Ability to support testing at outside testing facilities.
• Ability to travel to external testing facilities up to 20%.

Skills

• Digital Oscilloscope, Humidity Chambers, Thermal Testing
• Experience in Supply Chain or Manufacturing Product Lifecycle Management departments
• Experience working with engineering leads to establish acceptance criteria for development work and user acceptance testing efforts
• Be comfortable with database queries to measure performance KPIs and evaluate experiments
• Experience with ReactJS, GraphQL and web development is a plus
• Experience with Figma, Lucid and any other design tool is a plus
• Experience working with Chillers