Verification Engineer

About the role

The Electronics Verification Engineer validates and qualifies electronic hardware from early prototypes through high-volume production. This lab-focused role combines structured test execution with hands-on debug and root-cause analysis to ensure that boards and systems meet performance, reliability, and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Validate and qualify electronic hardware from prototype through production, ensuring compliance with performance, reliability, and quality requirements.
• Perform hands-on board bring-up, including power-on, basic functionality checks, and system-level integration testing.
• Execute detailed validation plans and test matrices (including DVP&R) against design requirements and specifications, defining and applying clear pass/fail criteria.
• Use lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, function generators, power supplies, electronic loads, and LCR meters to perform bench testing and measurements.
• Troubleshoot circuit-level issues and perform failure analysis to identify root causes and propose corrective actions.
• Perform PCB rework, including soldering and de-soldering fine-pitch components, to support debug, design updates, and hardware modifications.
• Capture, organize, and analyze test data, using manual and automated methods to generate clear insights and conclusions.
• Write, maintain, and improve test procedures, test cases, and validation documentation to support repeatable and scalable testing.
• Document test results in clear lab reports and test summaries, highlighting key findings, issues, and recommendations.
• Track issues through their lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive timely resolution and design improvements.
• Support NPI phases such as EVT, DVT, and PVT by planning and executing validation activities aligned with program milestones.
• Apply best practices in testing and verification to ensure robust coverage and alignment with product development and release criteria.
• Leverage Python-based scripts and tools, where applicable, to automate tests, process data, and generate plots or reports.
• Utilize LLM-based tools to expedite documentation, data analysis, and test development workflows where appropriate.
• Contribute to fixture design and design-for-test concepts to improve test efficiency, coverage, and manufacturability.
• Participate in or support reliability and environmental testing, including thermal, vibration/shock, humidity, and ESD, and interpret the results for design feedback.
• Present test results, data trends, and reliability findings to stakeholders in a clear and structured manner.
• Apply knowledge of product development cycles and shipping products to consumers to align verification activities with real-world use cases and requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years of experience in electronics test, validation, or hardware quality engineering (or equivalent).
• Strong fundamentals in analog and digital circuits, including the ability to read schematics, review PCB layouts, and perform board bring-up.
• Hands-on troubleshooting and failure analysis skills at the board and circuit level.
• Proficiency in PCB rework, including soldering and de-soldering fine-pitch components.
• Proficient use of lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, digital multimeters (DMMs), function generators, power supplies, electronic loads, and LCR meters.
• Experience creating and executing validation plans and test matrices (including DVP&R), with the ability to define and apply clear pass/fail criteria.
• Experience designing and executing manual and/or automated tests for electronic hardware.
• Strong skills in test data capture, organization, and analysis to derive meaningful conclusions.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce lab reports, test summaries, and issue tracking documentation.
• Familiarity with reliability tests and product development cycles, including the path from prototype to shipping products for consumers.
• Knowledge of best practices in testing and verification for electronic hardware.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and support NPI milestones.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with NPI phases such as EVT, DVT, and PVT, including planning and executing validation activities at each stage.
• Exposure to fixture design and design-for-test (DFT) concepts to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Experience with Python-based test automation, data analysis, and plotting.
• Familiarity with PCB schematic and layout tools such as Altium, Cadence, KiCad, or Eagle.
• Experience using LLM-based tools to expedite processes such as documentation, test development, or data analysis.
• Exposure to reliability and environmental testing, including thermal, vibration/shock, humidity, and ESD.
• Experience with design of experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis, including strong presentation of results.
• Experience shipping products to consumers and understanding the associated validation and quality expectations.