Hardware Validation Engineer

Job Title: Hardware Validation Engineer

Location: Spokane, Washington

Duration: 3-6 Months

Position Summary:

You will be responsible for the creation and execution of electrical test plans. This includes writing test plans based on product documentation and functional specifications, using software test tools and test automation, performing tests, documenting test results, and validating product defects.

This position supports the validation of next-generation Networking products integrating Intel Xeon CPUs, AMD Versal and Altera Agilex FPGAs, Marvell Ethernet switches, and 400Gb optical interfaces. The engineer will execute validation plans, perform SI/PI analysis, and collaborate across design, layout, and compliance teams to ensure electrical robustness and performance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Apply hardware engineering concepts in testing components of sophisticated electronic products.
• Create signal integrity and design verification test plans
• Collaborate on schematic/layout reviews and compliance testing
• Test, debug, and verify various electronic systems and products, and assist with test reports.
• Validate high-speed interfaces: PCIe Gen5/Gen6, DDR5, 400Gb Ethernet
• Perform SI/PI analysis and power margin testing
• Support board bring-up and debug of prototype platforms
• Automate test setups using Python, LabVIEW, etc.
• Participate in evaluating the reliability of materials, properties, and techniques used in production.
• Prepare and deliver findings and insights for colleagues and immediate managers, project leaders, and others in the team/group. Typically interacts with vendors, product development, architecture, manufacturing, and other engineering teams to understand and inform solutions to customer, product, and business problems.

Qualifications

• BSEE or equivalent
• 2 3 years in electrical validation or hardware testing
• Experience with lab equipment: oscilloscope, VNA, SNA, frequency counter, DMM, BERT, etc.
• Familiarity with high-speed protocols and FPGA workflows
• Scripting skills (Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW)
• Intel Xeon platform experience
• Ethernet switching and optical transceiver validation
• SI/PI simulation tools (HyperLynx, Sigrity)
• Regulatory compliance knowledge (IEEE, PCI-SIG, JEDEC)

Attributes

• Collaborate on assignments and problems of minimally complex scope, using judgment to select a course of action within described guidelines under moderate supervision.
• Receive minimal instruction on day-to-day work and general instructions on new assignments. Begins to exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action. Work is completed with manager input as needed and reviewed in accordance with general procedures and milestones.
• Gain knowledge of business, standards, processes, and concepts.
• Solid understanding of basic hardware design concepts. Know electronic test methodologies and equipment, and knowledge of practices regarding specifying, testing, and qualifying electrical components.
• Strong ability to communicate basic concepts and exchange ideas with vendors, customers, management, and other team members clearly and concisely.