Electronics Test Engineer

Position Details:

Duration: up to 12 month contract with possible extension

Location: Baltimore, MD 21240

Pay Range: $40 - $57/hr (The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications)

Featured Benefits

• Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA.
• 401(k).
• Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws.

WORK SHIFT: 1st Shift (9/80A)

Job Overview:

• We are seeking RF and digital knowledgeable individuals who are passionate about monitoring and supporting product technical performance and aggressive about maintaining product delivery schedules.
• The Electronics Test Engineer will work with our advanced microelectronic products, and will support the development, integration, and testing of production hardware.
• Activities will range from hands-on testing; to analysis of failure trends, root cause/ corrective actions; and attending program meetings to report yields, problems, and corrective actions.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Incorporate improved testing methods and procedures
• Troubleshoot and support RF and digital hardware (digital boards)
• Evaluation and disposition of Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs), including debugging and fault isolation. This may include a broad range of circuit technologies such as digital, analog, and power.
• Support First Time Through Test Yield (FTTTY) and hardware deliveries
• Analyze test data and identify early trends
• Compile data and define changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements
• Collaborate with design engineering to develop and implement hardware improvements and solutions
• Support technicians through troubleshoot and training
• Monitor product yields and aggressively work to maintain program yield targets
• Support program meetings in developing root cause and corrective actions
• Attend program meetings to report yield issues, yield detractor investigation finding, and corrective actions
• Interface with manufacturing management, test technicians, production engineers, design engineers, system engineers, program management and program support teams
• The successful candidate will have analytical skills to review requirements, test plans, and test scenarios; and the ability to effectively communicate across teams. He/she should also be self-directed, organized, team oriented and have previous experience with MS Office tools.

Basic Qualifications for an Electronics Test Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or other related STEM field plus 2 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or other related STEM field plus 0 years of experience.
• Ability to read and interpret specifications, schematics, parts lists and block diagrams
• Experience with Digital, RF hardware and software
• Working knowledge in RF theory and concepts
• Working knowledge in digital circuit design
• Experience with RF test equipment (such as: DMM, power supplies, scopes, power meter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator).

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Electronics Test Engineer:

• Ability to read and interpret specifications, schematics, parts lists and block diagrams
• Experience with RF hardware and software
• Working knowledge in RF theory and concepts
• Working knowledge in digital circuit design
• Experience with RF/Digital test equipment (such as: DMM, power supplies, scopes, power meter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator).

Preferred Qualifications for both levels:

• Advanced degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline
• Ability to work with minimal direction and guidance
• Experience with FPGAs, JTAG
• Experience with LabWindows CVI, C / C++ programming
• TestStand programming
• Proficiency with digital, analog, RF test equipment, RF theory and high speed digital.
• Familiarity with differential digital interfaces like LVDS
• PXI/PXIe and VME bus experience
• Hands-on troubleshooting of electrical hardware