Electronics Lab Technician

Overview

Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data

Electronics Lab Technician

Job Summary:

Our client in Palo Alto, CA is looking for a Electronics Lab Technician. This is a contract position.

In this role, you’ll be part of the team responsible for reliability and manufacturing testing of Our Client's Group Technologies electrical hardware including Level 3+ ADAS, telematics, infotainment, battery management, and zonal Electronic Control Units (ECUs). Our team builds custom automated test solutions that include internal-facing software, low-level firmware, data management platforms, and custom electromechanical hardware. These solutions get deployed internally, at external labs, and contract manufacturing facilities.

You’ll be a key technical part of the team and will work with the engineering leads to conduct reliability and manufacturing testing, review and report test data, build first articles, redline schematics, and troubleshoot issues.

Top Skills/Reposibilities:

• Operate software user interfaces to exercise test equipment during hardware bring up.
• Own calibration and mechanical setup of thermal and vibration chambers.
• Troubleshoot, root cause, and document DUT, test equipment, and harness failures.

Responsibilities:

• Operate software user interfaces to exercise test equipment during hardware bring up.
• Validate systems functionality by using standard lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power analyzers, power supplies and digital multimeters.
• Own calibration and mechanical setup of thermal and vibration chambers.
• Troubleshoot, root cause, and document DUT, test equipment, and harness failures.
• Perform circuit board electronic modifications such as component rework, soldering/de-soldering of electronic components, etc.
• Support commissioning of new systems.

Basics:

• Technical degree or relevant experience in electronics testing.
• Able to read electrical schematics, drawings, and manufacturers’ product data sheets.
• 5+ years of experience building automated test equipment (ATE) or industrial automation systems.
• Experience using power tools.
• Experience with soldering and circuit board re-work.
• Experience with electrical testing using laboratory tools.
• Ability to use Microsoft and Google productivity applications: spreadsheets, word processing, presentation.
• Able to move/lift test boxes and instrumentation.
• Hands-on approach: proactively identifies and fills in gaps where needed.
• Salary range: 41k - 59k annual.

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “First”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Free training on all Altair products

Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the area of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit

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Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrates a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.