Engineering Technician

Job Overview

• Onsite in Foster City, CA | 5 days in office.
• The team is responsible for building and maintaining a variety of test assets to validate the design of our autonomous vehicle.
• As the Engineering Technician, you will support the build and maintenance of these custom machines to enable software simulation.
• This role is essential and fundamental to the execution stage of the autonomous software development program, ensuring that the simulation and test infrastructure operate predictably at all times.
• We are looking for someone who is comfortable with building and maintaining complex systems, and excited about developing new ways to support a rapidly moving R&D organization.

• Support and track various configurations and generations of test platforms for vehicle simulation and software test platform.
• Assemble custom hardware to enable Hardware-in-the-Loop testing of software builds.
• Use commercially available, off-the-shelf components to build computers.
• Integrate network and vehicle system components in server racks.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair test hardware/equipment.
• Build cable harnesses based on diagrams/drawings.
• Occasionally move computer equipment weighing up to 50 pounds with assistance.
• Work with engineering teams to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Create and track tickets within ticketing system to address problems, incidents and changes of hardware, and provide details of work performed.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams for parts receiving, installs, upgrades, and decommissioning projects.

• 3+ years of experience.
• Demonstrated ability to use general shop, automotive, and diagnostic tools (DMM, Oscilloscope, Harnessing Tools, etc.).
• Experience with building and troubleshooting cable harnessing and familiarity with cable management.
• Experience with building/troubleshooting/diagnosing computers/computer components, etc.
• Working knowledge of computer and networking hardware.
• Excellent organizational and documentation skills.
• Ability to lift 25-30 pound boxes.
• Ability to crawl/bend to work on low ground wiring as needed.

• Experience with Google suite, Microsoft Office, JIRA, Confluence or similar programs.
• Knowledge of automotive electrical systems.
• Experience in running scripts and working with Linux based systems.
• B.S. in Engineering (Bonus Qualification).