Senior Hardware Test Engineer – MCU

Responsibilities

• Define hardware test strategies and structured bring‑up plans for MCUs and related components across EVKs, reference boards, and ECUs.
• Lead board bring‑up activities, including power‑on sequencing, clock/reset validation, peripheral bring‑up, and regression testing.
• Plan and execute electrical characterization testing, including power, leakage, timing margins, and I/O threshold validation across operating conditions.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts using Python, C/C++, or similar tools.
• Create test content for key MCU subsystems and interfaces, including CAN, LIN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, ADC/DAC, PWM/timers, memory, and security features.
• Use lab equipment to validate signals, timing, and performance, and to debug hardware issues.
• Partner with hardware and software teams to convert system requirements into test cases and coverage metrics.
• Develop reusable test procedures, documentation, and checklists across programs.
• Support DV/PV and environmental testing with functional monitoring, lab setups, and diagnostics.
• Mentor junior engineers on test methods, lab practices, and debug techniques.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in hardware validation or test engineering for complex digital systems, MCUs, or high‑integration ECUs.
• Strong understanding of MCU subsystems and IP blocks (CPU cores including lockstep, embedded flash, peripherals, automotive networking, power management, and safety mechanisms) from a validation and debug perspective.
• Proven hands‑on experience bringing up and testing complex digital boards, including power sequencing, clock/reset validation, and interface bring‑up.
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing structured hardware test plans, including definition of objectives, coverage, pass/fail criteria, and traceability to requirements.
• Proficiency with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, and precision power/current measurement tools.
• Hands‑on experience with MCU and board‑level electrical characterization (voltage/current limits, static and dynamic power, leakage, timing margins, and I/O thresholds) across PVT corners, including correlation to specifications and models.
• Practical experience debugging automotive serial interfaces (CAN‑FD, LIN, Ethernet, SPI) and/or higher‑speed memory interfaces, including interpretation of signal integrity and timing issues.
• Experience developing automated hardware tests and data collection scripts (Python, C/C++, or similar scripting environments).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to isolate root causes across silicon, board, and software boundaries.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple test efforts in parallel, including planning, execution, and reporting.