Test Technician

Electronics Validation Test Technician

Instant Care is a leading provider of critical security and life-safety products in the PERS — Personal Emergency Response System — marketplace. We design, test, and manufacture low-power RF transmitters and peripherals used by major service providers around the world. Our products include compact, battery-powered RF and embedded electronic devices that may incorporate sensors, MEMS-based detection, wireless communication, low-power firmware, and purpose-built hardware for life-safety applications.

These products are used in real-world emergency response environments where reliability, consistency, and stable performance are critical. We are seeking a detail-oriented Electronics Validation Test Technician to support validation testing, bench testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and release-readiness verification of RF, embedded, and sensor-based electronic products.

The Electronics Validation Test Technician will be responsible for testing and verifying the performance of low-power sub-GHz RF transmitters and related embedded electronic devices used in personal emergency response and life-safety systems.

A significant part of this role involves validation testing of release-candidate products. When a hardware or firmware design is ready for formal evaluation, this individual will execute structured test procedures to confirm stable performance, identify issues, document results, and help determine whether the product is ready for production release.

This role requires a strong hands-on electronics background, attention to detail, and the ability to understand product behavior at the circuit, device, and system level. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with RF devices, embedded hardware, battery-powered products, MEMS sensors, printed circuit board assemblies, and electronic test equipment.

A well-qualified candidate will demonstrate familiarity with schematics, PCB layouts, signal flow, component function, and general hardware design best practices is important. The technician should be able to use schematics and hardware documentation to support troubleshooting, understand intended product operation, and communicate technical findings clearly to Engineering, Project Management, and Quality Assurance teams.

This is a hands-on, onsite position. Due to the test equipment, production fixtures, environmental test setups, and product handling required, the Electronics Validation Test Technician is expected to work onsite Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

• Perform validation testing on release-candidate RF, embedded, and sensor-based electronic products
• Execute structured validation test plans, DVT procedures, work instructions, and engineering test requests
• Verify product performance, stability, and consistency prior to production release
• Test low-power sub-GHz RF transmitter performance, including frequency accuracy, output power, modulation, range, packet behavior, transmission reliability, and receiver compatibility
• Test embedded device functionality, including firmware-controlled behavior, inputs, outputs, sensors, timing, battery operation, and fault conditions
• Support testing of MEMS-based or sensor-driven products, including motion sensing, orientation sensing, impact detection, environmental sensing, or similar device functions
• Operate electronic test equipment, including multimeters, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, spectrum analyzers, RF power meters, power supplies, signal generators, and specialized validation or production test fixtures
• Review schematics, PCB documentation, test points, and hardware notes to support test setup, troubleshooting, and failure isolation
• Apply basic hardware design best-practice awareness when evaluating product behavior, including signal integrity, grounding, power stability, RF layout sensitivity, component selection, battery loading, and manufacturability concerns
• Record test data accurately and maintain complete validation, production, and quality documentation
• Identify, troubleshoot, and isolate product failures to the component, assembly, firmware, RF, sensor, or system level when required
• Perform visual inspections of printed circuit board assemblies, solder joints, connectors, antennas, batteries, enclosures, labels, and finished products
• Document test failures clearly, including symptoms, operating conditions, repeatability, measurements, observations, and supporting evidence
• Report recurring product issues and collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality Assurance teams to improve product reliability, manufacturability, and release readiness
• Support production testing, quality verification, and failure analysis as needed
• Ensure products meet validation, manufacturing, and quality standards prior to release or shipment
• Follow ESD handling procedures and maintain a clean, organized, and safe workstation
• Communicate test status, product issues, risks, schedule concerns, and…