Npi Test Engineer

Position: NPI TEST ENGINEER
Title -Npi Test Engineer

Location:
Santa Rosa, California, United States
Office space available at location listed
Santa Rosa, CA

Industry: Manufacturing & Production

Job Category:
Engineering - Electrical

As an NPI Engineer, you will apply your Electrical Engineering and measurement knowledge to a variety of focused hands-on projects. You will be part of an instrumental product development team that designs, develops, and tests RF and microwave test equipment.

We are looking for a self-motivated engineer who thrives in a fast-paced development environment and is equally comfortable writing production test code as well as troubleshooting HW issues. The ideal candidate is one who is equally comfortable with hands-on hardware testing and software development/test automation.

Your job responsibilities include the following while working with a multi-discipline team, including R&D, Marketing, Sales, Customer Support, & Production.

* Collaborate with R&D and marketing to develop new product models and features

* Design and implement calibration algorithms.

* Designs, develops, debugs, evaluate and executes validation and verification tests.

* Designs, develops, debugs and turn-on test boards and test fixtures for the purpose of Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

* Manage instrument hardware and the measurement, characterization, and calibration processes used during the NPI development phase and into production.

* Design and/or modify test stations, analyze test data and make product specification recommendations.

* Create technical documentation.

* Review/Evaluate and participate in setting production line specifications based on statistical data analysis.

* Evaluates and specifies components that make up the products and extends product life via parts replacement.

* Manage and guide the transition of products and manufacturing processes into production and through the entire life cycle of the product.

* After product release, continue to manage engineering responsibilities for the system, hardware and production processes.

Qualifications:

This position requires access to certain goods, software, technology, or technical data subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these laws and regulations, U.S. persons (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees) working for . can access export-controlled items without authorization from the U.S. government. For any individual who is not a U.S. person, .

may need authorization from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Commerce, or other appropriate federal agency before the individual can access export-controlled items. Employment in this position for non-U.S. persons is contingent on .'s ability to obtain any required government authorizations.

Required

Experience and Skills:



* BS or MS Degree in Electrical Engineering, with experience in RF and uW circuits/products development with measurement algorithm and validation test development experience

* Extensive experience and knowledge in test & measurements with focus on RF and Microwave theory and applications

* Experience in developing SW in object-oriented programming.

* Desire to work with worldwide groups and across teams of engineers to achieve objectives.

* Proficient at testing and troubleshooting RF, analog, digital circuits.

Desired Requirements:

* Ability to effectively communicate ideas and concepts in both written and oral form.

* Propensity for engaging in proactive issue discovery and resolution actions and activities.

* Measurement experience in one or more of the following areas, signal generators, Signal analyzers, I/Q generation, time domain analysis and vector network analysis

* Experience working in a manufacturing and/or product development role.

* Experience in Statistical Analysis, Six Sigma and process improvement

* Ability to formulate, implement and debug measurement algorithms in modern, object-oriented test development environments.

* Proficient in calculating measurement uncertainties.