Hardware Engineer IV

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a contract Electrical Hardware Engineer to work for one of the world's leading technology companies. We are looking for a hands-on hardware test & validation engineer for the Wrist New Technology Introduction (NTI) team, responsible for bringing up new engineering dev boards (EDBs) and prototypes from bare board to a validated, functional state — power/rails, clocks, boot, and subsystem bring-up (BT/Wi‑Fi SoC, camera, sensors, audio, RF) — and for building the bench automation and documentation that make results reproducible and hand‑off‑ready.

• Bring up EDBs / prototypes: current‑limited power‑on, rail verification and ripple, power‑up sequencing, clock/reference validation, boot/console (UART or vendor debug), and subsystem checkout.
• Design bench setups and automate measurements in Python (VISA/SCPI, serial): inrush, power sequencing, current profiling, rail ripple, and data logging.
• Characterize batteries and power delivery: cell chemistries, fuel‑gauge configuration, discharge/cycle testing, brown‑out/transient analysis, and battery emulation.
• Validate signal integrity and sensors: EMG/biopotential capture and PSD analysis, SPI/comms‑noise debug, passive‑intermodulation (PIM) testing, and interposer/FPC bring‑up.
• Support PCB and packaging: impedance and capacitance characterization, coupon testing, design releases (Teamcenter), and contract‑manufacturer / vendor coordination.
• Own documentation and handoff: living bring‑up docs, gated test plans, data dictionaries, and reproducible result packages; triage issues and hand them off clearly to firmware and EE partners.

Pay rage: $85-90/hr

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• BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• Demonstrated hardware bring‑up / board‑validation experience.
• Proficiency with lab instrumentation: DC power supplies/analyzers, source‑measure units, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, and DMMs.
• Test automation and data analysis with Python (e.g., pyvisa/SCPI, pyserial).
• Ability to read schematics and datasheets and to debug power, clocks, resets, and digital communications.
• Strong written documentation and organized data management. Experience with wearables, TWS, or small battery‑powered SoC platforms.
• Familiarity with BT/Wi‑Fi SoCs, MCUs, camera/MIPI, and sensors.
• Background in one or more of: battery/fuel‑gauge, RF/antenna, or PCB signal‑integrity / impedance.
• Firmware/debug tooling: SWD/JTAG (J‑Link), USB‑UART bridges (FTDI), vendor debug
• Comfort partnering across EE, ME, firmware, and CM/vendor teams in a fast‑moving prototype environment.

• Instruments:
  Keysight N6705 DC power analyzer (N6784A / N6785A modules), Keithley 2281S battery emulator, Keithley 2380 DC electronic load, Tektronix MSO
  54 oscilloscope, DMMs.
• Software:
  Python (pyvisa, pyserial, openpyxl, matplotlib), SCPI/VISA; vendor flash/debug tools;
  Cadence (design reference);
  Perforce / Teamcenter.