asteralabs
Principal Electronics Engineer - Board Validation
At a Glance
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Posted
- 2026-02-23T19:08:15-05:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Environmental
- Regulatory
Requirements
Demonstrated strong skills in electronic circuit analysis, comprehensive testing and debug
Define/refine hardware test methodologies and identify appropriate test equipment
Expert understanding of design and test for power regulators, PDNs, Bode, clock gens
Ability to produce test description from a schematic design, and execute and document results
Demonstrated knowledge of the full hardware product lifecycle from Project Kick-off to RTM
Lab equipment for hardware test - oscilloscopes, e-loads, VNA, TDR, environmental chambers, etc.
Responsibilities
Support the Hardware Electrical Design teams with de-risking circuits and modules from project kick-off to gerber out.
Develop comprehensive hardware electrical validation plans using correct test methods and processes.
Bring up the PCBAs upon arrival in the lab, and execute the electrical validation plans to validate all circuits on the board.
Debug complex multi-point failures in hardware - power regulators, DPMs, clock synthesizers, digital control paths, I2C, SPI, etc.
Rework components on the PCBAs to unblock debugging activities.
Pre-empt and de-risk system validation architectures - collaborate with the System Validation teams.