Test Engineer
Location: Portage, MI 49002
Pay: $49.65/hr.
Duration: 9 Months, Contract, W-2
The Hardware/Product Safety Test Engineer is responsible for planning, developing, executing, and automating test strategies to verify and validate electronic hardwaredesigns. This role works closely with hardware design, firmware, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure products meet functional, performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle-from prototype through production release.
Duties:
·Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for electronic hardware, including PCB assemblies, subsystems, and complete products
·Design, build, and maintain hardware test setups, fixtures, and test equipment
·Perform functional, electrical, performance, stress, and environmental testing
·Debug and troubleshoot hardware failures at the component, board, and system levels
·Collaborate with hardware design engineers to review schematics, layouts, and design changes from a testability and reliability perspective
·Develop automated test scripts and tools to improve test coverage, repeatability, and efficiency
·Documenttest procedures, results, failure analysis, and corrective actions
·Support design verification (DVT), production validation (PVT), and manufacturingbring-up activities
·Assist with regulatory, safety, and compliance testing (e.g., EMC/EMI, ESD, thermal, safety)
·Provide feedback and recommendations to improve design robustness, manufacturability, and testability
Qualifications
·Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, etc
·3+ years of experience testing electronic hardware (experience level may be adjusted)
·Strong understanding of analog and digital circuits, power systems, and embedded hardware
·Proficiency with common lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, signal generators, DMMs)
·All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.