Basic knowledge of most of the following topics, with strong understanding of 3+: statics, solid mechanics, materials science, fluids, heat transfer, measurement and instrumentation, fatigue and failure analysis, physics of failure, digital electronics, analog circuits, and data acquisition. Experience designing and debugging analog circuits, digital or embedded systems; experience using electrical test equipment such as digital multimeters, hipot testers, micro-ohm meters, oscilloscopes, signal analyzers.