Hardware Test Engineer

At UEI you will be part of a world class team that is working to innovate and revolutionize the meaning of ‘wireless control’. Whether it’s via chips, software licenses or turnkey products, we are continuing to reinvent how consumers interact with devices and services in their home.

 Each day we make the connected home smarter, easier to connect and use, and more sustainable. We delight our Fortune 100 customers such as Comcast, Apple, Samsung, Google, Vivint and Daikin with ground breaking wireless technology solutions such as advanced, voice-enabled remote controls, cloud control solutions, extreme low power Bluetooth silicon with energy harvesting capabilities, smart thermostats and sensors and many other IoT solutions.

In this role, you would be part of the Hardware Test Engineering Team and will work closely with the Electrical Engineering department but must also interact with various other disciplines within the company. This position performs technical functions in support of product development activities such as design, test, checkout, modification, fabrication, and assembly of prototype products. Work is done under the direction of professional engineers or supervisors.

Responsibilties

• Create and execute design verification test plans
• Follow test plans to execute design verification tests accurately and efficiently
• Hardware circuit evaluation and analysis
• Evaluating and troubleshooting of PCBAs down to the component level
• Accurately capturing and measuring circuit signal integrity parameters, current consumption, and validating system compliance per product specifications
• Follow written and verbal instructions, diagrams, and test plans to conduct PCBA and assembled level measurements on new development projects
• Performing acoustic measurements (sensitivity, frequency response, THD, SND, linearity, etc) of analog/digital microphones for microphone enabled handheld products
• Utilize Matlab and GNU Octave to process and analyze captured audio measurements
• Use basic mathematics, filter design, and circuit analysis principles to make decisions in debugging new circuit designs
• Create professional product design verification and failure analysis reports
• Product development and sustaining engineering support on circuit modification, rework, programming interface installation and microcontroller programming
• Debugging and determining root cause for failures during failure analysis investigations. Creating in-depth failure analysis reports to be shared with customers
• Debugging hardware/software integration issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve all issues related to the design and development of the hardware and software
• Troubleshooting factory issues including test station setups, automated test system run-time errors, programming issues, test methodologies
• Conducting ESD testing per IEC 61000-4-2 standards and methodically troubleshooting behaviors observed during the test 

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of hardware testing experience
• Requires a strong foundation of electronic circuit theory with the ability to understand circuit functions from written or verbal instructions
• Electronic trouble-shooting skills are a must
• Requires a strong functional understanding of general test equipment
• Experience with: Oscilloscopes, DMM’s, Signal Generators, Power Supplies, and more
• Knowledge of OrCAD/Protel/Altium/PADS Schematic capture and Layout tools
• Basic Soldering/Re-work skills
• PC knowledge (including MS Excel and MS Word)
• Good verbal and written communication skills are a must
• Proficiency in the English language a must
• Must be detail-oriented and should possess good inter-personal skills to be able to interact with various engineering departments
• Quick learner and able to take direction
• Able to travel internationally is a plus
• Fluent in Mandarin and/or Spanish is a plus

Education

• BS in Electronics (or equivalent technical training) 

Universal Electronics Inc. (NASDAQ: UEIC) is the worldwide leader in universal control and sensing technologies for the smart home. Its broad portfolio of patents includes QuickSet® software that utilizes the world’s most complete knowledge graph to detect and interact with thousands of entertainment and smart home devices. The company designs, develops, and manufactures innovative products that are used by the world’s leading brands in the audio, video, subscription broadcasting, connected home, home energy management, and mobile device markets. UEI’s many first-to-market innovations have helped transform the home entertainment control, home security, and home energy management and sensing industries.

Universal Electronics Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are proud of our diverse workforce and we believe having diverse teams that everyone brings their whole self to work everyday is key to all of our success. We welcome all people of different experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and abilities.