Electrical Engineering Technician - San Jose, United States
Originally posted 24 March 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an Electrical Engineering Technician at Etched, you will support hardware development and validation efforts by executing electrical test procedures and maintaining lab environments.
What you'll do
- Set up, calibrate, and operate electrical test equipment, including oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, and signal analyzers. - Collect, record, and validate electrical measurement data, maintaining accurate and traceable documentation for quality assurance. - Monitor live test runs and equipment performance, identifying anomalies and troubleshooting issues to maintain test integrity and minimize downtime. - Prepare test benches, fixtures, and lab environments to support scheduled hardware experiments across multiple concurrent projects. - Organize and maintain lab logs, test databases, and results reports, communicating findings to hardware engineers and project teams. - Enforce lab safety procedures and compliance standards while managing equipment maintenance, inventory, and calibration schedules.
What you'll need
- Hands-on experience executing electrical test procedures, including bench setup, instrument calibration, and operation of standard EE lab equipment. - Experience collecting and documenting accurate, traceable measurement records. - Demonstrated ability to monitor live electrical tests, detect signal irregularities or out-of-spec behavior early, and troubleshoot issues. - Experience preparing test benches and hardware fixtures across multiple concurrent projects. - Experience organizing and maintaining lab logs, databases, and test reports for cross-functional engineering teams.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with lab safety compliance and managing EE equipment maintenance, inventory, and calibration schedules. - Exposure to PCB bring-up, power rail validation, or digital/analog signal characterization. - Experience with scripted test automation (Python, LabVIEW, or similar).
Skills: electrical test equipment, oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, signal analyzers, test benches, hardware experiments
This role has been open 216 days — well above the 55-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2482
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$99k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Etched | All employers we track in this specialty (2482 roles · 78 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 2482 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 15 | 10096 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 29 d | 55 d (−26 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $99k |
Skills observed across this category: electrical test equipment, oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, signal analyzers, test benches
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 365 open roles · median 81 d
- Applied Materials · 259 open roles · median 40 d
- Entegris · 217 open roles · median 45 d
- Lam Research · 110 open roles · median 68 d
- Infineon Technologies · 99 open roles · median 48 d
- ASML · 66 open roles · median 50 d
How we counted: 2482 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 78 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.