$190,000 - $230,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This position develops the test capabilities and experimental evidence needed to assess the reliability of electrical hardware. You will evaluate PCB assemblies, power supplies, AC/DC and DC/DC converters, voltage regulators, and power distribution assemblies through controlled electrical and environmental testing.
What you'll do
- Design, assemble, and troubleshoot custom electrical test jigs, fixtures, interface boards, load circuits, and wiring harnesses for power electronics and system reliability testing.
- Build automated test setups integrating programmable power supplies, electronic loads, switching hardware, sensors, and data acquisition equipment using Python or equivalent software.
- Establish electrical baselines and track efficiency, regulation, ripple and noise, transient response, startup/shutdown behavior, protection functions, and thermal derating.
- Investigate electrical failures using schematics, PCB layouts, component datasheets, and bench measurements to isolate shorts, opens, leakage, and performance degradation.
- Use DOE, statistical reliability analysis, and physics-of-failure methods to evaluate degradation, compare design alternatives, and assess component or process changes.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of experience in electrical testing, hardware validation, reliability engineering, or electrical failure analysis.
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong knowledge of PCBAs, power conversion, voltage regulation, power distribution, and electronic circuit behavior.
- Practical experience with oscilloscopes, differential and current probes, programmable power supplies, electronic loads, multimeters, power analyzers, source measurement units, and data acquisition systems.
- Proficiency in Python, LabVIEW, or equivalent tools for test automation and data analysis.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience integrating electrical test fixtures with environmental chambers and automated monitoring systems.
- Hands-on work with high-current power modules, converters, and power delivery assemblies.
- Experience with board bring-up, system integration, embedded firmware, Linux-based test environments, and hardware communication interfaces.
- Knowledge of reliability concerns associated with power semiconductors, capacitors, magnetic components, connectors, and solder joints.
- Ability to interpret microscopy, thermal imaging, X-ray, and cross-sectional findings in the context of electrical failures.
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 41-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · DFT Test
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Open roles in category
661
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Median days since first seen
41 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$176k
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| Metric | Cerebras | All employers we track in this specialty (661 roles · 85 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 661 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 4 | 2432 · 121 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 19 d | 41 d (+22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $176k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 86 open roles · median 41 d
- Infineon Technologies · 48 open roles · median 35 d
- Renesas Electronics · 48 open roles · median 35 d
- Texas Instruments · 34 open roles · median 48 d
- Qualcomm · 30 open roles · median 55 d
- Micron Technology · 26 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 661 open Silicon Test Engineering (DFT Test) roles from 85 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 12 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.