$117,800 - $176,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 6 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, test systems, and hardware platforms. This position focuses on evaluating, characterizing, and developing manufacturing and system-level test solutions to improve yield, test time, and product quality.
What you'll do
- Plan, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, circuits, equipment, packaging, test systems, FPGA, and DSP systems.
- Collaborate with design, verification, validation, software, systems, and architecture teams to integrate new requirements and test solutions into production programs to improve yield, test time, and quality.
- Evaluate, characterize, and develop manufacturing solutions to bring up products and meet schedule requirements.
- Conduct simulations and analyses of designs to implement solutions with optimized power, performance, and area.
- Assess complex design features to identify potential flaws, compatibility issues, and compliance issues.
- Write detailed technical documentation for hardware projects.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or a related field with 2+ years of hardware engineering or related experience (or Master's degree with 1+ year experience, or PhD).
- Experience planning, verifying, and testing hardware systems and test systems.
- Experience with hardware bring-up, characterization, and yield improvement.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of hardware engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of experience with circuit design (digital, analog, RF).
- 2+ years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
- 2+ years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and RF tools.
Skills: System Level Test, Hardware Bring-up, Yield, Characterization, Oscilloscopes
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First seen in our index 6 days ago, well below the 57-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
158
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Median days since first seen
57 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$106k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (158 roles · 38 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 158 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 157 | 2463 · 122 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 32 d | 57 d (+25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $106k |
Skills observed across this category: System Level Test, Hardware Bring-up, Yield, Characterization, Oscilloscopes
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 15 open roles · median 39 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 90 d
- Keysight Technologies · 12 open roles · median 62 d
- Skyworks · 9 open roles · median 16 d
- STMicroelectronics · 8 open roles · median 23 d
- Texas Instruments · 8 open roles · median 119 d
How we counted: 158 open Silicon Test Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 38 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 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.