Senior PCBA Test & Validation Engineer — Hands-On R&D

Academic Work Finland Oy; Uusimaa; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Academic Work Finland Oy is seeking a Senior PCBA Test & Validation Specialist. The role is heavily laboratory-focused, engaging in testing, validation, measurements, and troubleshooting of PCBA assemblies within an R&D team.

You will validate new designs, perform failure analysis, and drive improvements in power electronics and power supplies, collaborating with designers and system engineers to ensure product reliability.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of power electronics and power supply technologies.
• Expertise in PCBA testing, validation, and component-level debugging.
• Knowledge of analog and digital electronics.
• Hands-on experience with failure analysis and root cause investigations on PCBs.
• Proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Perform laboratory testing, validation, and troubleshooting of PCBA assemblies.
• Execute detailed electrical measurements on power electronics and power supply circuits.
• Conduct component-level fault isolation and root cause analysis on prototype and production failures.
• Collaborate closely with PCBA design teams to support design verification and debugging.
• Develop and execute test plans, validation procedures, and technical test reports.
• Prototype, debug, modify, and rework PCBAs when required.
• Analyze circuit behavior at both component and system levels using schematics.

Skills

Power electronics

PCBA testing

Failure analysis

Schematics reading

English proficiency

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power analyzers

Multimeters

Job description

Academic Work Finland Oy is seeking a Senior PCBA Test & Validation Specialist. The role is heavily laboratory-focused, engaging in testing, validation, measurements, and troubleshooting of PCBA assemblies within an R&D team.

You will validate new designs, perform failure analysis, and drive improvements in power electronics and power supplies, collaborating with designers and system engineers to ensure product reliability.