EE Validation / PI-SI

Creospan Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Creospan Inc. seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer for EE Validation to support hardware validation for next-generation wearables. You will review CM test reports, analyze failures, track issues to closure, and collaborate with EE design, layout, firmware, and CM teams.

Onsite in Sunnyvale, you will develop SOPs, test procedures, and measurement guidelines, read schematics, and apply PI/SI expertise to ensure robust power and signal integrity across boards.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, with 4+ years of EE hardware validation experience.
• Strong PI/SI expertise and hands-on experience with DC-DC converters and high-speed digital signals.
• Experience reading schematics and reviewing PCB/flex layouts; developing test procedures.

Responsibilities

• Review hardware validation reports, identify anomalies, analyze failures, and drive corrective actions.
• Perform Power Integrity (PI) and Signal Integrity (SI) measurements and debug hardware issues.
• Develop SOPs, test procedures, annotated layouts, and measurement guidelines for CM engineers.
• Read schematics and review PCB/flex layouts to identify signal integrity, power integrity, and probe-access risks.
• Use oscilloscopes, differential/active probes, current probes, and other lab instruments for hardware debugging.
• Track validation progress, maintain issue logs, communicate risks, and coordinate issue resolution with cross-functional teams.

Skills

PI/SI expertise

Hardware validation

Lab instrumentation

Schematic interpretation

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Probes

PCB test equipment

Job description

Creospan is a growing tech collective of makers, shakers, and problem solvers, offering solutions today that will propel businesses into a better tomorrow. “Tomorrow’s ideas, built today!” In addition to being able to work alongside equally brilliant and motivated developers, our consultants appreciate the opportunity to learn and apply new skills and methodologies to different clients and industries.

******NO C2C/3RD PARTY, LOOKING FOR W2 CANDIDATES ONLY, must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future***

Job Title:

Hardware Engineer IV – EE Validation / PI-SI

Location:

Sunnyvale, CA – 100% Onsite

Job Summary:

Client is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering (EE) Validation Engineer to support hardware validation for next-generation smart glasses. The role focuses on reviewing contract manufacturer (CM) test reports, analyzing failures, tracking issues to closure, and collaborating with EE design, layout, firmware, and CM teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review hardware validation reports, identify anomalies, analyze failures, and drive corrective actions.
• Perform Power Integrity (PI) and Signal Integrity (SI) measurements and debug hardware issues.
• Develop SOPs, test procedures, annotated layouts, and measurement guidelines for CM engineers.
• Read schematics and review PCB/flex layouts to identify signal integrity, power integrity, and probe-access risks.
• Use oscilloscopes, differential/active probes, current probes, and other lab instruments for hardware debugging.
• Track validation progress, maintain issue logs, communicate risks, and coordinate issue resolution with cross-functional teams.

Required Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering.
• 4+ years of EE hardware validation experience with strong PI/SI expertise.
• Hands‑on experience with DC‑DC converters, power rail validation, and high‑speed digital signal measurements.
• Strong schematic interpretation, PCB layout review, and lab instrumentation skills.
• Experience developing test procedures and analyzing hardware failures.

Preferred:

Wearables, mobile, or IoT hardware experience; EVT/DVT/PVT and NPI exposure; CM/ODM coordination and issue‑tracking experience.