Hardware Bring-Up & Debug Specialist

Kings III Emergency Communications; Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k

Dental and vision

EAP

Telemedicine

PTO 15 days

Job summary

Kings III Emergency Communications is seeking an Engineering Technician to provide front-line board-level debugging and hardware bring-up support for our product engineering team. You will isolate faults, perform RCA on field and production failures, and bring up new boards from prototype to pilot builds.

You will collaborate with Electrical Engineers across legacy hardware and next-generation platforms, contributing to test procedures, fixtures, and pre-certification activities while advancing

Qualifications

• 3+ years in hardware debug, test, or bring-up roles.
• Strong hands-on skills with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers and soldering/rework.
• Experience reading schematics and PCB layouts to trace and isolate faults.
• Working knowledge of embedded systems — able to use JTAG/SWD debuggers and basic firmware flashing/debug tools.
• Methodical, documented approach to root cause analysis (5-whys, fishbone, or similar).
• Comfortable working with cellular-connected devices and basic RF test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and debug electrical/firmware issues at the board level using schematics, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG/SWD tools.
• Perform root cause analysis on field-returned units and production failures; document findings and drive corrective action with EEs.
• Support failure analysis initiatives aimed at reducing field service calls, including teardown, testing, and defect trending.
• Isolate intermittent and hard-to-reproduce faults across analog/POTS, cellular, and digital hardware variants.
• Bring up new PCB revisions from first article through pilot build — power-on testing, functional verification, and issue triage.
• Build, rework, and repair prototype and production boards (soldering, rework of SMT/through-hole components).
• Develop and run test procedures and fixtures to validate hardware functionality and firmware behavior.
• Support environmental, EMC/EMI, and pre-compliance testing ahead of formal certification.
• Partner with Electrical Engineers to translate debug findings into design or firmware corrective actions.
• Support manufacturing and test engineering with troubleshooting guides, test fixtures, and yield issue resolution.
• Maintain lab equipment, test fixtures, and documentation for repeatable, traceable debug processes.

Skills

Hands-on debugging

Board bring-up

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Soldering

JTAG/SWD debugging

Root cause analysis

Hardware troubleshooting

Education

Associate degree in Electronics Engineering Technology

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

Soldering tools

PCB layout reading

Job description

Kings III Emergency Communications is seeking an Engineering Technician to provide front-line board-level debugging and hardware bring-up support for our product engineering team. You will isolate faults, perform RCA on field and production failures, and bring up new boards from prototype to pilot builds.

You will collaborate with Electrical Engineers across legacy hardware and next-generation platforms, contributing to test procedures, fixtures, and pre-certification activities while advancing