Hardware Testing Engineer

Trimble Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Trimble Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a System Test Engineer to advance GPS test capabilities in state-of-the-art labs.

You will design qualification verification methods for high-performance navigation receivers, ensuring product quality from concept to end-of-life across aviation and inertial navigation systems. You will own test environments, write robust test plans, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive reliability, accuracy, and efficiency in complex embedded positioning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Hands-on laboratory expertise operating signal generators, simulators, oscilloscopes, and spectrum analyzers.
• Proficiency with scripting languages like Python for automated test development and execution.
• Strong track record in formal documentation, data processing, configuration management, and cross-functional communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and release of advanced test stations, automated procedures, and diagnostic scenarios.
• Analyze system behavior under complex operating conditions to continuously optimize test efficiency and product performance.
• Champion quality by authoring, maintaining, and managing essential test plans, procedures, and formal qualification reports.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to support products through their full lifecycle, from proposal through design validation and field sustainability.

Skills

Python scripting

Documentation

Configuration management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in EE/ME

Tools

Signal generators

Simulators

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

Innovate and Impact as a System Test Engineer in Next-Gen GPS Technology

Elevate your engineering career by taking center stage in our state-of-the-art GPS test labs, where you will design and implement cutting-edge qualification verification methods for high-performance navigation receivers. In this role, you will champion product quality from initial concept to end-of-life, directly driving the accuracy and reliability of technologies embedded in critical aviation and inertial navigation systems worldwide.

What Makes This Role Great

In this role, you will directly influence the performance and reliability of high-precision navigation receivers used in mission-critical aviation applications, taking ownership of state-of-the-art testing environments and shaping the future of deeply embedded positioning technology.

Key Exciting Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and release of advanced test stations, automated procedures, and diagnostic scenarios.
• Analyze system behavior under complex operating conditions to continuously optimize test efficiency and product performance.
• Champion quality by authoring, maintaining, and managing essential test plans, procedures, and formal qualification reports.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to support products through their full lifecycle, from proposal through design validation and field sustainability.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Hands-on laboratory expertise operating signal generators, simulators, oscilloscopes, and spectrum analyzers.
• Proficiency with scripting languages like Python for automated test development and execution.
• Strong track record in formal documentation, data processing, configuration management, and cross-functional communication.

Bonus Points For

• Ability or active status to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance.
• Prior experience managing inertial navigation system testing or complex data manipulation workflows.

Logistics

Location: Sunnyvale, CA (In Office)

Travel Requirement: 0-10%

Why You'll Love Working With Us

At Trimble, we’re not just a company that "does good"—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact.

We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world’s most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

• You’ll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you’ll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.
• Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We’re a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.
• Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You’ll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers".

System Test Engineer, GPS Test Engineer, Qualification Testing, Test Automation, Python Scripting, Signal Generator, Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Inertial Navigation Systems, Avionics Receiver Testing

Compensation

Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

$76,700.00-$105,500.00

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Bonus Eligible?

No

Commission Eligible?

No

Benefits

Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission-or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values - Belong, Innovate, and Grow - we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under Governance->Governance Documents.

Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.

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