Product Engineer

Insight Global (United States); San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Senior Hardware Engineer to drive products from NPI through high-volume manufacturing. You will troubleshoot at the PCB level, develop manufacturing tests, and perform root-cause analysis to improve reliability and yield.

The role requires hands-on test experience, DFT during early PCB design, and ability to work with contract manufacturers to ramp production. MS/PhD in EE preferred; California location in San Jose area.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in hardware, test, NPI or related for complex electronics.
• Strong PCB troubleshooting across analog, digital, or mixed-signal circuitry.
• Experience taking hardware through NPI to high-volume manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience with manufacturing test equipment (oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, ATE).
• Experience developing/managing manufacturing test processes and driving hardware failures through corrective action.
• DFT experience during early PCB design and NPI.
• Experience with phase-gate / structured product introduction processes.
• Production yield, failure trend, quality, or reliability improvement.
• Experience supporting contract manufacturers and production ramp.
• Software/programming experience related to hardware or automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Bring complex electronic products through NPI and into high-volume manufacturing.
• Perform hands-on PCB-level troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Develop and optimize manufacturing test processes and equipment.
• Apply DFT during early PCB design and NPI.
• Support phase-gate/product introduction processes and production ramp.

Skills

Hardware engineering

PCB troubleshooting

NPI & ramp

Manufacturing test

DFT

Root-cause analysis

Schematic analysis

Test equipment

Automated testing software

Phase-gate process

Education

MS in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job Description

A client of Insight Global is hiring for a Senior Hardware Engineer who will play a key role in bringing complex electronic products through NPI and into high-volume manufacturing. The role combines hands-on PCB-level troubleshooting, manufacturing test development, DFT, and root-cause analysis with a focus on improving product reliability, yield, and production readiness.

Skills and Requirements

• 8+ years in hardware, test, NPI, manufacturing, or sustaining engineering for complex electronic products
• Strong PCB/board-level troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across analog, digital, or mixed-signal circuitry
• Experience bringing new electronic hardware through NPI and into high-volume manufacturing
• Hands-on experience with manufacturing/production test, including oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, ATE, or similar electrical test equipment
• Experience developing or improving manufacturing test processes and driving hardware failures through corrective action
• Strong circuit/schematic analysis and ability to independently diagnose board-level failuresDFT / Design-for-Test experience during early PCB design and NPI
• Experience with phase-gate / structured product introduction processes
• Production yield, failure trend, quality, or reliability improvement
• Experience supporting contract manufacturers and production ramp
• Software/programming experience related to hardware or automated testing
• M.S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering

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