Senior Board Validation & Test Engineer — Equity

Aeva; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k matching

Unlimited PTO

Paid lunches

Team off-sites and ping pong

Job summary

Aeva is seeking a Board Validation and Test Engineer to drive DFT and test platforms for high-volume manufacturing across multiple product lines. The role focuses on ICT/FCT bring-up, fault isolation, and collaboration with design and manufacturing teams.

You will apply Python for test automation, analyze data with JMP, and read schematics/PCB layouts to improve yield and reliability through advanced test strategies and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on board bring up and validation.
• DFT experience and practical ICT/FCT knowledge.
• Proficient in reading and critiquing schematics and PCB layouts.
• Deep understanding of analog, digital, and mixed-signal systems; boundary scan (JTAG).
• Hands-on Python programming for test automation.
• Experience with data analysis tools like JMP and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Drive PCBA testability (DFT) from schematic reviews for high-volume manufacturing.
• Develop test platforms for initial board bring-up and prototype builds; write test methods and extract metrics.
• Assess ICT and FCT requirements for high-volume manufacturing.
• Lead yield fallout investigations by debugging power integrity, clocks, resets, boot sequences, and mixed-signal paths.
• Correlate ICT/FCT failures with schematic intent, layout, and silicon performance.
• Utilize scopes, logic analyzers, current probes, and thermal tools to capture elusive failures.
• Create debug playbooks, DFT guidelines, and failure isolation documentation.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to ensure on-time delivery with optimum test coverage at lowest cost.
• Document test strategies and results for internal reference and compliance.
• Provide end-to-end support from NPI to high-volume manufacturing.

Skills

Python programming

Debug & fault isolation

Schematic & PCB layout analysis

Analog/digital/mixed-signal systems

JTAG/boundary scan

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

JMP

Dashboards

Test automation frameworks

Job description

Aeva is seeking a Board Validation and Test Engineer to drive DFT and test platforms for high-volume manufacturing across multiple product lines. The role focuses on ICT/FCT bring-up, fault isolation, and collaboration with design and manufacturing teams.

You will apply Python for test automation, analyze data with JMP, and read schematics/PCB layouts to improve yield and reliability through advanced test strategies and documentation.