Senior Hardware Test & Validation Engineer - Production Boards

Pronto; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, &

401(k)

Equity

Sick Time & Paid Holidays

Team lunch in SoMa

Job summary

Pronto is seeking a Hardware Test & Validation Engineer to own the testing requirements, validation strategy, and custom test hardware for our PCBs. You will design test fixtures and instrumentation, develop validation plans, and collaborate with Electrical Design, QC, and Bring-Up Process Engineers to build robust testing infrastructure.

The role is based in our San Francisco office, with onsite collaboration five days a week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic, Electrical or Mechatronics Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years of professional experience designing electronic hardware.
• Proven track record taking boards from schematic to production with layout and bring-up.
• Experience with CAN bus and embedded communication interfaces (Ethernet, RS-485, SPI, I2C).

Responsibilities

• Design electronic boards end to end: requirements, schematics, PCB layout, BOM and assembly packages.
• Design test PCBs for production environment QC of custom hardware.
• Develop validation plans and procedures for existing hardware.
• Develop standards for validating electrical designs.
• Bring up and validate prototypes on the bench: functional, thermal, EMI pre-compliance testing.
• Debug field failures and perform root-cause analysis to guide fixes.

Skills

End-to-end hardware design

Schematic to production

CAN bus & embedded interfaces

Power electronics knowledge

Lab skills: oscilloscope, power supply

Root-cause analysis

Debug hardware failures

Hands-on prototype bring-up

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronic/Electrical/Mechatronics Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

Oscilloscope

Job description

Pronto is seeking a Hardware Test & Validation Engineer to own the testing requirements, validation strategy, and custom test hardware for our PCBs. You will design test fixtures and instrumentation, develop validation plans, and collaborate with Electrical Design, QC, and Bring-Up Process Engineers to build robust testing infrastructure.

The role is based in our San Francisco office, with onsite collaboration five days a week.