Senior Hardware Validation Engineer, PI/SI

Ascendion; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Paid time off: 5 personal days/year

Paid vacation: 10-15 days/year

6 paid holidays + 1 floating holiday

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering (EE) Validation Engineer to support hardware validation of next-generation smart glasses. You will monitor validation progress, review CM test reports, analyze failures, and drive issues to closure with EE design partners.

Role emphasizes hands-on PI/SI measurements, interpreting data, tracking issues, and providing guidance to CM engineers under the validation lead. Onsite at Sunnyvale, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (EE).
• 4+ years of Electrical Engineering hardware validation experience with emphasis on PI/SI.
• Proven ability to analyze test data, identify root causes, and drive issues to closure with cross-functional teams.
• Experience reviewing test reports for accuracy, identifying gaps, and driving follow-up actions.
• Ability to develop test procedures, including clear technical writing, SOPs, and annotated diagrams.
• Strong schematic-reading skills to trace signal paths and map circuit functionality.

Responsibilities

• Review CM-generated validation reports to verify data quality and pass/fail criteria.
• Analyze validation failures to determine if issues are measurement errors, design defects, or assembly quality problems.
• Coordinate with EE design partners to present data and support corrective-action decisions.
• Track open issues through resolution and ensure fixes are validated and closed.
• Facilitate communication between CM, EE design, PCB layout, and firmware teams to keep issues progressing.
• Provide SOPs and guidance for CM personnel on measurement techniques and data collection.
• Define measurement access strategies and communicate them using annotated layout markups.
• Perform PI/SI measurements and debugging during prototype bring-up and validation.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Hardware validation

PI/SI measurements

Test data analysis

SOP writing

PCB traceability

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power-rail probes

Differential probes

Current probes

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

Ascendion is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering (EE) Validation Engineer to support hardware validation of next-generation smart glasses. You will monitor validation progress, review CM test reports, analyze failures, and drive issues to closure with EE design partners.

Role emphasizes hands-on PI/SI measurements, interpreting data, tracking issues, and providing guidance to CM engineers under the validation lead. Onsite at Sunnyvale, CA.