Senior Hardware Validation Engineer — Wearables

Ascendion; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 177,000 - 233,000; 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

5 personal days

Paid vacation 10-15 days

Holidays 6+1

Ascendion Learning Management System

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking an experienced Hardware Validation Engineer IV to support validation of next-generation wearable hardware in Sunnyvale. You will monitor progress, review CM reports, analyze failures, and drive issues to closure in collaboration with EE design partners.

The role emphasizes measurement skills, data interpretation, and timely issue resolution under leadership. The position requires strong hands-on measurement capability and the ability to flag risks while guiding CM teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or higher required.
• Strong experience with power integrity and signal integrity measurements.
• Ability to write clear SOPs and annotated diagrams.
• Clear technical writing and SOP development essential.
• PCB layout review experience and probe access assessment.
• Experience with lab instruments including high-bandwidth scopes and analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Review CM-generated validation reports for data quality and criteria.
• Analyze validation failures to determine measurement errors, design defects, or assembly issues.
• Coordinate with EE design partners to discuss data and root-cause hypotheses.
• Track issues through resolution and ensure fixes are validated.
• Provide real-time technical guidance to CM during measurements.
• Develop repeatable test procedures and SOPs for CM technicians.
• Mentor CM engineers on measurement techniques and fixture usage.
• Define measurement access strategy and communicate layouts to CM.

Skills

Power integrity

Signal integrity

SOP writing

Schematic reading

PCB layout review

Test procedures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power probes

Current probes

Spectrum analyzers

MIPI CSI interface

Job description

Ascendion is seeking an experienced Hardware Validation Engineer IV to support validation of next-generation wearable hardware in Sunnyvale. You will monitor progress, review CM reports, analyze failures, and drive issues to closure in collaboration with EE design partners.

The role emphasizes measurement skills, data interpretation, and timely issue resolution under leadership. The position requires strong hands-on measurement capability and the ability to flag risks while guiding CM teams.