Senior System Test Design Lead: Calibrate for Quality

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Austin, TX is seeking a System Test Design Lead to champion product calibration and test strategy while balancing quality, customer experience, and manufacturing costs. You will influence how we characterize and test new products, ensuring robust test methods.

You will collaborate with design, hardware, software, and operations teams to deliver efficient test solutions for high-volume production, driving data-driven improvements and fault analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering; EE/CE Master’s degree preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in system test design.
• Strong understanding of hardware/software architecture and system interoperability.
• Experience with integration of technologies: acoustics, sensing (motion, touch), transducers, imaging, displays, interconnects and protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB).

Responsibilities

• Champion calibration and test strategy for products.
• Collaborate with design, software, and operations to enable product characterization.
• Provide efficient test solutions for high-volume manufacturing.

Skills

Hardware/software architecture

Interoperability of complex systems

Acoustics

Sensing (motion, touch)

Transducers

Imaging

Displays

Electrical interconnect

I2C

SPI

UART

USB protocols

Education

Bachelor in Engineering (EE/CE)

Job description

Socket.dev in Austin, TX is seeking a System Test Design Lead to champion product calibration and test strategy while balancing quality, customer experience, and manufacturing costs. You will influence how we characterize and test new products, ensuring robust test methods.

You will collaborate with design, hardware, software, and operations teams to deliver efficient test solutions for high-volume production, driving data-driven improvements and fault analysis.