Sr. Hardware & Integration Engineer

Quest Global; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Quest Global is seeking a Hardware Validation & Integration Engineer in Wisconsin to lead FPGA qualification, develop Python-based test automation, and drive reliability improvements. You will work with firmware, FPGA, and manufacturing teams to validate hardware from prototype through production, ensuring high-quality releases and scalable processes.

The role emphasizes test automation, cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on reducing field failures while enhancing product robustness and

Qualifications

• Experience designing Python-based test automation for FPGA qualification.
• Experience in reliability growth, failure analysis, and corrective actions.
• Ability to debug hardware at component and system levels and support firmware/FPGA teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python-based test automation frameworks for FPGA qualification and data collection.
• Drive reliability growth by analyzing field and lab failures and implementing corrective actions.
• Analyze results, identify failure modes, and recommend improvements.
• Manage hardware target build, maintenance, and configuration for development and test.
• Provide target/bay technical support and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and FPGA issues.
• Establish a transparent bay scheduling process and coordinate resource use.
• Perform interoperability, performance, stress, and reliability testing across configs.
• Debug hardware failures and perform root-cause analysis with cross-functional teams.
• Support firmware and FPGA teams with hardware setup and validation of new firmware drops.
• Drive ECRs/ECOs through internal release systems and ensure timely changes.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and systems teams to ensure hardware quality.

Skills

Test Automation (Python)

Reliability Growth & Failure Analysis

Hardware Validation & Qualification

Target/Bay Infrastructure Management

Cross-functional Technical Support

Resource Planning & Schedule Mgmt

Hardware/Firmware/FPGA Integration & 0

Job description

Job Requirements

Quest Global delivers world-class end-to-end engineering solutions by leveraging our deep industry knowledge and digital expertise. By bringing together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals and their areas of expertise, we are able to solve problems better, faster. This multi-dimensional approach enables us to solve the most critical and large-scale challenges across the aerospace & defense, automotive, energy, hi-tech, healthcare, medical devices, rail and semiconductor industries.

Job Requirements

Quest Global delivers world-class end-to-end engineering solutions by leveraging our deep industry knowledge and digital expertise. By bringing together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals and their areas of expertise, we are able to solve problems better, faster. This multi-dimensional approach enables us to solve the most critical and large-scale challenges across the aerospace & defense, automotive, energy, hi-tech, healthcare, medical devices, rail and semiconductor industries.

What You Will Do

The Hardware Validation & Integration Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and qualification of complex digital hardware systems. This role spans signal integrity testing and analysis, hardware bring-up, environmental validation, cross-functional debugging, and sustaining engineering support. The engineer will collaborate closely with firmware, FPGA, manufacturing, and system integration teams to drive high-quality hardware releases from prototype through production.

Job Description

• Design and develop Python-based test automation frameworks for FPGA qualification, regression testing, and data collection, improving test coverage, repeatability, and execution efficiency.
• Drive reliability growth initiatives by analyzing field and lab failures, identifying failure trends, implementing corrective actions, and validating improvements through structured testing and qualification efforts.
• Analyze test results and reliability data, identify failure modes, conduct root-cause analysis, and recommend design, manufacturing, or process improvements to enhance product reliability.
• Manage the build, maintenance, configuration, and continuous improvement of engineering targets with hardware platforms used for product development and verification activities.
• Provide target-level and bay-level technical support, troubleshooting the hardware, firmware and FPGA issues to ensure maximum availability and efficiency of validation environments.
• Establish and maintain a transparent target/bay scheduling process, proactively collecting team requirements on a weekly basis, prioritizing resource allocation, and coordinating usage across engineering teams to maximize utilization and minimize conflicts.
• Perform bay-level and target-level interoperability, performance, stress, and reliability testing to validate system functionality across multiple hardware and software configurations.
• Debug hardware failures, perform component-level and system-level root-cause analysis, and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to drive issue resolution and corrective action closure.
• Support firmware and FPGA development teams with hardware setup, board bring-up, programming workflows, validation of new firmware drops, and debugging hardware-dependent firmware issues.
• Drive Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) through internal release systems (e.g., MyWorkshop), ensuring alignment with stakeholders and timely implementation of approved changes.

What You Will Bring

• Test Automation (using Python) for FPGA Qualifications
• Reliability Growth & Failure Analysis
• Hardware Validation and Qualification
• Target/Bay Infrastructure Management
• Cross-functional Technical Support
• Resource Planning and Schedule Management
• Hardware/Firmware/FPGA Integration and Debug

Pay Range: $85K- $98K

Compensation decisions are made based on factors including experience, skills, education, and other job-related factors, in accordance with our internal pay structure. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, paid time off, and retirement plan.