Test Design Lead

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

Our team develops solutions that enable product development, characterization, and calibration/testing that fuel Apple's never- ending pursuit of perfection in customer experience and quality. We are seeking hardworking team members with a desire to see their work make an impact in the lives of our customers around the world.

Description

The System Test Design Lead (TDL) champions product calibration and test strategy while balancing tradeoffs between quality / customer experience and operational requirements (assembly/test processes and costs). The TDL integrates with various teams across design, software, and operations on new product definition to enable product characterization and provide efficient test solutions for high volume manufacturing.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, EE/CE Master’s degree preferred
• 5-10yrs experience
• Excellent understanding of hardware/software architecture and interoperability of complex systems.
• Prior experience with integration of one or more of the following technologies: acoustics, sensing (motion, touch), transducers, imaging, displays, electrical interconnect and protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, etc..).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FMEA and FA processes - root-cause investigations of issues and recommendations for design improvements.
• Knowledge of statistical data analysis methods.
• Engineering build leadership, ownership for factory cal/test strategy and bringup interfacing with factory teams.
• Have an understanding of physics and electronics; is capable of applying creativity, common sense, and technical skills to tackle sophisticated problems.
• Outstanding problem solving ability.
• Prior technical leadership and/or project management experience with excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness to travel domestic (if required by home location,~3day trips) and internationally 5-10% of the time in 10-12 day trips.