Senior Test Development Engineer

Reports To

Sr. Director, Test Engineering

What You Will Be Doing

ChargePoint is seeking a Test Development Engineer to join our Test Engineering team. Our test systems are deployed to our manufacturing locations and interact with our products’ software, electrical and mechanical components during the manufacturing process. The Test Engineer will work to ensure the streamlined deployment of common architecture and processes for all Test Systems.

This role is critical to the successful design, integration and deployment of automated functional testers to ensure all our electromechanical sub-assemblies and systems are manufactured, programmed, configured and assembled according to specifications. You will be involved with test automation software throughout their entire lifecycle and by cultivating strong cross-functional relationships with a diverse group of Hardware, Software and Operations teams. You will also work closely with external teams from our manufacturing partners and tester vendors.

What You Will Bring to ChargePoint

This role will be responsible for the following activities

• Early engagement with the Systems Design and Hardware Test Engineering teams influencing the design of factory Automated Test Equipment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally on test requirements through the entire product lifecycle
• PCBA and system level schematic review to design functional test
• Lead and collaborate with HWTE and X-functional team on end-to-end design of test systems
• Automate Test Sequences in Python leveraging internal frameworks
• Debug and optimize automation to reduce cycle time, improve yield and uptime
• Participate in product design reviews, code reviews and test coverage reviews
• Analyze parametric and functional test results from manufacturing facilities
• Drive towards better integrated test solutions and code reuse
• Work with vendors to ensure equipment designs are as per specifications and monitoring tester health.
• Travel internationally to manufacturing facilities to support NPI and updates to testers (15%)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering with 2-3 years of experience in Hardware and Software development required
• Proficient with process integration of electromechanical systems
• Strong in the fundamental of Electrical Engineering
• Able to review and understand PCBA and system level schematics
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to make critical system-level design decisions and drive projects from start to finish with minimal supervision
• Proficient in an Object Oriented programming language, such as Python (preferred) or C++
• Comfortable working in a Linux based environment for development and application deployment
• Familiar with communication protocols such as CAN, UART, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, etc.
• Experience developing automated tests for software or hardware validation

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience transitioning products from prototype to production in volume manufacturing
• Hands-on experience building and/or troubleshooting test fixtures/setups for mechanical and electronic products
• Experience with power electronics (high voltage and low voltage) design, optimization, and test.
• Experience building factory test stations for validating embedded devices

Location

Campbell, USA

ChargePoint is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The targeted US salary range for roles at this operating level is $70,000 to $160,000. This range represents base salary and does not reflect equity, benefits or variable pay where applicable. Actual base salaries are based on several factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, experience, certifications and specific work location.