Founded in 2003, InvenSense Inc., a TDK Group Company, is the world’s leading provider of MEMS sensor platforms. InvenSense’s vision of Sensing Everything™ targets the consumer electronics and industrial markets with integrated Motion and Sound solutions. Our solutions combine MEMS (micro electrical mechanical systems) sensors, such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, compasses, and microphones with proprietary algorithms and firmware that intelligently process, synthesize, and calibrate the output of sensors, maximizing performance and accuracy.  InvenSense’s motion tracking, audio and location platforms, and services can be found in many of the world’s largest and most iconic brands including smartphones, tablets, wearables, drones, gaming devices, internet of things, automotive products, and remote controls for smart TVs.

InvenSense is headquartered in San Jose, CA, and has offices in Boston, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, France, Canada, Slovakia, and Italy. We’re looking for top-notch innovators to join our global team. If you are interested in being part of our journey and helping us grow to become the leading provider of SoC platform solutions, we want to hear from you. 

The Test Hardware Design Engineer-Staff position in the Silicon Test Engineering group is unlike any other hardware and test position at other companies. You will be joining a highly talented, motivated, dynamic, and startup-oriented team with exceptional opportunities that require multidisciplinary skills. We bring positive changes and empower individuals and teams around us through our design practices, infrastructure, and set of features built around our users and core values. As a Test Hardware Engineer, you will be at the heart of TDK InvenSense's engineering process, leading MEMS Sensor development and building custom hardware that empowers engineering teams to develop and deliver high-quality world-leading sensor products quickly. We are focused on solving the toughest, most rewarding, and value-driven challenges of developing software at scale without undermining stability, quality, velocity, or code health.

We ensure TDK InvenSense's success by collaborating with engineering teams (ASIC, MEMS, etc.) and developing scalable tools and infrastructure that help engineers develop, test, debug and release software quickly. We impact on the organization by increasing the pace of product development and ensuring our products are thoroughly tested and deliver the highest quality. We thrive to be champions for code health, testability, maintainability, and best practices for development and testing.

In this role you will be responsible for the development of test hardware to support MEMS device testing, characterization, and qualification. These products include integrated MEMS gyroscopes, accelerometers, pressure, microphone, ultrasonic, and other devices. The candidate must have a strong knowledge of analog/digital electronics, design tools, and hardware development best practices. This position requires working with multiple teams including Design, Validation, Product, and Reliability to support the products from development to production stage.

Responsibilities:

• Work with cross functional teams to capture test hardware requirements for new products

• Design electronics for MEMS device testing, including analog/digital design, schematic entry, PCB layout, and embedded systems

• Validate, characterize, and qualify new test hardware

• Create and maintain hardware design related documents, including BOMs, test procedures, target specifications, control specifications, characterization reports

• Troubleshoot test hardware related issues

• Support new product qualification and failure analysisCollaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including MEMS design, ASIC design, product managers, and quality assurance teams, to ensure alignment on testing objectives

Required Qualifications:

• MS +5 years or BS +7 years of experience in Electrical Engineering or related fields

• Minimum 5 years of experience in board level and system hardware development

• Strong background in analog/digital design and design tools (OrCad Capture, Allegro, Altium, PADS, PSPICE)

• Ability and desire to learn and develop new technologies and test strategies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Familiar with mixed signal test and data acquisition

• Experience with PLM tools

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with MEMS and digital test methodologies

• FPGA design experience (Verilog, LabView FPGA)

• Understands mechanical system design

• Microcontroller programming experience

• Experience with ATE HW architecture and requirements

• Knowledge of SW programming languages (Python, C++)