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Staff / Sr. Staff HW Test Automation Engineer

Mountain View, CA💼 Full-time💰 $154,000–$154,000🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and build test software to automate device bring-up, characterization, and production test sequences for photonic chips on bench and ATE environments.

Role type

Staff/Sr. Staff Hardware Test Automation Engineer

Builds

Test software infrastructure, test methods, flows, and data pipelines for photonic chip validation

Domain

Semiconductor/Photonics hardware testing and automation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

ATE test method/test flow development, instrument control (SCPI/VISA), embedded/firmware interface understanding, test architecture ownership, cross-functional technical decision making, hardware/software boundary reasoning, data pipeline development

Preferred skills

Wafer-level hardware integration (probers/handlers), photonic test instrumentation experience

Technologies

Java, Python, C/C++, SCPI, VISA

Responsibilities

Design and build test software for device bring-up and production test; develop and maintain test methods, flows, and instrument control code; debug test hardware/software integration issues; build data logging and results pipelines; support test program releases; work hands-on in the lab with hardware

Seniority

Staff/Sr. Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship

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