Electrical Engineer, Design Validation
Core
Develop and execute comprehensive board-level and module-level validation test plans for Waymo hardware, covering silicon, board, and system validation.
Role type
Electrical Engineer, Design Validation
Builds
Waymo autonomous driving hardware (sensors, compute platforms)
Domain
Autonomous driving / Hardware Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
electrical validation, oscilloscope usage, DMM, e-load, power supplies, power analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, thermal chambers, signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI), board schematics, board layout, probe location identification, failure point identification, Cadence PCB (Allegro), Altium PCB, voltage regulator validation, multi-phase VR validation, Power Delivery Network (PDN) validation, VNA, TDR, BERT, probing station, high-speed interface validation, low-speed interface validation, Linux environment, scripting, automation
Preferred skills
voltage regulator validation, multi-phase VR validation, Power Delivery Network (PDN) validation, signal-integrity (SI) validation, power-integrity(PI) validation, high-speed communication protocols, low-speed communication protocols, electrical debug, Linux environment, scripting, automation
Technologies
Cadence PCB (Allegro), Altium PCB, PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, DDR, MIPI, VNA, TDR, Scope, BERT
Responsibilities
Develop and execute comprehensive board-level and module-level validation test plans, Execute electrical validation test for silicon, board and system, Drive and execute validation to meet key deadlines and priority goals, Clearly document validation results and track bugs, Support hardware bring-up, debug, and troubleshooting, Enhance validation efficiency and scalability through the development of scripts and automation tools
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC