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Hardware Engineer - Test Development

altentechnologyusa
Foster, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/16/2026

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000 experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000 engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Travel within Bay Area will be required

As our hardware engineer you will be responsible for developing, documenting and executing component and system-level hardware testing. You will collaborate with suppliers, design and system engineers to characterize

the functional performance of our sense and compute hardware. You will be responsible for development testing on early prototypes and qualification testing on modules intended for vehicle use. Projects range from

interface compliance testing to developing purpose built tools. We are looking for someone who’s enthusiastic, innovative, a self-starter, and willing to take on the challenges to work with us as an exceptional hardware

engineer.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Test Execution
    • Use oscilloscopes, network analyzers, and other electrical/environmental test equipment
    • Develop test setups via block diagrams, BoMs and test plans
  • Test Infrastructure Development
    • Develop custom test assets such as load simulators, test harnessing and python scripts
    • Facilitate test infrastructure projects by working with procurement and suppliers
  • Documentation
    • Draft and present Test Plans, Design Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews and Data Reviews
    • Review and consult on documentation release for standards, design, and risk assessments

 

Qualifications:

  • B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar discipline
  • 4 years of professional work experience
  • 2 years in electronics development
  • Experience with testing electronic, automotive, aerospace, or vehicle components
  • Experience with Design tools
    • PCBA: Altium preferred
    • 3D Modeling: 3DExperience or Catia preferred
    • Experience in using lab equipment (Environmental Chambers, Oscilloscopes, E-loads, VNA, TDR, and spectrum analyzer)
  • Experience with Ubuntu and Python

 

Bonus Qualifications:

  • M.S. or Ph.D. in Engineering or similar discipline
  • Team/club competitions (e.g. SAE, FIRST, DARPA)
  • Systems and networking foundational knowledge (systems architecture, memory hierarchy, storage subsystems, LANs, routing)
  • Experience with:
    • Ethernet switching chipsets (i.e. Broadcom, Marvell), PCIe, CAN Compliance
    • Simulation Tools (Ansys preferred)
    • Common bus protocols (SPI, I2C, MDIO)
  • Process/Tool Familiarity with:
    • Data Acquisition systems (UEI and/or Keysight preferred)
    • Requirement-Test Case management tools (Polarion preferred)
    • Atlassian software products (Jira/Confluence)

 

Salary:

  • $100,000-110,000
  • The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience 

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

Salary : $100,000 - $110,000

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