What are the responsibilities and job description for the ODVT Engineer position at Programming.com?
Position: ODVT Engineer
Location: San Jose, CA - Onsite
Key Responsibilities:
- Review engineering specifications and develop test strategies for new products
- Integrate new equipment and develop test systems and environments
- Leverage automation to implement test strategy & improve efficiency
- Test product compliance with internal specs and industry standards
- Provide detailed issue mitigation & drive issues to closure
- Document test plans, procedures, and test reports
- Help root cause field issues & support customer escalations
- Collaborate with system designers, SI engineers, SW/diagnostics engineers, customer escalation engineers, and external vendors to ensure robust test methodology and timely issue mitigation, resulting in high product quality
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 2 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- Experience with electrical or optical test and measurement equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes w/CDR, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, noise generators, traffic generators)
- Experience with high-speed SERDES or signal integrity
Preferred Qualifications:
- Automation expertise: Experience in test automation, familiar with Python, C/C , or MATLAB
- Experience in optical transceiver theory, functional blocks, and form factors (SFP, QSFP, OSFP, QSFPDD, etc.)
- Experience in optical signal measurement
- Experience with troubleshooting & diagnostics, and instrument control & automation
- Experience building HW/Optics physical layer evaluation methodologies based on product requirements, scripting (e.g., Python) for measurement automation
- Experience with fundamental hardware blocks & subsystems—CPU/microcontrollers, LVDS signaling, clocking, and power issues; familiarity with schematics and board layout
- Familiarity with the following standards: IEEE 802.3, OIF/CEI, MSA, SFF8431