Gatik
Hardware Test and Validation Engineer
$160K–$220K
Santa Clara, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 18, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of engineering testing and validation experience in hardware; several years of hands-on experience in a listed industry.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Develops and leads reliability and validation testing for autonomous-vehicle hardware components and subsystems, analyzes results, and reports findings to support development.
What you'll do
- Create reliability test plans, design test profiles, and lead test campaigns for hardware components and subsystems.
- Perform tests and manage outsourced testing; instrument equipment, collect and interpret data, and prepare reports.
- Lead DFMEA efforts and collaborate across teams on testable requirements and reliability benchmarks.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of hardware engineering testing and validation experience, focused on designing and managing validation plans.
- Several years of hands-on experience in automotive, trucking, aerospace, robotics, or automation.
- Experience defining mechanical and environmental tests for vehicle- or robot-integrated components.
Nice to have
- Experience with camera, ultrasound, lidar, or radar sensor technology.
- Familiarity with workflow automation, MatLab, and/or Python.
Pay
$160,000-$220,000 (base salary)
Tools
CAN, LIN, Automotive ethernet, DAQ, CANbus, HALT, CAD, MatLab
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