Heron Power
Hardware Validation Systems Developer
$130K–$189K
Scotts Valley · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and maintain automated hardware test systems for PCBAs, subsystems, and high-power converter products, from test strategy and fixture design through deployment and production sustainment.
What you'll do
- Architect and deliver test coverage, automated test cells, fixtures, and instrumentation for engineering and manufacturing.
- Develop automated high-voltage, bidirectional converter tests, including power cycling, efficiency mapping, transient response, and fault validation.
- Sustain and improve test stations through debugging, calibration, version control, yield improvement, and regression testing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience designing and delivering automated test setups for high-voltage/high-power systems; ownership of a test system from concept through deployment and sustainment.
- Strong fundamentals in circuits and instrumentation; hands-on experience with scopes, DMMs, power supplies, electronic loads, DAQs, and digital interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART).
- Ability to work cross-functionally and drive issues to closure.
Nice to have
- Experience with bidirectional AC/DC or DC/DC power sources and regenerative loads, HIL, or embedded firmware validation.
- Experience with PCBA manufacturing functional testing, yield improvement, production traceability, calibration, or test systems for medium-voltage/high-power converters.
Pay
$130,000 to $189,000 per year (USD, base salary)
Tools
CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, DAQs, DMMs
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