Nexthop AI
Electrical Design Validation (EDVT) Engineer
Santa Clara, California · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jun 8, 2025
- Experience
- 0-5 years of experience in electrical design validation for telecom or data center product development.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Electrical Engineering.
About the job
Validates networking systems for AI infrastructure by planning and executing electrical and environmental tests, analyzing results, and assessing readiness for manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute test plans; support hardware bring-up, debugging, and manufacturing NPIE qualifications.
- Analyze test results, report and resolve design issues, verify fixes, and release test reports.
- Coordinate test schedules, resources, and cross-functional dependencies, and assess technical readiness for manufacturing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 0-5 years of experience in electrical design validation for telecom or data center product development.
- Knowledge of networking product design and operation, environmental stress testing, and test automation using Python.
- Hands-on hardware bring-up experience, including I2C, PCIe, SMBUS, SERDES, and SOC.
Nice to have
- Testing optical modules and liquid-cooled products.
Tools
Python, IXIA, Smartbits, I2C, PCIe, SMBUS, SERDES, SOC
AI focus
Validates networking systems intended for emerging AI infrastructures; no AI model development is stated.
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