Hardware Test Engineer

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Palo Alto Networks

Hardware Test Engineer

Santa Clara, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Your Career

    At Palo Alto Networks, we build the world’s most advanced cybersecurity platforms. The Technical Operations team is responsible for the manufacturing capabilities to build our next-generation network firewalls. As a Hardware Test Engineer, you will be responsible for building advanced test platforms for network device manufacturing and implementation of test strategies in collaboration with our contract manufacturers and vendors, and work internally across different functional groups, from Supply Chain Operations to Product Development. You are a technical leader in your field, with a deep understanding of underlying architectures of network devices.

    Your Impact

    • Responsible for ensuring our products ship with the highest quality through extensive and complete testing

    • Evaluate and contribute to product designs for test coverage and serviceability by participating in PRD, System Design, Diagnostic, Schematic and Layout Reviews

    • Design, develop and implement test strategies for new products, covering structural and functional testing for PCBA and System level

    • Participate in Board bring up and validation and creating hardware debug guides and provide debug support to CM

    • Development of high stress testing platforms, demonstrate understanding of bandwidth loading, environmental and electrical factors on CPU based PCBA architectures

    • Strong understanding of network protocols, eg switching and routing

    • Manage the development of test fixtures and hardware requirements

    • Excellent understanding of electronics manufacturing and service requirements

    • Improve CM performance through iterative yield analysis and isolation of key failure manufacturing defects

    • Lead failure analysis, drive root cause activities and implement effective fixes across manufacturing and repair facilities

    • Drive continuous process improvement strategies to optimize test yields and throughput

    • Build and scale manufacturing/service test lines and ensure the smooth operation of the test lines in manufacturing and repair

    • Participate in cross-functional project teams, collaborate with supply chain and HW/SW engineering

    • Excellent communication skills and able to work independently

  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Your Experience

    • 6+ years of electronics manufacturing testing experience

    • Experience with PCBA Design Life Cycle from Design Review to Manufacturing

    • Experience using common lab equipment such as DMM, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, etc.

    • Experience developing with scripting and programming languages, e.g. Python, Tcl/Tk, C/C++, Javascript, Labview, Python etc

    • Expertise with computer networks and protocols - TCP/IP switching and routing, GNU/Linux tools

    • Experience with vendor management, performance management and resource planning

    • Excellent troubleshooting skills

    • Knowledge of RF/Wireless technologies and related test systems (desired)

    • Experience with ICT and Boundary Scan test (desired)

    • BS/MS in Electronics/Electrical Engineering

    Additional Information

    The Team

    Our World-Wide Operations team is a team of professionals with extensive business and project management experience in the contract manufacturing industry. This team has a proven track record of success in all aspects of supply chain and project management. We’re dedicated to growing production, reducing operating costs, and improving product quality by utilizing World-class Manufacturing concepts to optimize supply chain processes and strategies. Our manufacturing team leadership establishes clear objectives, defining and implementing profit improvement and profiling inventory management, valuation, and lead-time improvement programs. If you have a passion for extensive end-to-end manufacturing and supply chain with the knowledge and experience, we want you!

    Compensation Disclosure

    The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $109,000/yr to $177,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

    Our Commitment

    We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

    We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

    Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.