Lead Hardware Verification Engineer
Sonos
- Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Expand Sonos product range as part of the development team for new audio products.
- Work with design engineers in the JDM and Sonos to analyze Product Requirement Document NUDs (New, Unique, Difficult elements), Usage Models and to identify the correct verification test cases.
- Work with the JDM team to adapt existing HWV test procedures to new requirements, and to develop NUD test procedures from scratch.
- Review and approve JDM test plans at each prototype build.
- Ensure adequate test procedures in areas to include Color-Material-Finish (CMF), Packaging, Mechanical, Electrical, Audio, Power Supply, Thermal, Design Maturity, etc.
- Represent Sonos interests in the verification schedule, test status, test result documentation, defects reporting, and failure analysis.
- Drive end to end verification activities including root causes analysis, DoE, solution verification, and issue closure.
- Develop and implement automatic test methodologies.
- Train JDM HWV engineers in proper execution of HWV tests as-needed.
- BSEE, BSME or equivalent.
- 5+ years’ experience in product development team or proven track records of driving product verifications.
- Experience developing and testing in-ear audio products.
- Knowledge and experience of analog and digital electronics, signal measurement, troubleshooting.
- Experience in test automation.
- Ability to work independently in a different time zone than much of the Sonos team.
- Excellent cross functional communication skills with a multi-site development team.
- Ability to communicate effectively in both Chinese and English.
- Excellent written communication skills in both Chinese and English.
- You do not have to be an expert in everything, but you are excited by challenges and take initiative to learn and collaborate with others. You do what it takes to get things done.
- Experience of product hardware development, or hardware verification working with global teams and ODM/JDM/OEM.
- Experience with integrating multiple sub-systems including software.
- Experience in wireless communications, or audio and acoustic engineering.
- Knowledge of materials and mechanical engineering fields.