Opportunity OverviewThe Senior Hardware Engineer in the hardware group is responsible for designing, developing, and validating high-current, high-power sourcing and switching hardware used in semiconductor automated test equipment. This role focuses on
power delivery architecture,
fast transient response,
load regulation,
protection systems,
thermal management, and
system-level integration to support advanced SoCs, FPGAs, high-power devices, and complex test conditions. The engineer owns power-delivery modules from concept through production release and collaborates across hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test engineering teams.
Power Delivery Architecture & Design- Architect and design high-current power delivery modules (from mA to 100+ A) for ATE systems.
- Develop fast-response voltage/current sourcing circuits optimized for dynamic load conditions, droop control, and transient performance.
- Implement advanced power-stage topologies (buck, multiphase, linear, hybrid) tailored for semiconductor test environments.
- Design for wide operating ranges, including high-voltage rails, low-voltage/high-current rails, and dynamic voltage scaling.
Power Integrity & Transient Performance- Optimize power integrity across the full PDN (instrumentation cabling loadboard DUT).
- Model and mitigate droop, overshoot, ringing, and ground bounce under fast load steps.
- Perform simulation and analysis of loop stability, compensation networks, and transient response.
- Ensure compliance with DUT power-up sequencing, ramp rates, and timing constraints.
Protection, Reliability & Safety- Design robust protection systems including OCP, OVP, OTP, short-circuit protection, and fault-isolation mechanisms.
- Implement fast fault-response circuits to protect sensitive DUTs and ATE hardware.
- Conduct reliability analysis, derating studies, and thermal modeling for long-term stability.
- Support HALT/HASS, stress testing, and failure-mode investigations.
Switching, Routing & Load Management- Develop efficient high-current solutions for routing power to multiple DUT pins or sites.
- Engineer low-impedance, low-loss paths for high-current delivery with attention to thermal and mechanical constraints.
- Collaborate with mechanical teams on heatsinking, airflow, and thermal interface design.
Bring-Up, Debug & Validation- Lead bring-up of new power-delivery modules, performing root-cause analysis of analog, digital, and mixed-signal issues.
- Execute characterization plans for load regulation, transient response, efficiency, thermal behavior, and fault handling.
- Use advanced lab equipment (power analyzers, high-bandwidth scopes, current probes, electronic loads) to validate performance.
ATE System Integration- Ensure power-delivery modules meet ATE system-level requirements for timing, triggering, synchronization, and software control.
- Collaborate with firmware teams on control loops, telemetry, calibration, and fault-reporting algorithms.
- Create and use ATE test programs to validate instrument and system level designs.
- Support integration with loadboards, probecards, and DUT power-delivery networks.
Cross-Functional Collaboration- Work with product engineering, test engineering, and silicon teams to define power-delivery requirements for new devices.
- Provide technical mentorship and contribute to power-delivery design standards and best practices.
All About You- 12+ years of experience in power electronics, high-current power delivery, or instrumentation hardware design.
- Strong expertise in switching power supplies, multiphase regulators, linear regulators, and power-stage design.
- Experience with power integrity, transient analysis, and compensation/stability design.
- Proficiency with SPICE simulation, PDN modeling tools, and PCB design tools.
- Hands-on experience with power measurement equipment and high-current test setups.
- Strong analytical and debugging skills.
- Experience designing power-delivery modules for ATE instrumentation.
- Knowledge of dynamic voltage scaling, digital power control, and telemetry systems.
- Familiarity with high-current connectors, cabling, and low-impedance mechanical design.
- Understanding of thermal modeling, heatsink design, and system-level thermal constraints.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
Compensation:The base salary range for this role is $175,300 - $280,600. This range is a good faith estimate, and the amount of base salary will correspond with experience and skill set. This range can also fluctuate depending on demand and location.
Incentive Plan: This job is eligible for discretionary bonus(es) based on financial performance.
Benefits:Teradyne offers a variety of robust health and well-being benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, and more. Please click here to see details.
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