Hardware Validation Engineer (Power Consumption)

Hardware Validation EngineerRequired Skills & Experience: BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience; 3+ years of experience in consumer electronics power validations and hardware debugging; experience with power test equipment, EE lab equipment, methodologies and have a hands-on approach when testing.Job Description: Insight Global is looking for a Hardware Validation Engineer with a focus on power consumption to join one of the world's leading social networking companies. This individual will work with the Reality Labs organization which helps people around the world come together through next generation Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality.Responsibilities: Responsible for the power consumption characterization and analysis of highly complex consumer electronic devices for various product use-cases. Generate power characterization test plans, power data reporting and documentation, prototype bring-up and debugging.

Characterize power consumption, battery runtime, battery charging/discharging curve at each build and identify optimization opportunities. Collect power measurements for weekly SW builds and drive every mA of power out of the system cross-functionally. Root-cause and solve technical issues during new product development and in field escalations and power-regressions.

Perform system level electrical characterization and PMIC validations. Engage with vendors on reviewing validation plans, analyzing test data and solving hardware issues.Pay range: $80-85/hr