Apply on Employer Site

Copper · 4 months ago

Hardware Test Engineer

Berkeley, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$95K/yr - $130K/yr

2+ years exp

Copper is a company focused on making decarbonization accessible by selling electric home appliances. As a Hardware Test Engineer, you will support the hardware team in developing energy-storage-equipped appliances, conducting tests, and improving product reliability through various engineering processes.

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Support the hardware design team with board bring-up, experiments, evaluations, and measurements

Perform electrical, functional, and characterization measurements at the component, board, and system levels

Collaborate with Coppers hardware and embedded software design engineering teams to create validation test plans, procedures, and reports

Design and build electromechanical test rigs for reliability, certification, and manufacturing test

Conduct inspections, diagnostics, and troubleshooting of electronic components and PCBAs

Assemble, wire, crimp, and solder electrical panels, circuit boards, and test setups

Investigate failure root causes and contribute to product improvements

Qualification

Electrical engineering fundamentalsLab test equipmentPython for test softwareElectromechanical test rigsTroubleshooting PCBAsProblem-solving

Required

Experience with lab test and measurement equipment, including oscilloscopes, electronic loads, and spectrum analyzers

Strong knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals

Bachelors in a technical discipline (EE, Mechatronics, or similar) with 2+ years of relevant work experience

Working knowledge of Python for test software creation

Independent ability to solve engineering problems

Ability to occasionally travel domestically and internationally to visit manufacturing partners

Benefits

We cover 100% of the premiums for our employees and 50% of the premiums for their dependents on our base plans for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

We offer a 401(k) plan for employees to contribute to, in addition to many other benefits.

Every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 16 weeks of paid parental leave after three months of employment (eight weeks through Copper and eight weeks CA Paid Family Leave).