Staff Test Engineer, PCBA

$100,000 - $172,500/Yr

Johnson & Johnson - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Senior

Santa Clara, CA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Staff Test Engineer, PCBA position at Johnson & Johnson focuses on leading the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) Test Team. This role involves providing technical leadership, developing comprehensive test strategies, and collaborating with various teams to ensure the quality and reliability of PCBA products. The engineer will also be responsible for optimizing testing methods and supporting new product introductions at contract manufacturers.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead for the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) Test Team, providing technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to team members.
• Develop and implement comprehensive PCBA test strategies to ensure the quality and reliability of printed circuit board assemblies.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Testability (DFT) analysis and prioritization to improve testing coverage.
• Develop PCBA level functional test requirements.
• Support the creation and optimization of functional test fixtures, automated testing scripts, and systems for data acquisition and measurement.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of how PCBA interacts with its connected peripherals and subassemblies.
• Collaborate closely with the Electrical Engineering and Manufacturing teams to refine PCBA testing methods for implementation at Contract Manufacturers (CMs) and New Product Introductions (NPI).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field is required.
• A minimum of 8 years' experience with a BS or a minimum of 6 years' experience with higher education is preferred.
• Prior experience as a team lead.
• Prior experience driving and analyzing DFT and DFM for PCBAs.
• Prior experience developing functional test requirements.
• Prior experience with test fixture design for PCBA functional level tests.
• Prior experience with Python scripting.
• Understanding of PCBA manufacturing process and AOI, AXI, FP, and ICT testing.
• Ability to read schematics and perform electrical debug using oscilloscopes, DMMs, multi-meters, TDRs, VNA, spectrum analyzer etc.
• Proficiency in CAD tools for schematics and PCB layout and familiarity with microcontrollers and serial communication protocols (including I2C, SPI, etc.).
• Produce high quality documentation that is clearly understandable by internal and external personnel.
• Experience developing electrical board level test and experience with instrumentation automation using scripting languages such as Python, Shell, Batch, Bash or Linux commands.
• Experience in Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Agile.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with PCBA design.
• Familiarity with hardware design for brushless DC motors.
• Experience working with EtherCAT, RS422/RS485, RS232, SSI, BiSS, USB and/or etc.
• Experience in Medical Device Design Control for IEC 60601, CISPR 22, UL in an FDA environment and testing electronics.
• Experience defining/developing on ICT/FCT testers with external vendors for printed circuit board testing.
• Design for assembly and compliance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan and savings plan.
• Annual performance bonus based on individual and corporate performance.
• Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year.
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year.
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year.
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year.