Palo Alto Networks is hiring: Hardware Test Engineer in Santa Clara

Job Description

Your Career

At Palo Alto Networks, we build the world’s most advanced cybersecurity platforms. The Technical Operations team is responsible for the manufacturing capabilities to build our next-generation network firewalls. As a Hardware Test Engineer, you will be responsible for building advanced test platforms for network device manufacturing and implementation of test strategies in collaboration with our contract manufacturers and vendors, and work internally across different functional groups, from Supply Chain Operations to Product Development. You are a technical leader in your field, with a deep understanding of underlying architectures of network devices.

Your Impact

• Responsible for ensuring our products ship with the highest quality through extensive and complete testing
• Evaluate and contribute to product designs for test coverage and serviceability by participating in PRD, System Design, Diagnostic, Schematic and Layout Reviews
• Design, develop and implement test strategies for new products, covering structural and functional testing for PCBA and System level
• Participate in Board bring up and validation and creating hardware debug guides and provide debug support to CM
• Development of high stress testing platforms, demonstrate understanding of bandwidth loading, environmental and electrical factors on CPU based PCBA architectures
• Strong understanding of network protocols, eg switching and routing
• Manage the development of test fixtures and hardware requirements
• Excellent understanding of electronics manufacturing and service requirements
• Improve CM performance through iterative yield analysis and isolation of key failure manufacturing defects
• Lead failure analysis, drive root cause activities and implement effective fixes across manufacturing and repair facilities
• Drive continuous process improvement strategies to optimize test yields and throughput
• Build and scale manufacturing/service test lines and ensure the smooth operation of the test lines in manufacturing and repair
• Participate in cross-functional project teams, collaborate with supply chain and HW/SW engineering
• Excellent communication skills and able to work independently

Qualifications:

Your Experience

• 6+ years of electronics manufacturing testing experience
• Experience with PCBA Design Life Cycle from Design Review to Manufacturing
• Experience using common lab equipment such as DMM, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, etc.
• Experience developing with scripting and programming languages, e.g. Python, Tcl/Tk, C/C++, Javascript, Labview, Python etc
• Expertise with computer networks and protocols - TCP/IP switching and routing, GNU/Linux tools
• Experience with vendor management, performance management and resource planning
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of RF/Wireless technologies and related test systems (desired)
• Experience with ICT and Boundary Scan test (desired)
• BS/MS in Electronics/Electrical Engineering