Validation Testing Technician || Onsite in Santa Clara, CA _ 4-8 Months Contract _ W2 Only _ USC/EAD Only

Client: WWT
Job Title: Validation Testing Tech
Duration: 4-8 months on W2 Only
Location: Onsite in Santa Clara, Ca
***NOTE: There may be occasional shift work and after-hours work/weekend. Please make sure candidates are open to this as needed.***
What you will do:
- Build, take apart and fix hardware
- Take apart and put back together laptops, phones, servers, data center systems and consumer electronic devices, including dev systems.
- Swap power supplies, boards, debuggers, interposers, fans, cables and connectors; fix port and connector issues; solder and rework prototype boards and dev kits.
- Set up and flash
- Set up benches, racks, host PCs and networking (IP, VLAN); keep systems ready for the next debug phase.
- Flash and recover BIOS/sBIOS, EC and system firmware, and Linux, Android and Windows images; update test recipes and recover boards.
- Measure and validate
- Read schematics and datasheets to find test points and probe locations, and help engineers set up the measurement.
- Check rework before testing: inspect and verify reworked boards (placement, solder quality, correct parts) and confirm they power on.
- Perform bring-up checks on new boards and systems with an oscilloscope and multimeter: verify rails, power-on state and basic function before handoff.
- Perform power supply validation with bench supplies, electronic loads and a validation load board.
- Take power sequence measurements (power-on, power-off and sleep) and record timing and voltage results.
- Run function validation (Windows, MODS and diagnostics), benchmarks with data capture and plots, and checks such as USB load switch, second-source part and shutdown behavior (for example 12V shutdown, PROCHOT), following an engineer's test plan.
- Run tests and support the lab
- Run diagnostics, functional and overnight tests; support EMC, thermal and vibration setups.
- Reproduce bugs, capture logs, file bugs and keep a daily status sheet.
- Support vendors, RMAs, inventory and shipping; train new teammates.
What you bring:
Required:
- BS in Electrical Engineering with a solid academic record.
- 0 to 2 years of lab or technician experience (internship, co-op or early career).
- Personal or hobby hardware projects you can show and explain.
- Able to read schematics and datasheets to locate probe points and test points, help set up measurements, and inspect and check rework before testing.
- Hands-on skills with an oscilloscope, multimeter and bench power supply, plus basic soldering; familiarity with power supply testing, power sequence measurements and load boards.
- Mechanical aptitude: confident taking apart and reassembling laptops, phones, servers and other data center or consumer electronic device hardware.
- Experience flashing BIOS/firmware and installing or recovering operating systems.
- Linux and Android command line (adb, minicom, ping, iperf), basic scripting and networking.
- Able to work on-site in Santa Clara.
Nice to have
- BGA or fine-pitch rework, IPC certification.
- High-speed or power test equipment.
- Internship at a PC, mobile or semiconductor company

Comments for Partner:

Ensure candidate are able to talk in detail about their hands on experience with oscilloscope, multimeter and bench power supply, plus basic soldering.