Validation Engineer

As a Validation Engineer at OnLogic, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our advanced industrial computing products. In this position, you'll be responsible for developing and executing rigorous validation plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams to test new designs, and providing critical feedback to improve product performance. Your efforts directly impact the success and functionality of our innovative solutions, helping businesses around the globe achieve their goals.

We believe in the power of in-person collaboration and the benefits of a strong workplace community. Therefore, this role requires an onsite presence at our South Burlington, VT office. We encourage candidates who are able to relocate or comfortably commute to apply.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• Providing technical leadership and serving as the primary validation interface with Program Management and cross-functional teams, including proactively identifying program risks, defining mitigation strategies, driving realistic schedules, and ensuring execution by resolving dependencies and critical blocking issues.
• Developing and defining the system-level validation strategy and test plan coverage for motherboard and system level validation, ensuring comprehensive validation across hardware, firmware, OS, performance, reliability, and key platform features.
• Executing validation test plans and documenting results with high rigor, including defect identification, while leading failure analysis and platform debug efforts through root cause analysis, fix quality assessment, and timely fix verification.
• Performing high-speed signal and power measurements using digital oscilloscopes and advanced lab equipment, applying strong knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, and high-speed PCB design and validation practices.
• Driving continuous improvement in validation effectiveness and efficiency, capturing key learnings, enhancing validation processes and coverage, and identifying automation opportunity and time-to-market.

The team you will be joining: 

Our Engineering team creates our cutting-edge industrial computers by finding innovative solutions on a daily basis. The Engineering team's success relies on collaboration, creative thinking, and a commitment to being at the forefront of technology. Roles on our Engineering team include Electrical, Mechanical, Applications, and Regulatory.

Learn more about Life at OnLogic: www.onlogic.com/life-at-onlogic

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in validation engineering or similar role.
• Experience with methodologies for component and system-level testing.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, comfortable working in a collaborative environment.
• Experience with hardware testing and validation tools.
• Proficiency in Python for workflow automation.

Who we're looking for:

• A proactive problem-solver who can prioritize tasks effectively.
• A detail-oriented individual who takes pride in delivering high-quality results.
• A team player who enjoys collaborating with others to achieve common goals.
• Someone who embraces challenges and is eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.

Who we are:

OnLogic employees have the opportunity to shape our future and drive impactful change. We design and manufacture specialized computers and hardware solutions for companies all over the world, helping them to make the seemingly impossible possible. Our computers are designed to work where others fail, and it's our vision to be the first choice in industrial computing. To make that vision a reality, we've built a team of ambitious problem solvers, guided by the company's core values of Open, Fair, Innovative, and Independent. We have an open office, open salaries, and strive to be fair and transparent in our decision making. We encourage input and feedback from every member of our team and look to improve ourselves and our business every single day.

Diversity is an essential element of our core values. Not just respecting, but actively embracing a variety of backgrounds, life experiences, and opinions, helps us foster innovation, enhances our problem-solving capabilities, and promotes learning and engagement among the members of our team. We strongly encourage those with diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and harassment-free workplace for all employees. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination, or bias based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or any other protected characteristic.

To learn more about our values, our mission and what it's like to work at OnLogic, visit www.onlogic.com/careers.

The salary range for this role is $90,000 to $120,000. We determine final compensation based on discussions with applicants and their experience in similar roles.

• A competitive salary based upon your experience and the requirements of the role
• A comprehensive benefits package
• 401k plan with 3% employer contribution
• An annual profit-sharing bonus
• Paid maternity & paternity leave, and short & long-term disability
• Opportunity to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• A personal development plan created to help you (and us) grow