Cricut is seeking an experienced and versatile Hardware Test Engineer to join our Hardware Quality Engineering team. You will be responsible to formulating test strategies, designing and developing test plans for new & existing products based on product requirements, engineering specifications and potential customer use cases.
Job Responsibilities:
As a Hardware Test Engineer, we expect the successful candidate to be able to perform the following with reasonable oversight and direction, demonstrate strong work-ethic, and have enough experience to work with and contribute meaningfully to the success of the team by delivering consistently high-quality results in your work.
- Analyzing materials and data, conducting tests, troubleshooting, monitoring performance, ensuring quality control and creating documentation during product development stages
- Developing new methods of testing
- Training technicians and lab workers and directing testing
- Maintaining inventories and ordering test supplies and maintaining lab test equipment
- Stay up to date on industry standards and new developments in the field
- Conduct root-cause analysis through Eight Disciplines (8D), etc. to drive corrective & preventive actions (CAPA) through all stages of the product lifecycle
- Developing test plans for: thermal, humidity, vibration, shock, drop/tumble, HALT/HASS, accelerated aging, etc. which will aid in new product qualification
- Utilize quality engineering tools and techniques such as, gage R&R, SPC, DOE, design for reliability to continuously improve and enhance product reliability.
- Communicate and present defect, failure, risk, and opportunity data to cross functional teams
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to validate manufacturing lines and lead continuous improvement initiatives
- Analyze and recommend product鈥檚 readiness at EVT, DVT, MPQ and MP gates
- Work independently and with cross functional teams globally to develop and deliver Product Risk Analysis (DFMEA, PFMEA, NUDD and Lessons Learned) to ensure high risk items are addressed prior to validating the final design.