Hybrid Senior Hardware Validation and Test Engineer

at Emerson

• Job title: Senior Hardware Validation and Test Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Round Rock, United States

About the role

• Senior Hardware Validation & Test Engineer at Emerson, enhancing hardware testing strategy to ensure product quality and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute hardware validation plans in accordance with best practice in test engineering and design of experiments.
• Ensure test coverage aligns with product risk, safety classification, and industrial use conditions.
• Identify validation gaps early and drive closure prior to certification or release.
• Perform in‑house pre‑compliance testing for emissions, immunity, ESD, EFT, and surge.
• Characterize failures, document root causes, and work with hardware and layout teams on corrective actions.
• Coordinate third‑party compliance testing and certification.
• Own or support environmental testing including shock, vibration, temperature, humidity, and related stresses.
• Ensure test conditions reflect real‑world installation and operating environments.
• Develop and enhance test automation to increase repeatability and reduce manual effort.
• Create automated test setups, scripts, and data‑capture methodologies where applicable.
• Standardize test procedures, fixtures, and report across programs.
• Act as an independent verifier to identify issues missed during feature‑focused development cycles.
• Reduce certification failures, late‑stage defects, and field escapes through disciplined testing.
• Mentor junior test engineers and technicians.
• Help establish best practices for validation methodology and documentation.
• Collaborate with external consultants for advanced EMC or atypical issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related STEM field.
• 4+ years in hardware validation, test engineering, or EMC‑focused test roles.
• Exposure to EMC testing and general hardware validation.
• Exposure to environmental testing (shock, vibration, temperature, humidity).
• Proficiency with common hardware troubleshooting equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, EMI receivers, ESD equipment, or related EMC instrumentation.
• Familiarity with schematics, PCB layouts, and concepts of EMI/RFI for PCBs.
• Experience developing test plans, executing tests independently, and driving issues to resolution.
• Legal Authorization to work in the United States – sponsorship will not be provided for this role. **You MUST be a U.S. citizen or a green card holder **

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) and profit-sharing plan
• Variety of medical insurance plans with dental and vision coverage
• Paid parental leave (maternal and paternal)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible time off plans including vacation, holiday, and sick leave