Hardware Test Engineer

Your CareerAt 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 ImpactResponsible for ensuring our products ship with the highest quality through extensive and complete testingEvaluate and contribute to product designs for test coverage and serviceability by participating in PRD, System Design, Diagnostic, Schematic and Layout ReviewsDesign, develop and implement test strategies for new products, covering structural and functional testing for PCBA and System levelParticipate in Board bring up and validation and creating hardware debug guides and provide debug support to CMDevelopment of high stress testing platforms, demonstrate understanding of bandwidth loading, environmental and electrical factors on CPU based PCBA architecturesStrong understanding of network protocols, eg switching and routingManage the development of test fixtures and hardware requirementsExcellent understanding of electronics manufacturing and service requirementsImprove CM performance through iterative yield analysis and isolation of key failure manufacturing defectsLead failure analysis, drive root cause activities and implement effective fixes across manufacturing and repair facilitiesDrive continuous process improvement strategies to optimize test yields and throughputBuild and scale manufacturing/service test lines and ensure the smooth operation of the test lines in manufacturing and repairParticipate in cross-functional project teams, collaborate with supply chain and HW/SW engineeringExcellent communication skills and able to work independently