Position Title: Design Validation Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Design Validation Engineer opportunity located in Redmond, WA.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute detailed hardware validation and verification plans for complex analog, digital, and embedded systems.
• Collaborate closely with hardware design, integration, and systems engineering teams to ensure product requirements are accurately tested and validated.
• Design and perform board-level bring-up, debug, and validation of new hardware, including testing of microcontrollers, SoCs, FPGAs, power supplies, and communication interfaces (e.g., SPI, I2C, CAN, QSPI).
• Create and maintain test cases, test procedures, and traceability matrices that align with project and regulatory requirements (e.g., GEVS, SMC-S-016).
• Perform hands-on bench testing and electrical debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and other lab equipment.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for hardware issues uncovered during validation or integration phases.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, 5+ years of experience in board-level design verification for aerospace, automotive, or consumer electronics products
• Experience developing requirements, plans, and procedures for product design verification
• Experience: Developing and executing verification plans, test cases, and test procedures to ensure the proper functioning of hardware designs
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, Excellent board-level electrical circuit troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Strong hands-on soldering skills, including experience with both through-hole and surface-mount components as part of hardware preparation for testing
• Proven experience in design verification for hardware systems, including experience with board-level debugging and analysis
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment and collaborate effectively across disciplines

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of EE and test fundamentals with emphasis on power electronics
• Experience with the design or test of circuit boards with complex microcontrollers, system-on-chip (SOC), or FPGAs. Experience with design or test of communication buses, switching power supplies, electric motors, IMUs, sensors, RF, and high-speed electrical signal characterization.
• Experience with the definition of test requirements or the development of manufacturing test equipment
• Experience with the development of acceptance, production, and qualification test plans and associated aerospace standards (GEVS / SMC-S-016)
• Experience with the development of automated test systems. Proven experience in design verification for hardware systems, including experience with board-level debugging and analysis
• Experience with incoming calibration checks and developing calibration procedures
• Experience in reviewing requirements to support various test phases
• Experience as the technical lead, leading small groups of other test engineers across multiple designs. Hands-on experience with IO bring-up and compliance testing for protocols such as SPI, QSPI, I2C, I3C, and CAN bus
• Familiarity with programming languages used in automation, such as Python, C, or similar.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Contract
• Location: Redmond, WA.
• Pay Rate Range: $60-80/hr.

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.