Jr Electrical Engineer-Hardware Test at Hayward Industries

Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HAYW) is a global leader in pool and spa equipment, designing and manufacturing innovative solutions that enhance water experiences. As the world’s largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment, we continue to expand our presence in the commercial pool market. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward operates facilities across the U.S., Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China. 

Based at our North Kingstown, RI facility. Jr Electrical Engineer-Hardware Test will support production testing and test equipment within Hayward’s Rhode Island facility.  This includes designing, building, repairing and maintaining all production test hardware on the factory floor as well as periodically inspecting for necessary maintenance and improvements.  The candidate will also be required to interface with R&D on design changes and work on fixture development projects with the guidance of senior staff.

• Analyze and develop complete understanding of all circuits and functional blocks of consumer electronics products
• Develop test specifications and requirements necessary to completely test products on high volume production lines, guaranteeing correct function of all circuits and functional blocks
• Design test hardware and GUI applications which will perform tests as detailed in the test specification
• Work with Design Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to develop safe, ergonomic, fault tolerant test equipment at ICT, subassembly and EOL levels
• Debug, maintain and repair existing test systems as required
• Update existing documentation, create new test system design documentation, test procedures, and work instructions

• 1-3 years of experience working at an engineering level in a manufacturing environment, preferably involving consumer or industrial electronics
• Strong knowledge of digital and analog electronics, circuit analysis, and development of manual or software test processes required
• Familiarity with Microchip PIC processors, Arduino Controllers, and Raspberry Pi Linux Computers a plus
• Must have some knowledge of common object orientated languages such as Delphi/Pascal or C#
• Knowledge of Embarcadero IDE’s a plus
• Successful applicant should be able to develop test applications for circuit board manufacturing environment, utilizing custom designed ‘bed of nails’ test platforms as well as interfaces to off-the-shelf test equipment such as programmable power supplies, spectrum analyzers, DMM’s, HiPot and programmable loads
• Experience in printed circuit board design using a schematic/CAD package such as Eagle, PCB123, KiCAD, or similar product a plus
• Understanding of common communications protocols such as RS232, RS485, I2C, and SPI required

Education:

• BS Computer Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering or BS Biomedical Engineering

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