Validation Engineer

San Jose, CA, United States

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About Trackonomy

At Trackonomy, we are pioneering a transformative network of interconnected objects. Our goal is to bring inanimate objects to life, giving them the ability to converse, think, and interact in real-time. Envision a world where our devices seamlessly integrate with every physical entity, facilitating a global conversation among them. Our overarching mission is to craft the operating system for the connected world, one object, and sensor at a time. Our customers are major players in various verticals such as logistics, industrial, utilities, healthcare, and government. They use our solutions for a wide range of applications like predictive maintenance, workflow optimization, asset protection, safety, security, and environmental monitoring. We are a unicorn, funded by top investors like Kleiner Perkins and 8VC.

Our executive leadership team has experience working together for over two decades, having previously held key roles in the C-suites of renowned companies such as Flextronics, Heptagon, GT-Nexus, and Digital Motors Corporation. Together, we have engineered a revolutionary technology that is yielding extraordinary results.

Are you ready to be a part of the next chapter in Silicon Valley's hyper-growth IoT success story?

Summary

We are looking for a Validation Engineer to ensure product and system quality. Your primary responsibility will be to evaluate engineering systems based on safety and performance standards. The Validation Engineer will oversee, evaluate, and calibrate equipment, systems, and procedures used in the development and production of products and will ensure safety, quality, and purity requirements are met. Troubleshooting and maintaining equipment will also be part of your duties. To succeed in this role, you must have excellent mathematical and analytical skills. If you are organized, detail-oriented and have a strong engineering background, we'd like to meet you.

This is a full time on-site role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Establish performance, quality and success criteria for system validation.

Create and run system tests based on appropriate protocols

Evaluate engineering systems and processes for areas of improvement

Prepare and maintain testing setup including equipment

Maintain accurate activity logs of procedures, and results

Investigate and resolve any issues or discrepancies identified during validation.

Working collaboratively with relevant engineers to implement corrective actions.

Flexible to support other engineering functions such as firmware or software as needed.

Qualifications:

Education, Experience, Knowledge: Previous experience as a validation engineer or in a similar engineering role

Strong understanding of testing processes

Willingness to learn new technologies, tools, and methodologies as needed to stay current in the field of validation engineering.

Capacity to quickly assess and adjust validation strategies in response to changing project demands and constraints.

Demonstrated flexibility in handling unexpected challenges or obstacles during validation processes.

Proven track record of effectively managing multiple validation projects simultaneously, while maintaining high standards of quality and efficiency.

Proficiency in analyzing firmware and software architecture, including understanding data flow, communication protocols, and system interactions.

Experience with debugging and troubleshooting firmware and software issues using relevant tools and techniques.

Excellent mathematical and analytical skills

Attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy in testing procedures

Strong teamwork and communication skills

Expert in SQL for data analysis

Strong English skills verbally and written proficiency for documentation

Emphasis on clear and transparent documentation of validation processes, results, and findings to support a culture of accountability and quality assurance.

Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field

The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $250,000, plus bonuses and Pre-IPO equity. It is uncommon for anyone to be hired at or near the top range for their role, and final compensation is based on the facts and circumstances of the case. The compensation range is broad because it reflects many factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience, and training directly relevant to the role, business and company needs, cultural fit, level, and location.

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