Characterization Engineer
TrellisWare Technologies, San Diego, California
- Pay
- $105K–$165K / year
- Work type
- Not stated
- Level
- Not stated
- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- Sep 16, 2026
About the role
TrellisWare launched in 2000 with an innovative culture striving to push technological boundaries in the area of wireless communications. We are now a worldwide leader in highly advanced algorithms, waveforms, and communications systems that range from small form factor radio products to fully integrated solutions.
At TrellisWare, we connect passion with purpose and together we make an impact- on our careers, our company, and the world. And you can too. If you love to innovate and collaborate in a dynamic environment where boundaries are being pushed, you belong at TrellisWare. Where the opportunity to serve is not a challenge but a gift. Where you’re never going alone. Because there’s too much at stake to go solo.
Our Engineering team is seeking a Characterization Engineer. As a member of our Hardware Platforms & Accessories team, you would be responsible for providing test solutions to validate our radio hardware before it is released to production. This includes devising tests which prove that our designs meet all specifications and goals, coding automation for efficient test execution, performing the tests, and crunching the data for results presentation. You would work hand in hand with our design team to understand all aspects of digital, analog, and RF hardware and software for our complex radio systems. Your feedback to the design team will drive designs that facilitate better testability and yield.
Enhancing cohesiveness and maintaining team morale is a responsibility of all our team members, as is the ambition for self-improvement and talent development. Through this dedication to unity and professional advancement, each team member is directly impacting the successful outcome of TrellisWare’s deliverables and setting the tone for our core values of delivering excellence, pushing boundaries, and empowering people.
The essential duties and responsibilities include:
- Develops test solutions to validate system and module level requirements and specifications.
- Tests digital, analog, RF and power circuits
- Generates required design documentation for test procedures and
- Validates and debugs product performance through test and analysis at the component, module and system level.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Develops relationships with team members built on trust and respect.
- Design, maintain, and deploy an automated scripting environment and test sequencer.
- Create and document programming API’s to facilitate the rapid development of automated tests.
- Create user interfaces that enable easy access to device capabilities.
- Develop, document, and execute automated test scripts that characterize key performance parameters.
- Perform detailed data analysis to diagnose and identify performance related issues.
- Contribute to process improvement and planning of the ATE Test Team.
- Support systems engineering of TrellisWare proprietary technologies.
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