Test Engineer

netPolarity, Inc. (Saicon Consultants, Inc.)

📍San Jose, CA
Posted May 21, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Test Engineer

Company

netPolarity, Inc. (Saicon Consultants, Inc.)

Location

San Jose, CA

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4415932550

Job Description

Title: - Test Engineer

Location: - San Jose, CA (On-Site)

Role Type: - 12+ Months (Contract)

Job Description:

Defining and implementing test plans, developing System Verilog /UVM based unit level test benches, including stimulus, checkers, monitors and assertions, analyzing and debugging regression fails, and developing and analyzing functional coverage on North Bridge / Data Fabric Design. Key skills are software (System Verilog, C/C++, object-oriented programming, scripting (e.g. Perl), x86 assembly), Verilog simulation and modeling, knowledge of computer and peripheral architectures.

Experience And Education:

  • Bachelor’s and 0-2 years’ experience, or Masters and 2+ years’ experience

  • Requires demonstrated technical expertise in functional verification of microprocessor designs.

  • Experience with Verilog, System Verilog, UVM, programming in Perl & C/C++, logic simulation is a requirement

  • Requires very strong understanding of computer architecture.

  • Experience of assertion-based design strategies, code coverage, functional coverage etc will be an asset.

  • Requires good communication and technical leadership skills

Top Skills:

  • Focus on thermal background with understanding of mechanical.

  • Testing and lab experience/skills

  • Thermal modeling and Simulation skills

Test Engineer with following qualifications:

  • B.S. or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, or equivalent technical field.

  • Strong background in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and numerical methods.

Comments:

  • Experience with instrumentation, data collection, and post-processing, i.e. LabVIEW and/or various DAQ systems,

  • Experience with temperature, pressure, velocity and flow rate measurements.

  • Familiar with using lab equipment tools ie.. multimeter scope, power supply, thermocouples, airflow chamber, pressure gauge, flow meter)

  • Ability to perform assembly or tear down of products/testing boards in order to do testing, evaluation, and analysis.

  • 2-3 years (preferred) of research and/or engineering experience following graduate studies.

  • Experience with using thermal modeling CAD tools

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Can you walk me through your process for setting up a thermal test for a new PCB, from selecting the instrumentation to capturing the data?
  • 2.How do you approach thermal modeling and simulation for a system, and how do you validate your simulation results against physical lab measurements?
  • 3.Describe your experience with LabVIEW or other DAQ systems for thermal testing. How do you ensure the integrity of the data you collect?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time when your thermal testing results significantly deviated from your simulation models. How did you handle the discrepancy?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to assemble or tear down a complex testing board or product to diagnose a thermal issue.
  • 3.Give an example of a time you had to communicate complex thermal data to a cross-functional team to drive a design change.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are running a thermal test and notice that the temperature readings from your thermocouples are fluctuating wildly, making the data unreliable. What steps do you take to troubleshoot this?
  • 2.You are asked to evaluate the thermal performance of a data fabric design, but the lab's airflow chamber is currently being used by another team for the next three days. How do you proceed?

Resume Keywords

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Thermal ModelingSimulationLabVIEWDAQ SystemsThermocouplesHeat TransferPCB AssemblyAirflow ChamberPost-ProcessingThermodynamicsInstrumentationThermal CAD

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