Sr Test Engineer

About Advanced Energy
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS), enables design breakthroughs and drives growth for leading semiconductor and industrial customers. Our precision power and control technologies, along with our applications know-how, inspire close partnerships and innovation in thin-film and industrial manufacturing. We are proud of our rich heritage, award-winning technologies, and we value the talents and contributions of all Advanced Energys employees worldwide.

Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Test / Validation Engineer – Power Electronics to define and own end‑to‑end test strategies for complex power electronics systems. This role plays a critical part in ensuring product quality, robustness, and compliance through comprehensive validation, automation, and close collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities:
Test Strategy & Ownership

• Define and own the end‑to‑end test strategy, ensuring full coverage of requirements, risks, and applicable standards across the product lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans covering functional, performance, reliability, safety, and compliance requirements.
  
  
  

Test Development & Automation

• Design and implement automated, repeatable test solutions to improve validation efficiency, coverage, and scalability.
• Develop test fixtures and establish electrical, system‑level, and high‑power test environments to support validation needs.
• Contribute to test framework and infrastructure development to support future product platforms.
  
  
  

Software Development

• Design, develop, and maintain software solutions to support test automation, data acquisition, and validation workflows.
• Develop backend services and APIs to control test systems, manage results, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines and validation infrastructure.
• Build intuitive frontend dashboards and tools for test execution, monitoring, data visualization, and reporting.
• Integrate software solutions with hardware, firmware, and lab equipment interfaces (e.g., instruments, controllers, embedded systems).
• Contribute to architecture decisions for scalable, maintainable, and reusable software platforms supporting current and future products.
  
  
  

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with hardware, firmware, and system design teams to identify, diagnose, and resolve test failures and product defects.
• Provide early validation feedback to influence design decisions and improve overall product robustness.
  
  
  

Documentation & Reporting

• Produce clear, well‑structured, and traceable test plans, procedures, and reports that communicate results, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Document software architecture, APIs, tools, and usage guidelines to ensure long‑term maintainability.
  
  
  

Lab & Equipment Management

• Operate and manage high‑power lab equipment and test setups, ensuring safe, accurate, and standards‑compliant usage.
• Maintain lab best practices related to safety, calibration, and equipment readiness.
  
  
  

Continuous Improvement & Mentorship

• Drive continuous improvements in test processes, tools, software platforms, and methodologies to reduce cost, cycle time, and technical risk.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers on validation strategy, debugging, failure analysis, and software development best practices.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering / Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• At least 5-6 years’ experience testing power electronics systems and people management.
• Strong Knowledge on electronics principles, devices and circuits.
• Hands-on experience with electrical test equipment, Instrumentation, electronic circuit testing (oscilloscopes, power analyzers, electronic loads, AC sources).
• Proven ability to develop test plans, fixtures, and electrical test environments.
• 3+ years of experience demonstrating expertise in Python and C#, applying Object‑Oriented Programming concepts to design and maintain automated test solutions.
• Strong debugging and failure analysis skills
• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration and reporting
  
  
  

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees in order to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate.

Advanced Energy is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to administer your application in accordance with the RA No. 10173 also known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012.

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