Hardware Test Technician (onsite - Oakland, CA)

Our Customer is a technology company that connects people with the best of their neighborhoods across the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Germany. They enable local businesses to meet consumers’ needs of ease and convenience, and, in turn, generate new ways for people to earn, work, and live. By building the last-mile logistics infrastructure for local commerce, they’re fulfilling our mission to grow and empower local economies.

We are seeking a on a contract basis to help support our Customer’s business needs. This role is 100% onsite.

Position Overview:

• Client Labs is seeking a hands-on Hardware Test Technician to support hardware validation and reliability testing from our Oakland office.
• This role prepares test equipment, executes test plans, captures high-quality data, and works closely with engineers and technicians to identify issues and improve the Client Dot autonomous delivery robot.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Prepare equipment, fixtures, and tools for engineering tests.
• Execute thermal, driving, audio, lighting, user experience, and other hardware tests according to defined procedures.
• Monitor tests, collect data, document results, and escalate issues to test engineers.
• Build, inspect, and troubleshoot low-voltage wire harnesses..
• Configure data logging equipment and instrumentation, including systems that use CAN bus and Ethernet.
• Support occasional testing at labs and test sites around the Bay Area.

Qualifications:

• Associate degree or higher in electronics, engineering technology, mechatronics, automotive technology, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of related technician experience in hardware testing, validation, reliability, or service environments.
• Hands-on experience with CAN bus systems, Ethernet, and low-voltage harness fabrication.

Skills:

• Comfortable using common electrical and mechanical test equipment and reading schematics or wiring diagrams.
• Strong troubleshooting, organization, safety, communication, and documentation skills.
• Able to work on-site in Oakland and travel occasionally within the Bay Area.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.