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Test Engineering Intern

Sierra Wireless

Sierra Wireless

Quality Assurance
Burlington, ON, Canada
Posted on Dec 19, 2024

Location: Burlington, ON.

Our Team:

Semtech is a leading supplier of high-quality analogue and mixed-signal semiconductor products. Semtech is an organisation headquartered in Camarillo, California with 31 offices in 14 countries around the world. We pride ourselves of being big enough to have global reach but still a size where our staff can influence and make an impact through great performance and innovation. We are presently looking for a Placement Year Student to be located in our Bristol Office. This role is a great opportunity to work with a highly motivated team of engineers who have worked in the communications industry for many years, working alongside a world class design team to produce market leading products for the data communication’s industry.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic student to join us on their placement year and support our laboratory test engineering activities.

We will expect you to commit and demonstrate your alignment to our core values as detailed below; these are at the heart of Semtech’s operational philosophy. In return this role will provide the successful candidate the opportunity to develop their engineering knowledge within a progressive engineering team; working on leading edge technology and industry shaping / disrupting semiconductor devises that have already helped to shape and progress the internet.

Responsibilities:

  • Actively participate in the product development teams throughout the NPI cycle.

  • Contribute to ongoing product verification and manufacturing by supporting ATE Test activities.

  • Support the process to automate test equipment through software such as Python, C++ and Java.

  • Data analysis and reporting of product verification and manufacturing test results.

  • Evaluation of test equipment options.

  • Creation and development of tools to optimise the workflow process.

  • Develop innovative hardware & fixture solutions.

  • Define and execute PCB schematics and layouts.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Demonstrable time management and ability to organise and deliver good quality work

  • Positive and friendly attitude

  • Excellent team-player who positively interacts and shares knowledge

  • Good interpersonal and communication skills

  • Capable of self-study/training/learning

  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Be innovative, creative and have an attention to detail

  • Be your-self, have some fun, be part of the team energy

  • Courage to challenge and be in a growth posture to support rich discussions

The intent of this job description is to describe the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be required to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically included in this description.

All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities