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Hardware Test/Validation (Ocilloscope/Spectrum Analyser)

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Hardware Test/Validation (Ocilloscope/Spectrum Analyser)

  • Location:

    Munich

  • Sector:

    ConSol UK Semiconductors & Embedded Systems

  • Job type:

    Temporary & Contract

  • Salary:

    €60 - €75 per hour

  • Contact:

    Jamie Jenkins

  • Contact email:

    jamie.jenkins@consolpartners.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH411802_1685628142

  • Published:

    10 months ago

  • Duration:

    12 months+

  • Expiry date:

    2023-06-08

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Hardware Test/Validation

Initial freelance contract till end of 2023 + extensions

Munich, Germany

PROJECT BACKGROUND
* System Integration (HW/SW) of our client's Radar ICs (analog and digital SoC mounted on validation PCBs

  • Onsite they have a RF lab
  • Have around 20 engineers working in this lab
  • Mix of digital and analog functionalities in high performance processing domain - mixers, amplifiers, up down converters, 4 77Ghz
  • Able to support on executing on the tests in the lab in Munich
  • Knowing hardware, understand the test cases that have been written



PROJECT GOAL

* System (SW/HW) Release Test and Release Package generation


CONTRACTORS TASK
* Development, implementation and automation of system integration tests for Radar IC (Ethernet, GPIB, ...)
* Setup RF measurement instrumentation and DUT (Spectrum analyser, Oscilloscope, Freq multiplier, VNA)
* Measurement and characterization of RF device under test (DUT)
* Programming (adapting and tailoring) of firmware (ARM, DSP, FPGA) for validation purpose
* Debugging of firmware using Lauterbach/Trace32
* Running and evaluating Trace32 data to monitor system reaction on interrupt events
* Developing, running of test scripts and for measurement automation

SKILLS

  • Hardware, PCB + chip traces, memory
  • How integrated circuits are programmed, so the contractor is able to understand the source code
  • Knowledge of Matlab or automating tests, can be LabVIEW, test automation
  • Lauterbach Trace32 is important ideally, other debugging is also possible