Hardware Test Technician - Lab Manager

The role

You will run the hardware test lab day to day and support the engineering team. This includes test execution, soldering and rework, quality and returns analysis, and lab logistics.

What you will do

• Set up devices and execute test sequences including electrical, functional, wireless, environmental, and product-reliability testing
• Log test results cleanly and consistently
• Watch for anomalies and flag them to engineers
• Keep test records and data organized
• Maintain equipment, calibration, stock of parts, and manage services and deliveries
• Triage and root-cause customer and field returns
• Run defect analysis on units in development and production
• Build test fixtures, jigs, and cabling
• Perform precise hand soldering and small-board rework
• Manage the lab's ESD program and safe handling of batteries

Required qualifications

• Several years of hands-on experience in an electronics or hardware test lab
• Associate degree in electronics, electrical engineering technology, or a related field or equivalent hands-on experience
• Self-directed and organized
• Careful and safety-minded
• Strong documentation and data-logging habits
• Clear communicator
• Familiarity with AI tools
• Excellent hand soldering and small-board rework including BGA, QFN, and fine pitch component packages down to 0201/01005
• Comfortable with standard bench instruments: oscilloscopes, multimeters, power analyzers, and power supplies
• Test-fixture and cable building
• Light scripting for data capture and test automation
• ESD-safe practice

Nice to have

• Consumer electronics experience
• Broader product-reliability testing such as tumble, mechanical shock, and vibration
• Accelerated and environmental stress such as thermal shock, HAST, and HALT/HASS
• Ingress and durability testing
• Broader mechanical background
• Knowledge of ASTM/ISO test standards
• Over-the-air (OTA) RF testing in an anechoic chamber
• GPS/GNSS testing with a constellation simulator
• Familiarity with pre-compliance or certification testing (FCC, UL, IEC)
• IPC (J-STD-001 / IPC-A-610) or ESD certification

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company matching program
• Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible PTO
• Companywide holidays
• Summer and winter shutdowns
• Learning & Development programs
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership and Tile trackers

Before you apply

• AI tool usage during interviews varies by role
• You may be asked to demonstrate proficiency with AI tools, discuss how you leverage AI, or complete interview exercises without AI assistance
• Undisclosed use of AI not previously discussed or approved by your Recruiter may impact your candidacy

About the company

Life360's mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. The company serves approximately 107.7 million monthly active users across more than 180 countries.