Senior Test Engineer Verified today
About the role
You are a core member of the Test Engineering team, responsible for designing, analyzing, and implementing engineering test plans and procedures for board-level electronics products, including power, digital, and RF electronics. You will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to address company-wide test needs, developing both hardware test systems and the software to run them.
What you will do
- Develop test architectures and systems, including equipment selection, test fixtures, data logging methodology, and interfaces
- Design and execute tests at prototype, qualification, and acceptance stages
- Develop test requirements for new products and design tests for compliance with standards such as NASA GEVS (GSFC-STD-7000)
- Plan and execute board-level verification tests including high-speed signal integrity, digital link characterization, power supply performance, and performance over temperature
- Design test systems for complex integrated hardware and software, such as phased array products combining radios, computers, and phased array antennas
- Develop and manage software for interfacing with flight hardware and test equipment in flexible, reusable modules implemented in Python or similar languages
- Architect data storage and access methods for test-generated data
- Advise design engineering teams on design-for-testability (DFT) from early product development stages
- Evaluate and document test results, presenting them to stakeholders and customers
- Present engineering design review materials to customers and executive team
- Participate in proposal-writing efforts
- Train technicians and operators to perform tests
- Contribute to lab buildout, lab management, and continuous improvement of in-house tools and documentation
What you need
- Bachelor of Science or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or similar from an accredited university
- Minimum 5 years of industry or university research experience in design, analysis, and implementation of electronic products and/or test systems
- Experience designing and executing test plans for custom board-level electronics
- Hands-on experience with lab instruments such as digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, and vector signal analyzers
- Programming or scripting experience in Python, LabVIEW, SQL, MATLAB, or Embedded C
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred experience
- Experience in version-controlled environments (Git or SVN)
- Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems, VLANs, and network security
- Experience developing graphical user interfaces for production environments
- Extensive knowledge of digital and analog interfaces including GPIB, USB, VISA, TCP/IP, VLAN, CAN bus, SPI, I2C, and analog-to-digital conversion
- Experience programming test equipment using SCPI
Compensation and benefits
Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package: health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.