Principal Manufacturing Test Engineer
About the Role
As a Principal Manufacturing Test Engineer within Technical Operations, you will develop and implement the test systems used in the manufacture of our robotics systems. You will document, design, and deploy test equipment, software, and procedures for supplier production testing, in-house production testing, and system-level testing. Focusing on printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), you will collaborate with product design, software, manufacturing, test, and quality engineering teams to ensure appropriate test coverage and product performance for electromechanical assemblies. You will also provide guidance and support to third parties developing test systems to meet our requirements and standards.
Responsibilities
- Provide design for test (DFT) recommendations for test coverage, fault isolation capability, and PCBA failure trends.
- Understand supplier capabilities for in-circuit test (ICT) and provide design support to maximize test coverage and implementation.
- Manage ODM/JDM functional test capacity, expansion planning, and execution.
- Document test procedures, fixtures, configurations, and best practices.
- Deliver turnkey test solutions for electromechanical parts and assemblies of new robots or sustaining tests for existing robots.
- Provide project management and design support for outsourced test development.
- Analyze test results and provide feedback to improve product quality and testing processes.
- Perform hands-on and data-driven root cause analysis of electromechanical subsystems using structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Support station duplication, maintenance, and deployments for repair and service teams.
- Train both internal and external manufacturing teams in the use and support of production test equipment, test programs, and debug processes.
- Mentor other team engineers and technicians.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Strong understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals.
- Solid working knowledge of basic electrical equipment, including digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies.
- Experience selecting COTS or designing custom testing hardware based on engineering/manufacturing test requirements.
- Experience deploying and supporting test systems at domestic and international Contract Manufacturing sites.
- Test software development using programming languages such as Python in both Windows and Linux environments.
- Able to read electrical schematics and apply sound electrical/electronics fundamental knowledge to analyze designs.
- Comfortable with analog and digital test and debug techniques for medium to high complexity systems.
- Self-motivated and able to work in an ambiguous environment with minimal supervision.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout software using Altium or equivalent.
- Ability to design and lay out test interface PCBAs.
- Knowledge of circuit board manufacturing DfX and best practices.
- Expertise with boundary scan.
- Deep knowledge of PCBA designs with high-speed digital interfaces (e.g., MIPI, GMSL, PCIe, 10Gbase-T, 1000base-T1, USB3).
- Experience designing moderate complexity electro-mechanical structures in CAD (Catia, NX, Solidworks, etc.).
- Experience with Linux operating systems.
- Comfortable interpreting and/or writing C++ code.
- Experience with lean manufacturing and/or six sigma.
- Familiarity with using a PLM (e.g., Arena).
Travel
Ability to travel up to 15% of the time, including international travel.
Pay
The pay range for this position is between $154,310.03 to $192,887.54 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors, including internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Paid time off.
- Annual bonus structure.