Product Test Engineer
About Epirus
Epirus is a high-growth technology company focused on addressing the unique challenges of national security through innovative defense technology. Our flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system utilizing intelligent power management to enhance efficiency in power-hungry systems.
Job Summary
This role is within an innovative, high-growth defense tech company. The ideal candidate will have experience in developing automated test benches and special test equipment for high-performance production hardware. You will collaborate with a talented engineering team to design, produce, and support test systems and procedures for the efficient production and testing of fieldable products.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and support sophisticated test systems for high-volume and high-performance RF, digital, and power electronics in a production environment
- Work closely with system and design engineers to create test requirements and criteria to align with system/subsystem requirements
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to address yield issues, provide hardware disposition and troubleshooting guidance, and develop maintainability plans like calibration procedures
- Run campaigns to qualify hardware under various environmental conditions
- Support fast prototyping by designing and building engineering test sets for investigation purposes
Qualifications
- BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 2 years of experience in Test Engineering or advanced degree without experience
- Previous experience in a production or manufacturing environment
- Experience with designing and troubleshooting automated test benches for various types of hardware
- Familiarity with electrical test and measurement equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, power supplies
- Strong documentation skills to track and analyze root cause of non-conforming hardware
- Good test plan and requirements writing skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Collaborative; capable of working across all levels of the organization
- Organized; comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- Able to cover the entire test system lifecycle independently
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Good understanding of RF, power, and digital engineering concepts
- Experience working with RF test and measurement equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, power meters, auto-cal modules, power amplifiers
- Comfortable with object-oriented programming languages such as C++, C, Python
- Experience with software development workflows using GitHub
- Experience with PCB design and tools such as Altium
- Experience with CAD design and tools such as SolidWorks
- Experience with 3D printing and rapid prototyping
- Experience with VISA/SCPI commands
Requirements
- To comply with U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, refugees, or asylees, or be eligible to obtain the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Benefits
At Epirus, you'll work alongside technical peers and accomplished individuals, contributing to groundbreaking solutions in energy technology. We are a diverse, rapidly growing team dedicated to making significant advancements in our field. Join us and help shape the future.
Pay
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, refugee, asylee, or lawful permanent resident. The range of starting pay for this role is $103,200—$122,200 USD for the state of California.