
Manufacturing Test Engineer
Gridware
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $120,000 - $140,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Implement and support automated and manual test systems for high-volume manufacturing environments.
- Provide day-to-day production test support to ensure stable, repeatable, and efficient operations.
- Own test system implementation, fixture development, and test readiness activities for assigned programs.
- Maintain and continuously improve test procedures, fixtures, and equipment.
- Ensure test systems comply with safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
- Analyze production test data to identify trends, systemic issues, and improvement opportunities.
- Develop and implement incremental improvements to increase throughput, reduce cycle time, and improve yield.
- Own SPC dashboards, monitoring, and reporting for production test metrics.
- Validate data integrity and logging within manufacturing test databases.
- Support KPI and OKR reporting through structured data analysis and clear communication of results.
- Troubleshoot test failures and differentiate between product-related and test-system-related issues.
- Lead root cause investigations for recurring or high-impact production issues.
- Support hardware and firmware regression testing and assist in debugging failures during release cycles.
- Minimize production downtime through timely issue resolution and structured problem-solving.
- Ensure test procedures align with product specifications and defined quality standards.
- Own test coverage documentation and maintain clear visibility into test gaps and limitations.
- Support audits and continuous improvement initiatives related to manufacturing test coverage.
- Contribute to Design for Testability (DFT) efforts in collaboration with hardware and firmware engineering teams.
- Partner closely with hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams to support manufacturing readiness.
- Work with contract manufacturers and production teams to deploy, train, and sustain test systems.
- Coordinate with quality and operations teams to ensure alignment on yield, reliability, and performance goals.
- Provide clear technical communication across cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in manufacturing test engineering, preferably in electronics, networking, or related industries.
- At least 2 years of experience coding in a high-level language, ideally Python.
- Experience supporting or owning production test systems in a manufacturing environment.
- Proficiency with lab and production test equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, RF equipment, data acquisition systems, etc.).
- Experience with automated test software frameworks (Python-based systems, LabVIEW, MATLAB, or similar tools).
- Familiarity with statistical process control (SPC) and data-driven manufacturing methodologies.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment.
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
- Paid parental leave
- Alternating day off (every other Monday)
- “Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
- Commuter allowance
- Company-paid training
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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