Senior Manufacturing Electrical Test Engineer

About The Role

We are seeking a Staff Manufacturing Test Engineer with deep expertise (Seven or more years in test project design and implementation.) in  electronics, embedded systems, and production test strategy.  In this role, you will lead the development and optimization of robust, scalable test infrastructure to ensure the performance, quality, and reliability of our robotic systems.  You will mentor junior engineers, drive best practices across the test organization, and act as a technical liaison between cross-functional teams including Design, Systems, Firmware, and Manufacturing.

This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the design and manufacturability of cutting-edge robotic systems from early concept through high-volume production.

About The Work

• Serve as the technical owner and architect for manufacturing test systems supporting electrical, embedded, and control subsystems across multiple product lines.
• Define and drive automated production test strategies for embedded hardware, maximizing coverage, repeatability, traceability, and throughput.
• Partner with Design, Systems, Firmware, and Manufacturing teams to embed Design-for-Test (DFT) and Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) principles early in product development.
• Own the full lifecycle of manufacturing test platforms, including requirements definition, hardware and software development, deployment, validation, and long-term sustainment.
• Lead root cause analysis and failure investigations by analyzing test data, identifying trends, and driving corrective and preventive actions at the system level.
• Provide technical leadership during New Product Introduction (NPI) by establishing scalable, production-ready test strategies from EVT/DVT through ramp and steady-state production.
• Define and uphold test documentation standards, ensuring clear, maintainable specifications, procedures, and technical records for test equipment and processes.
• Mentor and technically guide manufacturing test engineers and technicians, elevating test rigor, design quality, and engineering best practices.
• Develop and deploy tools for test data collection, visualization, database integration, and automated reporting to support real-time manufacturing and quality decisions.
• Ensure manufacturing test processes align with internal quality systems and applicable industry standards.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• 7+ years of test design experience. Need to have defined, designed, built, debugged, correlated and implemented multiplex complex mixed signal manufacturing test solutions. Demonstrated ownership of complex electronic, electro-mechanical or embedded system test solutions.
• Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end test system development in robotics, automotive, aerospace, or consumer electronics manufacturing environments.  Need to be able to communicate your leadership, skills, projects and decisions clearly.
• Strong proficiency in test software development (Python preferred), including automation, instrumentation control, and data analysis.  Our test programs are thousands of lines of OO Python, strong transferable C+ skills are acceptable.
  
• Electrical and electronic circuit design experience,  Fluent ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and layouts and quickly analyze their function and how to test/debug those circuits. ECAD tools (Altium preferred) required.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying and supporting manufacturing test fixtures, harnesses, and production test stations.
• Familiarity with Linux- or RTOS-based systems (e.g., FreeRTOS) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing methodologies.
  
• Deep understanding of embedded systems and communication protocols (I²C, SPI, UART, CAN, EtherCAT).
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams through technical leadership and sound engineering judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document and present complex technical concepts, write work instructions, write reports and communicate data in a useful manner.  Ability to train and mentor manufacturing staff.
• Strong hands-on, builder mindset—you are comfortable troubleshooting hardware and software on the factory floor.

Bonus Points

• Exposure to safety-critical or regulated product development environments.
• Background in robotics or highly integrated mechatronic systems.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

This position requires regular hands-on interaction with test equipment, circuit boards, and diagnostic tools in both lab and production environments. Occasional physical effort such as walking, lifting equipment, or standing for extended periods may be required.

Location

• This is an onsite position at our Salem office

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.