Senior Hardware Test Engineer, Planet

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar
• 6+ years of experience in PCBA testing or manufacturing electrical test development
• Experience with JTAG/boundary scan and bed-of-nail testers
• Experience in design and layout of PCBA’s for adapting or interfacing with test hardware
• Ability to read and interpret PCBA schematics and use them to design tests and troubleshoot hardware
• Experience creating system diagrams as well as detailed wiring diagrams
• Experience troubleshooting hardware/software issues and identifying root causes
• Familiarity with measurement hardware and test equipment such as DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, analog and digital I/O, data acquisition systems, switch matrices, relay banks, and signal conditioning
• Experience programming in Python, especially functional tests of hardware
• Comfortable using Linux
• Experience with DVCS such as git or mercurial

Desirable

• The Manufacturing Test Engineering Team is responsible for creating and maintaining the tests and infrastructure for our satellite manufacturing operations
• The hardware test engineers on our team tackle projects large and small to design and build software and hardware to automate functional & integration testing, instrument calibration, and qualification testing for both production and design validation
• As a member of the Manufacturing Test Engineering team, you will collaborate with design engineers to develop board-level tests and be responsible for designing and developing the test fixtures, test hardware, and test software
• This will involve working with a broad variety of disciplines, including our top-notch design, qualification, and manufacturing teams
• Develop test plans in collaboration with design engineers
• Drive the strategy and approach to PCBA test for manufacturing
• Design, validate, and deploy bed-of-nails and boundary scan test fixtures both in-house and at supplier facilities
• Design PCBA’s for testing– adapters, interface, and breakout boards
• Develop the automation and test scripts to functionally test the hardware through various stages of manufacturing
• Continuous improvement of test software and hardware to ensure high reliability and scalability of test systems
• Troubleshoot failures and non-conformances through all stages of test, drive root cause analysis, and recommend corrective actions

• Application Deadline: October 24, 2025 by 11:59 PM PDT