Systems Test Engineer
Owns production testing of Anduril's laser/camera (infrared) hardware: maintaining test flows on the manufacturing line, troubleshooting complex IR system failures, and building test automation, data analytics, and reporting tools in Python/MATLAB. Works with design, quality, and manufacturing engineering on root-cause corrective actions.
- Compensation
- $101K–$135K / yr
- Location
- Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Physics, Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience in manufacturing test and product sustainment
- Experience with data acquisition and processing using MATLAB, Python, and other programming languages
- Experience with test automation and report generation
- Strong root cause analysis skills for non-conforming hardware, software, and firmware
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience integrating electrical, opto-mechanical, and software/firmware systems
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Nice to have
- Knowledge of infrared systems, their performance requirements and verification methodologies
- Experience with cryogenic testing equipment
- Familiarity with test equipment: power supplies, electronic loads, thermal chambers, function generators, spectrum analyzers, data acquisition and measurement sensors
- Experience with computer hardware communication protocols: USB, Ethernet, RS232, RS485, PCIe, HDMI, CAN
Full description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE JOB
As a Laser/Camera Test Engineer you will be responsible for ensuring that we are testing our systems to stringent standards ensuring that we are consistently shipping the highest quality products to our customers. In this role you’ll need to think creatively and come up with solutions to solve difficult testing problems and push to continuously improve our methods of automation, throughput, user interfaces, and data analytics. You should have a track record of successfully working on fast-paced, highly technical, interdisciplinary teams. A successful candidate will be able to communicate effectively within and across teams to quickly and effectively resolve issues that arise in production.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Maintain ownership of test activities in production and ensuring production test flow. Provide hands-on troubleshooting efforts and resolve complex infrared systems issues found during testing.
- Maintain test capabilities across the manufacturing value stream - from system level checkouts and acceptance testing to key component level in process validation.
- Generate test work instructions that can be easily followed by technician team in MES. Train technicians on equipment use as required.
- Develop library of common failure modes with troubleshooting guide/diagrams for fast issue resolution.
- Maintain and develop software for test automation, data analytics, and report generation.
- Determine root cause of product failures and recommend appropriate corrective actions (RCCA).
- Work with Design, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering teams to support customer returns and failure analysis.
- Contribute feedback to early-stage test design for test processes supporting early-stage products (NPI).
- Analyze test data, document results, and provide detailed reports to identify defects and areas for improvement.
- Collaborate with design engineers to provide feedback and recommendations for product enhancements based on test outcomes.