Manufacturing Test Development Engineer (AI Hardware)

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States; On-site

Salary: $180,000–$220,000 annually

Company

hirify.global Systems develops large-scale AI computing hardware and an AI platform designed to deliver high-speed training and inference.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain automated manufacturing test systems for system boards, high-speed interconnects, power delivery, cooling subsystems, and integrated computing platforms.
• Design board-level functional testing, system integration, hardware diagnostics, and final system acceptance strategies.
• Create test procedures, specifications, fixtures, documentation, acceptance criteria, and pass/fail limits for new product introduction and production ramp.
• Integrate programmable power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, communication interfaces, and hardware management controllers.
• Support NPI builds, pilot production, manufacturing qualification, high-volume production ramp, station deployment, equipment qualification, operator training, and process documentation.
• Troubleshoot test failures, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and improve test cycle time, station utilization, repeatability, reliability, and manufacturing cost.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of experience, with 10 years ideal, in manufacturing test development, hardware validation, test automation, or production engineering.
• Proficiency in Python for test automation, hardware control, data processing, and diagnostic development.
• Hands-on experience testing electronic assemblies, computer systems, embedded hardware, or complex electromechanical products.
• Experience integrating automated test software with laboratory or manufacturing test equipment.
• Strong understanding of digital electronics, power electronics fundamentals, communication interfaces, and hardware bring-up.
• Experience with contract manufacturers and outsourced manufacturing operations.

Nice to have

• Experience with automated manufacturing test frameworks, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and production test station development.
• Familiarity with statistical process control, failure analysis, root-cause methodologies, and corrective action processes.
• Experience with SQL, dashboards, data visualization, or other manufacturing test data analysis tools.
• Knowledge of design for testability, design for manufacturability, and manufacturing process qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on an AI platform designed to go beyond GPU constraints.
• Opportunities to publish and open-source AI research.
• Work with high-performance AI computing systems.
• Job stability combined with startup vitality.
• Non-corporate work culture focused on individual beliefs, learning, growth, and inclusion.