Senior Test Engineer (Hardware)

Location: Hybrid role based in the testing lab in Annapolis, MD, US; 5 days per week onsite during initial training and onboarding, transitioning to 3–4 days per week onsite after ramp-up.

Annual base salary: $130,000–$150,000.

Company

hirify.global develops rapid incident response safety solutions, including wearable panic buttons, critical incident mapping, visitor management, and reunification tools for K-12 and higher education, healthcare, government, commercial, and public safety organizations.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and maintain hardware and firmware for Hardware-in-the-Loop test jigs.
• Apply industry-standard testing protocols and execute system, regression, firmware deployment, and low-power evaluations.
• Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and function generators for signal-level diagnosis and debugging.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, and cloud teams to identify root causes and confirm fixes.
• Develop and maintain automated test workflows triggered by Continuous Integration.
• Maintain requirements-to-test traceability, produce formal test reports and procedures, and improve test coverage, product quality, and process effectiveness under ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 requirements.

Requirements

• 6 years of professional test engineering experience in embedded systems.
• Ability to work onsite in the Annapolis testing lab 5 days per week during initial training and onboarding, then 3–4 days per week after ramp-up.
• Hands-on experience validating low-power embedded systems using industry-standard methodologies.
• Experience with firmware verification, communication protocols, and diagnostic and measurement hardware.
• Test automation experience in Python or a similar scripting language.
• Proficiency with lab equipment for hardware-level diagnostics.
• Familiarity with AWS IoT and AWS CloudWatch.
• Competency designing 2–4 layer PCBs in Altium or an equivalent tool.
• End-to-end ownership of test plan development, execution, and formal reporting; proficiency with Git and ability to build firmware from source.
• Working knowledge of HIL environments, CI/CD, regression testing, basic Electrical Engineering principles, and soldering and assembly of electro-mechanical test fixtures.
• Competence sourcing components and ordering PCBs for rapid prototyping.

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS Lambda, RF testing, or environmental stress testing.
• Experience operating 3D printers and light-duty CNC machinery to fabricate prototype components from wood, plastic, and aluminum.
• Familiarity with quality management systems, including ISO 9001 and ISO 13485.
• Understanding of Agile workflows and CI/CD pipelines for firmware.
• Ability to analyze complex system interactions across hardware, firmware, and wireless layers.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid work with regular onsite testing-lab work.
• Company-wide discretionary bonus participation.
• Fifteen days of PTO, twelve company holidays, three days of paid sick leave, and one floating holiday.
• Healthcare plans including medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus a 401(k) with a 4% employer contribution.
• Monthly device reimbursement and up to $2,500 per year for eligible education expenses.
• Employee referral bonus and charitable program match.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed through hirify.global’s official recruiting process.
• Interviews are conducted by hirify.global employees.
• Official offers are extended only after the interview process is completed.