Staff Hardware Test Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States; up to 10% travel to off-site facilities. Must be eligible to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

Base salary: $117,000–$145,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops mobile robots and automation solutions for industrial applications and warehouse logistics.

What you will do

• Develop test strategies for new technologies, hardware, and firmware.
• Develop Python code, test scripts, and supporting infrastructure.
• Analyze test data, identify root causes, and recommend design improvements.
• Design, build, and debug electro-mechanical test fixtures and setups.
• Perform DVT, reliability, compliance, emissions, and safety testing.
• Promote hardware quality and communicate test results internally and externally.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, plus 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with NI LabVIEW, Python, and command-line operations in a UNIX-like operating system.
• Experience with test automation and communication interfaces such as CAN, Ethernet, SPI, and I2C.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and debugging electro-mechanical test setups.
• Experience with laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, power supplies, programmable loads, and thermal probes.
• Experience with compliance testing, including conducted and radiated emissions and safety.
• Experience with PCB rework and cable assembly.
• Ability to multitask, adapt to changing priorities, and clearly communicate test results and data.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with low-level embedded firmware in C/C++ and FPGAs.
• Familiarity with functional safety, motor drives, position encoders, force sensors, and high-speed interface testing.
• Experience working with robots or robotic systems.
• Experience with DFMEA and HALT.

Culture & Benefits

• Work side-by-side with design engineers on cutting-edge robotics designs.
• Represent and advocate for product quality internally and externally.
• Up to 10% travel to off-site facilities is required.