Senior Test Engineer

Location: 100% onsite in Orange, California, US; the posting also lists San Diego, CA.

Salary: $54.00–$60.00 per hour

Company

hirify.global is hiring for a contract-to-hire W2 position supporting Fieldpiece's new product development and testing programs.

What you will do

• Develop verification and validation strategies, test plans, procedures, acceptance criteria, work instructions, and technical reports from product requirements and specifications.
• Design, build, and maintain laboratory fixtures, instrumentation, equipment, automated test systems, and specialized test setups.
• Implement automated testing and data acquisition methods, including sensor selection, calibration, logging, storage, analysis, and reporting.
• Execute functional, performance, reliability, environmental, exploratory, prototype, and field testing throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot product, equipment, instrumentation, and test failures; determine root causes and recommend corrective actions and design improvements.
• Coordinate testing with cross-functional engineering, product, quality, manufacturing, suppliers, and external laboratories while providing technical direction to Test Technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in product test engineering, verification and validation, reliability engineering, or new product development.
• Experience developing test strategies, plans, and procedures from engineering requirements and product specifications.
• Experience designing and building test fixtures, laboratory equipment, instrumentation, and automated test systems.
• Strong experience with electromechanical product testing, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with data acquisition systems, instrumentation, technical reporting, and engineering data analysis.
• Experience managing multiple testing activities across concurrent product development projects.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, technical documentation, organization, prioritization, and planning skills.
• Ability to work effectively within cross-functional product development teams, maintain attention to detail, and support product quality.

Nice to have

• Experience with HVACR products, refrigeration systems, test and measurement instrumentation, reliability and environmental testing, field validation testing, or structured new product development processes.
• Experience with MS Office Suite, Dewesoft, LabVIEW, similar data acquisition software, and CAD software such as SolidWorks.

Culture & Benefits

• Contract-to-hire employment on a W2 basis only.
• Full-time onsite work supporting product development, laboratory testing, and engineering teams.
• No direct supervisory responsibility, with opportunities to provide technical leadership and work direction to Test Technicians and engineering support personnel.