Senior Staff Electrical Manufacturing Test Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Waltham Office, United States; onsite role

Salary: $140,000–$180,000 annually

Company

hirify.global develops advanced mobile robots, including Atlas, Spot, and Stretch, combining mechanical design, control systems, and AI-driven perception for real-world environments.

What you will do

• Lead the design, deployment, commissioning, and debugging of manufacturing test systems for Atlas.
• Own test coverage for cable and harness assemblies, PCBAs, and electromechanical systems in pilot production.
• Design PCBA functional test fixtures and hi-pot/dielectric withstand test stations.
• Analyze test results, test escapes, correlation issues, and fixture failures to drive root-cause corrective actions.
• Document test procedures, fixtures, configurations, and factory acceptance standards.
• Support outsourced test development, station duplication, manufacturing training, repairs, service deployments, and mentor engineers and technicians.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical or Electromechanical Engineering, or equivalent, with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and debugging hi-pot/dielectric withstand setups and bed-of-nails or clamshell PCBA test fixtures.
• Experience with power supplies, DMMs, DAQ hardware, and strong electrical debugging skills.
• Experience taking products from design handoff through validated, production-ready test coverage, including NPI.
• Test software development with Python or C++, plus the ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
• Experience with 3D modeling software and schematic capture or PCB layout tools such as Altium.

Nice to have

• Experience in robotics, aerospace, precision actuators, or high-performance electromechanical systems.
• Experience with LabVIEW, TestStand, PLM systems, SPC, yield tracking, or MES integration.
• Experience working with suppliers, contract manufacturers, or design firms on tooling and test requirements.
• Familiarity with Windows, Linux, and data-supported root-cause analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, quality, and process teams on advanced robotics production.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k), paid time off, and an annual bonus structure.
• Opportunities to support the transition from research prototypes to scalable manufacturing and field deployment.