Production Engineer (Electrical Test) — Robotics

Location: Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Workplace: On-site.

Company

hirify.global builds, deploys, and operates general-purpose robotic systems in facilities supporting the physical economy.

What you will do

• Design and deploy manual and automated electrical test systems for robot components and assemblies.
• Develop production tests for PCBAs, power distribution, motor controllers, batteries and BMS, sensors, actuators, and wire harnesses.
• Build test fixtures, Python automation, pass/fail criteria, and end-to-end electrical test coverage.
• Own production electrical safety and compliance testing, including hipot, ground bond, continuity, insulation resistance, and ESD controls.
• Capture serial-number test results in the ION MES and use production data to improve yield, reduce defect escapes, rework, test time, and cost.
• Troubleshoot failures to the PCBA and component level, perform PCB bring-up and firmware validation, conduct board-level debug and rework, and support production scaling.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in electrical test, manufacturing, or hardware engineering, with strong electrical engineering fundamentals and hands-on hardware experience.
• Experience with PCB/PCBA bring-up, testing, and component-level troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, current probes, power supplies, and electronic loads.
• Experience developing automated hardware test systems and fixtures.
• Python skills and enough embedded firmware familiarity to debug with the Firmware team.
• Working knowledge of CAN, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, or UART, with comfort spending significant time on the manufacturing floor.

Nice to have

• Experience with power electronics, motor controls, batteries/BMS, or robotics systems.
• PCB rework and soldering experience.
• Safety and compliance testing experience, including hipot, ground bond, and insulation resistance.
• Experience integrating test data into an MES or similar production system.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, floor-first work with substantial time at the bench and on the manufacturing line.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Manufacturing, Hardware Engineering, Firmware, Quality, and Supply Chain.
• Opportunity to work on robots that are built, shipped, deployed, and maintained in real-world facilities.
• Focus on understanding failure root causes and preventing recurring defects through design and production improvements.