Systems Integration and Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define comprehensive, testable system requirements from product level through component level for new hardware products.
• Establish requirements-definition standards for future programs.
• Define system architecture, conduct system and subsystem design reviews, and establish component-selection criteria.
• Define and implement cross-functional system behaviors and telemetry for system performance, health, and field diagnostics.
• Perform system bring-up and performance verification during new product introduction.
• Triage early system failures across mechanical, electrical, embedded, and autonomy domains; lead root-cause analysis and cross-functional resolution.
• Analyze flight telemetry and field data, perform risk assessments, inform prognostic and condition-based maintenance protocols, and implement mitigations.
• Develop processes and tools for product development and testing, including hardware and software test infrastructure, system maturity and risk tracking, and accountability systems.
• Operate independently on ambiguous, cross-disciplinary problems and set technical direction or process standards adopted beyond one team or program.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on experience defining, designing, analyzing, testing, modeling, and delivering highly reliable electromechanical systems in rapid-development environments.
• Systems-engineering approach with the ability to identify issues across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.
• Experience designing and executing system bring-up and performance-verification tests.
• Mechatronic prototyping and fabrication skills for fixture development.
• Proficiency in design-for-reliability principles, physics of failure, and integration risks involving PCBAs, motors, batteries, cameras, compute modules, and sensors.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and AI tooling for dataset analysis, specification definition, risk assessment, reliability analysis, and scripting commands for electromechanical systems.
• Strong communication skills for explaining hardware and systems reliability to cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritize risks, take ownership, and implement creative resolutions.
• Track record of setting technical direction or process standards adopted beyond a single team or program.

Nice to Have

• FAA Part 107 certification, or willingness to obtain it within the first 60 days of employment; required for certain positions.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary: $196,000–$270,000 USD.
• Equity through stock options.
• Health insurance plans.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, and 401(k) savings plan.
• Relocation assistance may be available for eligible roles.