# Staff Test Engineer - Hardware Testing

**Company:** [ISEE AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/isee-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, TX
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Hardware Testing, Validation, Verification, Reliability Testing, Robotics, Automotive Systems, Embedded Computing, Jira, Linux, Labview, MATLAB, Git, Python, AWS, Can Tools
**Posted:** 2020-10-13

> The Staff Test Engineer will lead validation, verification, reliability testing, and failure analysis for electrical and mechanical hardware in autonomous vehicles. The role requires an engineering bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant test-development experience, with hands-on expertise in robotics, automotive systems, and hardware test infrastructure.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Validate and verify hardware-facing requirements through structured test designs, plans, and cases.
- Build test methods, fixtures, benches, tools, processes, and facilities for electrical and mechanical hardware.
- Perform troubleshooting, debugging, failure analysis, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions at bench and vehicle levels.
- Develop and execute reliability and usability test procedures for hardware components and autonomous vehicles.
- Test new hardware implementations and document validated designs for deployment across the vehicle fleet.
- Collaborate with hardware engineering and interdisciplinary teams on design reviews, FMEA meetings, testability, failure countermeasures, and lessons learned.
- Develop processes for commissioning autonomous vehicles for testing and operations.
- Implement and conduct formal RMA and RCA processes for hardware replaced in the field.
- Interview, onboard, train, and ramp up additional team members.
- Travel up to 30% to work with testing engineers across multiple testing sites.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering; master's degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in validation, verification, and reliability test development in consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace, or related industries.
- Deep understanding of robotics and automotive systems, including embedded computing, wiring, dynamic systems and controls, sensors, actuators, and mechanical and software systems in prototype and production environments.
- Experience building and operating mechanical and electrical hardware testing tools, processes, and facilities from scratch.
- Experience implementing and conducting formal RMA and RCA processes.
- Experience with issue-tracking software, especially Jira.
- Experience with Linux, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Git, Python, Bash/Shell, GSuite, Slack, Slackbots, AWS, and CAN tools.
- Strong problem-solving, logical reasoning, communication, and interpersonal skills.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with technical writing, technical drawings/CAD, and documentation of mechatronics systems.
- Master's degree in engineering.

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