Senior Test Systems Engineer - Hardware Automation

Tae Aerospace Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Canva in Sydney is seeking a Test Automation Engineer – Hardware and Systems to own test system design from concept to production.

You will develop bed-of-nails and mechanical test rigs, automate pass/fail reporting, and integrate data with ERP systems using Python. The role demands 7–10+ years in system engineering or related fields and a strong eye for detail, collaboration, and practical problem-solving.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic/Mechatronic or Computer Systems Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience as a design engineer across multi discipline design teams.
• Proficiency in at least one Engineering discipline, with a willingness to learn others.
• Strong communication skills; able to communicate non technical to non-technical stakeholders.
• A curious mindset with an intrinsic drive to learn complex technical frameworks quickly.
• Exceptional attention to detail combined with a bias for action and decisive problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Design of Bed of Nails test systems to allow rapid repeatable testing of PCBA’s.
• Automatic pass/fail analysis including generation of test reports.
• Software development to operate test systems and automate generation of reports.
• Work with the Electronic design team and the Embedded software team to ensure test coverage is achievable in production.
• Design of mechanical jigs and fixtures to test critical dimensions and simplify incoming inspection.
• Integrate test systems to automatically record test data in ERP systems and automate logging.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Curious mindset

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Willingness to learn

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electronic/Mechatronic or Computer Systems Engineering

Tools

Python

Job description

Canva in Sydney is seeking a Test Automation Engineer – Hardware and Systems to own test system design from concept to production.

You will develop bed-of-nails and mechanical test rigs, automate pass/fail reporting, and integrate data with ERP systems using Python. The role demands 7–10+ years in system engineering or related fields and a strong eye for detail, collaboration, and practical problem-solving.