Test Automation Engineer - Hardware and Systems

Advanced Navigation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Navigation is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to design and realize test systems for electronic and mechanical designs, from concept through manufacturing to deployment on the production line. You will own lifecycle management of these systems and collaborate with design teams to ensure testability.

You will develop electronic and mechanical test solutions, implement software interfaces, and drive rapid iterations while balancing quality and delivery speed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic/Mechatronic or Computer Systems Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience as a design engineer in multi-discipline teams.
• Proficiency in at least one engineering discipline and willingness to learn others.
• Strong communication skills to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Curious mindset with the ability to learn complex technical frameworks quickly.
• Excellent attention to detail with bias for action and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Electronic Test Systems: design bed-of-nails test systems for rapid, repeatable PCBA testing and automated pass/fail reports.
• Mechanical Test Systems: design jigs/fixtures to test critical dimensions and support production readiness.
• Software Interfaces: integrate test systems with ERP and automate data logging and reporting; Python scripting required.

Skills

Python

Design engineering

Education

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

Job description

Test Automation Engineer - Hardware and Systems

Advanced Navigation is the world’s most determined innovator in AI robotics and navigation technologies across land, air, sea and space applications.Founded on a culture of research and discovery, Advanced Navigation's mission is to be the catalyst of the autonomy revolution. Fields of expertise include artificial intelligence, underwater sonar, GNSS, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, quantum sensors and photonics.

Today, Advanced Navigation is a supplier to some of the world's largest companies, including Airbus, Boeing, Google, Tesla, NASA, Apple, and General Motors. Discover it for yourself: https://youtu.be/F7uAqs1gtuk

As a Test Systems Engineer within the Navigation Solutions team, you will be responsible for the design and realisation of test systems for Electronic and mechanical designs. You will own the design from concept through manufacturing and through to deployment on the production line. You will also be responsible for lifecycle management of the systems.

You will work directly with the design team during the design phase to ensure testability is considered and design test systems to ensure that design requirements are met during goods incoming inspection.

Key Responsibilities

1. Electronic Test Systems

Design of Bed of Nails test systems to allow rapid repeatable testing of PCBA’s received from our manufacturer

Automatic pass/fail analysis including generation of test reports where necessary

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

2. Mechanical Test Systems

Design of mechanical jigs to test critical dimensions and simplify goods incoming inspection.

Design of jigs and fixtures to simplify product assembly.

Work with the Mechanical design team during the design phase to ensure testability once design is in production.

3. Software Interfaces

Integrate test systems to automatically record test data in ERP systems. Automation of record keeping and logging of test data.

Experience with scripting languages such as Python required. Access to AI tools for development of software interfaces is available.

Embrace a "Progress over Perfection" mindset by deploying rapid design iterations to gather early feedback from technical internal stakeholders.

Advocate for consistency and efficiency across all products balancing quick delivery and quality.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic/Mechatronic or Computer Systems Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience as a design engineer working across multi discipline design teams, preferably within a deep tech, robotics, SaaS-hardware hybrid, or high-reliability manufacturing organization.
• Proficiency in at least one Engineering discipline, with a competency in the others along with a willingness to learn and update your knowledge, keeping up to date with industry best practice and trends.
• 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.