Manufacturing Test Engineer, Lyft Urban Solutions

Linuxcareers; Longueuil; Hybrid; CAD 112,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Pet benefits

Lyft Health Care Savings Account

RRSP with company match

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to design, build, and manage test systems for production lines, ensuring safety and durability of bikes and scooters. You will own fixtures across software, electrical, and hardware domains, support factory floor operations, and collaborate with partners to drive improvements.

You will design fixtures, write Python automation, maintain a TS/Electron app and gRPC communication, and oversee CI, signed installers, and releases.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in electrical, mechanical, computer engineering or CS
• Proficient in Python and C/C++ for test automation
• Experience with OpenHTF, TypeScript, and React for test platforms
• Experience with hardware test equipment and lab tools

Responsibilities

• Design and own software/hardware test fixtures for production
• Write scripts to run automated tests and capture factory data
• Maintain test app in TS/Electron communicating with Python agent via gRPC
• Manage CI, installers, semantic versions, and S3 auto-update
• Travel on-site to contract manufacturers to resolve issues

Skills

Python

C/C++

OpenHTF

TypeScript

React

Electron

gRPC/protobuf

CAN

I2C

UART

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field

Tools

DMMs

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Lyft's Hardware Manufacturing & Quality team seeks a Manufacturing Test Engineer to design, build, and manage test systems ensuring bikes and scooters are safe, durable, and functional on production lines. You will own software, electrical, and hardware test fixtures, support factory floor operations, and partner with manufacturing partners and internal teams to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and own software, electrical, and hardware test fixtures for production; define vision, strategy, and architecture for current and future manufacturing test systems
• Write scripts and programs in Python to run automated tests and capture factory data for traceability and yield analysis; own the in-house OpenHTF-based test platform with YAML-driven config and feature flags
• Maintain the TypeScript/Electron/React operator application communicating with the Python test agent over gRPC/protobuf; manage CI, signed installers, semver releases, and S3-based auto-update pipeline with rollback
• Own firmware bring-up, validation, and testing of electronic PCBAs and multi-component electrical systems including motor controllers, battery management systems, and vehicle-controller units
• Troubleshoot assembly failures on the production line, diagnose and fix bugs in test stations, travel on-site to contract manufacturers, and partner cross-functionally to resolve manufacturing issues and drive corrective actions

What You Need

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field
• Experience with Python, C/C++, OpenHTF, TypeScript, or other scripting languages for test automation
• Working knowledge of hardware test equipment (DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, custom test fixtures) and lab tools such as soldering and data acquisition
• Hands-on experience designing and physically building functional test stations: instrument selection, DUT interfacing, harnessing, PLC control, power sequencing, enclosure work, and BOM specification
• Experience with embedded systems design and communication protocols (CAN, USB, SPI, I2C, UART); ARM-based microcontrollers and RTOS frameworks, preferably STM32 family; firmware programming and recovery (ST-LINK/STM32, AVR/ISP, bootloaders)
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and comfort working directly on the factory floor

Nice to Have

• Experience with hardware test frameworks (OpenHTF, TypeScript, React, Electron, gRPC, protobuf, SQLite) or building test platforms from scratch
• Exposure to MES/ERP integration (traveler, BOM, label generation with ZPL/Zebra), cloud data plumbing (S3, Lambda/SQS), and dashboarding (Grafana, Mode)
• Familiarity with contract manufacturer relationships and global production ramps; test data pipelines, traceability, or genealogy systems
• Experience with firmware debug tools, serial consoles, JTAG/SWD adapters, bootloaders, and embedded Linux environments including building, deploying, and debugging
• Willingness to travel to and work on-site at manufacturing and assembly vendors

Base pay range CAD $112,000–CAD $140,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering or bonus. Benefits include extended health and dental coverage, life insurance, disability benefits, mental health benefits, family building benefits, pet benefits, Lyft-funded Health Care Savings Account, RRSP plan with company match, flexible paid time off (salaried) or 15 days PTO plus additional day per year of service (hourly), 18 weeks paid parental leave, and subsidized commuter benefits with Lyft ride credits.